Kevin Richert

A breakdown of the new Senate Education bills

The 14 bills, quickly and quietly introduced by the Senate Education Committee, are a mixed bag indeed. Here’s a point-by-point breakdown.

IEA: Administrators ‘dominated’ listening session

About 100 educators showed up for Monday’s hearing before the Legislature’s education committees, according to the Idaho Education Association.

Listening session: Politicos, public get an earful

What did educators and superintendents say Monday about Idaho schools? Not surprisingly, much of the testimony came back to money.

Lightning round: Senate panel prints 14 bills

Fourteen bills, no waiting. At Chairman John Goedde’s urging, the Senate Education Committee gave a passel of bills their initial go-ahead, without debate or discussion.

Expulsion bill: an alternative school’s take

If the Legislature makes public schools off-limits to convicted violent criminals, what will become of these students? The principal of an alternative high school has her reservations.

If the 2013 session seems slow …

One reason why things are moving slow this year might be because there are so many freshman lawmakers.

Prisons agency ‘concerned’ about expulsion bill

The bill is designed to keep ex-convicts from returning to public schools. Idaho’s Correction Department is concerned that this would apply to conventional and alternative schools alike.

Otter discusses his future — sort of

Butch Otter said he won’t be “pushed into a calendar.” But on Friday, he sounded like a governor with every intention of trying to stay there.

Collective bargaining bills will get a rewrite

Redrafted versions of the controversial collective bargaining bills are likely to surface on Monday — the deadline for education committees to hear new legislation.