FY15 Budget
House Ed advances teacher leadership awards
The House Education Committee advanced the $15.9 million teacher leadership program, but not before a lengthy debate over timing and merits.
Education themes dominate budget hearing
Parents, educators and stakeholders turned out in large numbers to support education programs.
Ed chairmen double down on task force
Rep. Reed DeMordaunt and Sen. John Goedde again called for support of the task force recommendations — especially supporting Gov. Butch Otter’s call to spend $35 million to partially restore recession era cuts schools absorbed.
JFAC backs Otter’s revenue estimate
The 2014-15 state budget will be built around a 6.4 percent increase in revenues.
Senators start sorting through budget questions
The broadband funding crunch. Teacher pay. Rising insurance premiums. On Monday afternoon, the Senate Education Committee is starting to sort through the K-12 budget puzzle.
Freedom Foundation writes a budget
The Idaho Freedom Foundation’s blueprint would put no money into recommendations from Gov. Butch Otter’s education reform task force — even though the group’s own survey of teachers found strong support for the recommendations.
Analysis: Luna’s budget, Version 2.0
More money to help school districts still reeling from the recession. Money for the teacher salary base. Superintendent Tom Luna’s 2014-15 budget rewrite contains two significant changes, perhaps reflecting the political realities of the moment.
Luna tweaks education budget
Schools chief Tom Luna now calls for 1 percent salary increase for educators — and more money to reverse recession-era budget cuts.
An alternative budget blueprint for K-12
The state has ample money to boost teacher pay and reverse K-12 cuts from the Great Recession, a retired state economists and a quartet of education advocates said Monday.
Panel recommends raises for state employees
A committee went against Gov. Butch Otter, recommending state employees receive a 1 percent raise and a 1 percent bonus. The move wouldn’t affect teacher pay, but a key legislator said he will fight for a similar boost for teachers.