Day: February 8, 2013
Prisons agency ‘concerned’ about expulsion bill
The bill is designed to keep ex-convicts from returning to public schools. Idaho’s Correction Department is concerned that this would apply to conventional and alternative schools alike.
Otter discusses his future — sort of
Butch Otter said he won’t be “pushed into a calendar.” But on Friday, he sounded like a governor with every intention of trying to stay there.
Task force’s $34 million is on the table
The governor’s Education Task Force will not make recommendations to the 2013 Legislature, even though the governor allocated $34 million to support ideas from the task force. The governor has no Plan B for that money.
DeMordaunt brings global perspective to education
New House Education Committee Chairman Reed DeMordaunt has helped expand businesses in Middle East, Asia.