Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 302A-1401

(1) To improve the program of the public schools of the State, including any grades up to the fourteenth grade or such lower grade as shall be prescribed as a maximum for such purposes by the Act of Congress concerned, by expanding the educational offerings, particularly in the rural districts;

(2) For the payment of salaries to teachers;

(3) To employ additional teachers to relieve overcrowded classes;

(4) To adjust the salaries of teachers to meet the increased cost of living, within such limits as may be fixed by, and pursuant to, state law;

(5) To provide for the purchase of supplies, apparatus, and materials for the public schools; and

(6) For any of such purposes and to such extent as shall be permitted by the Acts of Congress concerned.