Day: July 19, 2013
Labrador, Simpson back reversal of NCLB
The bill to reverse much of the 2002 No Child Left Behind law passed the House on nearly a party-line vote. It faces an uncertain future in the Senate, and President Obama has threatened a veto.
North Star charter fights possible shutdown
The Eagle charter school says it has “demonstrated fiscal soundness;” the Meridian School Board says the school is on shaky financial footing. The State Board of Education has been asked to settle the dispute.
Analysis: Otter’s cautionary budget tone
‘Don’t get the idea that we’re flush,’ said Otter Thursday, as 2012-13 tax collections came in $92.3 million ahead of projections.
NWPE announces new board, officers
Bill Proser, founder of the nationally recognized Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy, is the new president of Northwest Professional Educators, a nonunion teacher organization.
Special education lawsuit heads to trial
Did the Boise and Meridian school districts fail a teen-ager with Asberger’s syndrome? That’s the crux of a case that opened this week in U.S. District Court.