Day: February 24, 2015

Lawmakers take steps to raise health awareness in schools

Watch video of legislators taking part in the High Five Children’s Health Collaborative, a project that tracks their physical activity and raises money for schools through the Mt. Everest challenge.

Gramer: ‘We are fighting every day’ for Common Core

Idaho cannot afford to follow other states and backslide on academic standards, according to the CEO of Idaho Business for Education.

Statehouse roundup, 2.24.15: Labor laws, SBAC and more

The House Education Committee advanced a bill Tuesday to make a piece of the failed Proposition 1 labor law permanent. Two years ago, the Legislature passed a law placing a one-year limit on salary and benefit components of the master agreements negotiated between the school district and the local education union or bargaining agency. All…

Boise district urges student immunizations

If a student contracts the measles, classmates without immunizations can be excluded from school for at least 21 days.