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Blaine County imposes contract terms after deadlock with teachers’ union
Rather than reopen negotiations for a fourth time, trustees unanimously voted for a tentative agreement that union members had rejected because it lacked ongoing raises.
Boise enrollment drops by hundreds of students
The dip is not a surprise. District leaders planned for a 600-student decrease when they set their budget for this school year.
Boise School District settles transgender bathroom lawsuit
A former student will receive $34,000 after alleging she twice encountered a classmate in the girls’ restroom.
School board advocacy group tees up potential legislative priorities
Trustees from across Idaho will vote on resolutions dealing with attendance-based school funding, a controversial fetal development law and local control, among other issues.
Wagner touts ISU’s ‘resilience, persistence and courage’ after challenging year
Idaho State University is “going about (its) business” despite budget challenges and existential questions about whether college is worthwhile, President Robert Wagner said in his annual address.
Gov. Little appoints new State Board members
Pending confirmation by the Idaho Senate, Mary Lynn Hartwell and Joel Beck replace William Gilbert and Cindy Siddoway, whose terms expired last month.
Tax Commission won’t release private school tax-credit data. Here’s who’s asking, and why it’s been denied
Some of the denied data would test a selling point of the program: that it helps students who couldn’t otherwise afford a private education.
State Board roundup, 8.12.26: AI standards approved for K-12 schools
In other news, the State Board approved new rules that will guide how schools, colleges and universities deal with disputes related to the state’s transgender athletics ban.
State Board roundup, 8.13.26: Boise State Athletics faces budget deficit after Pac-12 move, athlete payments
Also Thursday, the State Board said farewell to two members whose terms are expiring.
Salmon finally gets its school
After struggling for more than a decade to find money for a building, the district celebrated the voters and donors who finally made it happen.