Haw. Code R. § 8-52-2
As used in this chapter:
"Affected classes" means the unappealed classes in the same series of the appealed class.
"Affected persons" means persons affected by the classification/compensation plan who believe that their respective positions are improperly classed or that their respective classes are improperly priced.
"Appellant" means an educational officer who files a classification appeal; and an educational officer, the exclusive representative, or the Department in a pricing appeal.
"Board" means the educational officer classification/compensation appeals board.
"Chairperson" means the chairperson of the educational officer classification/compensation appeals board.
"Class" or "Class of work" means the logical and reasonable grouping of duties and responsibilities and their identification with respect to kind or subject matter of work, level of difficulty and responsibility, and qualification requirements of the work, so that positions which conform substantially to the same class will receive like treatment in the matter of title and salary assignments.
"Compensation plan" means the schematic listing of educational officer position classifications and the salary ranges as assigned in the Department of Education Educational Officer Classification/Compensation System.
"Department" means the Hawaii state department of education.
"New class" means a class which did not exist within the classification/compensation plan at the time of the last biennial review and represents a new concept of work for which an initial pricing action was taken.
"Party" means each person or agency named or admitted as a party or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party in a proceeding.
"Pricing" means the process of assigning classes to appropriate salary ranges.
"Pricing appeal" means a formal request to change the compensation plan or salary range assignment of a class.
Haw. Code R. § 8-52-2