Officials on both sides would not disclose the amount of the raises or other terms of the tentative contracts.

The HSTA will show teachers the numbers today and has scheduled a ratification vote for Thursday.

"I think our members will be quite pleased with this tentative settlement agreement," HSTA president Roger Takabayashi said. "We will strongly recommend the ratification of this agreement to our members."

Hawai'i's 13,000 public school teachers went on strike for three weeks in April 2001 before ratifying a contract that included raises totaling 18.5 percent over two years. Last year, the HSTA negotiated a retroactive two-year contract that provided raises of 4 percent to 7 percent. That deal expires June 30.

The HSTA had sought raises of 15 percent for each year; the state's offer was 1 percent per year.

On April 15, Lingle blasted an arbitrator's decision to award the Hawai'i Government Employees Association — the state's largest union — raises of 5 percent for each of the next two years. She said such raises would eat up any revenue gains and prevent the state from making needed improvements to schools, transportation facilities and social-service programs.

Yesterday, Lingle praised the HSTA and UPW for reaching negotiated settlements rather than sending the matter to arbitration. She would not discuss the contracts' cost to the state.

Ann Kim, a fifth-grade teacher at Kahala Elementary, said she is pleased that an agreement was reached but said something has to be done about the large number of people leaving the profession each year.

"There are so many of us that are going to retire it's not funny," said Kim, who has been a teacher for more than 40 years. "It (the reason teachers leave) could be the pay and the hours aren't what it looks like; you're not working 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. If I were going to live forever I would teach forever because I love teaching and I love the kids."

There are more than 200 teacher vacancies throughout the state, according to the HSTA.

"We don't have teachers lining up at the door to get into the profession," Takabayashi said. "We need an attractive salary and compensation package."

The HSTA tentative contract was reached at 3 a.m. Saturday; the UPW deal was reached Saturday evening, said Ken Taira, the state's chief negotiator.

The UPW contract would cover the union's 11,000 members, including janitors, sanitation workers, wastewater treatment operators, prison guards, public hospital workers and food-service employees.

Phone calls to a UPW representative were not returned yesterday.

"We wanted to ensure we recognized the dedication and hard work of these public servants, who deliver day in and day out to make sure the garbage is always picked up, our government facilities kept clean, our healthcare services continue and our prisons are well guarded," Lingle said.

The UPW last year received a retroactive two-year contract that included raises of 5 percent to 7.5 percent.