More money. More variables. Administrators and local union leaders are trying to figure out how spend a huge increase in K-12 budgets — in hopes of keeping teachers in Idaho classrooms.
After primary purge, JFAC calls off summer meetings
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee was scheduled to meet next month for field meetings in Moscow, Lewiston and Orofino. Then seven JFAC incumbents lost in the May 17 GOP primary.
Biden after Uvalde school shooting: ‘Why are we willing to live with this carnage?’
President Biden urged lawmakers to act after 18 students and a teacher were shot and killed at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday.
Blaine County parent group emerges to support school choice
Push Back Idaho was founded by parents — for parents — and has added over 200 members in a year.
Boise, West Ada to offer limited half-day kindergarten options
Boise will offer half-day kindergarten in only one elementary school. The district says fewer than 20 children are enrolled for the option.
West Ada selects new trustee
David Binetti, a management consultant who last year fought to make masks optional in Idaho’s largest school district, will now fill the district’s vacant Zone 4 seat.
Idaho’s new coronavirus cases continue to rise — but not among school-age children
The state reported 86 new cases involving 5- to 17-year-olds last week, a 17% decrease.
Ybarra’s out. Here’s what happens next.
Debbie Critchfield ousted the two-term state superintendent Tuesday. But it doesn’t mean Ybarra’s out just yet — or that Critchfield’s in.
Analysis: The Idaho GOP’s civil war remains unsettled
Mainstream and hardline Republican factions both scored big wins in Tuesday’s elections. The battle for control over the state’s prevailing party will continue.
Analysis: When a primary becomes a purge
Tuesday’s legislative primaries were a bloodbath, with 20 Republican incumbents losing or poised to lose. So, what will the Legislature look like next January?
Mountain Home bond issue fails; voters OK various school levies
Tuesday’s historic primary election included some $97 million in school levies and bond issues, most of which was rejected by voters across the state.