Day: February 26, 2013

Who should pay to teach troubled teens?

Providing medical care, supervision and one-on-one instruction time for a troubled teen can cost $25,000 a year. And Idaho is footing the bill for teaching these students from other states.

House Ed OKs charter school bills

A bill providing $1.4 million for charter school facilities is headed to the House floor, following a party-line vote in committee Tuesday morning.

Driver’s license bill runs into a ditch

Heading today’s roundup of Statehouse headlines: The Senate Education Committee rejected Chairman John Goedde’s bill requiring teen driver’s licenses to “satisfactory academic progress.”

Today’s ‘sequestration’ number: $5,795,625

No matter how the numbers shake out, the looming federal budget cuts won’t affect Idaho schools until the 2013-14 academic year.