The House Education Committee didn’t talk about the K-12 funding formula rewrite — or Monday’s protest. And it’s unclear when the Senate will revisit the issue. Catch up on all the other Statehouse education news, including the latest on college scholarship funding.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Winder doesn’t see a funding formula rewrite passing this year. One of the bill’s co-authors, Sen. Lori Den Hartog, is still weighing options.
Expert analysis and the latest news from award-winning journalist Kevin Richert.
Committee member absences meant the House Education Committee could not vote on a new funding formula bill. House Speaker Scott Bedke did not condemn the eight Republican no-shows.
The Lemhi County Sheriff’s office is investigating allegations that the Salmon School Board used taxpayer dollars to encourage voters to pass a $25.6 million bond issue, which failed Tuesday.
In other Statehouse news, budget-writers pony up $3.8 million to boost minimum teacher salaries.
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The Senate Education Committee could hold a full public hearing on the bill Monday. In other news, the Senate approved an additional $7 million for state college scholarships, and the House approved a bill creating a unique certificate for charter school administrators.
In the coming weeks, state senators could take up the debate over stricter sex ed policies for Idaho students. If they pass the measure, what would that mean for Idaho students?
“I’m not saying it’s a direct correlation, but the only thing I’ve changed is coffee,” says teacher Andi Arnold.
The bill would provide $15 million in tax credits for donors who support private school scholarship programs. Last year, a broad spectrum of education groups opposed the idea.
The new bill is likely to go back to the Senate Education Committee, in the next few days.
The nailbiter in Canyon County was symptomatic of a rocky election day across the state. See complete results inside.
Lawmakers are still trying to understand the complexities of rewriting the K-12 funding formula, House Speaker Scott Bedke said Tuesday. Meanwhile, legislative leaders are at loggerheads over Medicaid expansion — and a controversial bill that would tighten the initiative process.
A divided House Education Committee killed Chairman Lance Clow’s version of a funding formula rewrite. Now, the focus shifts to the Senate, where a second bill could get a hearing later this week.
In other news, a Boise senator unveils a college scholarship bill — but it won’t come to the Legislature until the 2020 session.
Following a visit to a Boise classroom, Idaho’s governor addresses the top education issues of the 2019 legislative session.
House conservatives poked holes in the relatively small $6.4 million budget. House Democrats used the vote to register concerns over the push to rewrite the public school funding formula.
The House Education Committee is scheduled to hold an introductory hearing on a funding formula rewrite Monday morning.
This week’s decision made two clear distinctions that will affect journalists and teachers who find themselves in court.
If the bill is signed into law, sex education courses would not be offered to Idaho students unless their parents specifically opt them in to the course in advance.
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The vote tally didn’t change Tuesday. The $65.3 million bond issue cleared the two-thirds supermajority threshold by two votes.
According to the civil claim, multiple people within the Fruitland School District knew of high school Principal Mike Fitch’s “predatory behavior,” but failed to act. Fitch faces two misdemeanor criminal counts of sexual battery and a misdemeanor count of soliciting a prostitute.
The state’s two-year colleges and four-year institutions would receive 3.5 percent budget increases.
Like many other education observers, the state superintendent will begin her week — watching the next legislative hearings on proposals to overhaul the K-12 funding formula.
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The bill would award incentives to failing schools that are otherwise not available to the best schools and their teachers.
It is time to fund a proven approach toward increasing post-secondary attainment.