Student posters about furlough Fridays on display at the state Capitol won't have to come down after all.

The artwork is part of the Save Our Schools Hawai'i "1,000 Student Voices About Education" campaign regarding furlough Fridays for Hawai'i's public school teachers and is on display on the Capitol's chamber level.

SOS Hawai'i had obtained a permit from the state Department of Accounting and General Services to display the art through Feb. 26. On Thursday they were told to remove the artwork.

Russ Saito, state comptroller, said the posters had to come down because they sent a political message and the application to display the works only approved artwork.

But yesterday, after conferring with Gov. Linda Lingle's chief of staff, Barry Fukunaga, Saito said he had agreed to rescind the order and let the posters remain on display as originally approved.

"The chief of staff asked to keep it up," Saito said. "We had a discussion and I agreed."

Saito said he would examine the application process to make sure its "language was much clearer."

Marguerite Higa, a member of SOS, said they were told that someone had complained about the artwork.

Friday marked the ninth day of lost instruction time due to teacher furloughs.