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Statehouse roundup, 3.15.24: Critchfield unveils incremental funding formula change

Friday March 31 2023 Legislature Senate House

Analysis: Three emotional hearings provide a backdrop for campaign season

Mountain View School District Grangeville

Disgruntled voters push for deconsolidation in Grangeville

Mountain View School District occupies a vast geographic footprint. The U.S. Forest Service manages 4.2 million acres and the Bureau of Land Management handles just under 60,000.

Garden Valley

State investigation: Garden Valley’s failure to provide appropriate special education is a systemic issue

students, enrollment, average daily attendance, classrooms, building, crowding.

Districts drop to four-day weeks despite obscure provision buried in legislation

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Statehouse roundup, 3.12.24: Private school tax credit bill defeated in close vote

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University of Idaho students traverse the campus academic mall corridor during a class change. (University of Idaho photo)

U of I reports increase in spring enrollment

Election, 2023, stickers

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U of I picks a new partner to finance Phoenix deal

Episode 95: Previewing a pivotal legislative session

The 2024 legislative session opens Monday, with a cornucopia of education topics on the plate.

Will state leaders address Idaho’s school facilities backlog? How will the school choice debate shake out? Will legislators wade into the wonky but important debate about enrollment- or attendance-based school funding?

And what’s the other big education issue legislators should be talking about?

To get the answers, Kevin Richert and Ryan Suppe interview Quinn Perry of the Idaho School Boards Association and Matt Compton of the Idaho Education Association.

On May 17, the University of Idaho abruptly announced its plan to acquire the University of Phoenix, sending shockwaves through the state’s education and political circles.

At $685 million, it could be the largest and most polarizing transaction in Idaho higher education history. The U of I insists the deal will be a moneymaker. But Phoenix, a for-profit online giant with an enrollment of 85,000 students, is saddled with a checkered history and a tarnished reputation.

Idaho Education News’ Kevin Richert has closely followed this story for months, breaking news and fighting for the public’s right to know.

See the highlights of his coverage »