Day: September 19, 2013

State expects variety of merit pay plans

District leaders have until Oct. 1 to submit a differentiated pay plan. These plans will describe how they will spend their share of $21 million.

Durst’s 2014 Senate plans in limbo

Sen. Branden Durst, D-Boise, tells the Associated Press that he is proceeding as if he will be serving in the Statehouse in January. But he said he is looking for work in Washington state, where his family is living and where his wife is teaching.

School boards work on 2014 wish list

Restoring school budgets to pre-recession levels? Probably. Money for Common Core training? Likely. POST Academy training for teachers? Maybe not. The Idaho School Boards Association will complete its list of legislative priorities in November.