Day: March 3, 2014
Education news roundup: Monday, March 3
With legislators hoping to adjourn by March 21, two competing student data security bills are in the works. And the state names a committee to oversee the field test of Idaho’s Common Core exam.
Otter files for third term
Rather than stage a campaign event during the ongoing legislative session, Otter and his team filed the official candidate paperwork and released a list of backers and organizers.
Pilot pre-school program moves forward
House Education Committee members agree — but not unanimously — to print a bill that would provide half-day preschool to about 100 Idaho students. Also inside, news on two other pieces of education legislation that move forward.
JFAC leaves tech details on hold
Two small but contentious pieces of the $1.7 billion budget are unresolved — high school WiFi technology and the Schoolnet instructional management system.
JFAC calls for 5.1 percent increase
The proposed budget includes a 1 percent raise for teachers, and $15.8 million in teacher “premiums.”