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New York-based Odyssey will help administer a new, $1 billion private school choice program in Texas. Odyssey came to Idaho in 2022 and left under a cloud.

A campus committee will review the idea of a school mascot. Meanwhile, the 2026 Legislature will decide whether to grant university status to Lewis-Clark State College.

On Friday, Branden Durst announced he will challenge Sen. Camille Blaylock, R-Caldwell. Alexandra Caval will take on Rep. Clint Hostetler, R-Twin Falls.

Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday named the longtime educator to the State Board, subject to Senate confirmation.

The College of Western Idaho reported its ninth consecutive semester of enrollment growth.

The state’s response came 24 days after Lindsay Hecox, a transgender student at Boise State University, says she wants to drop her legal battle over the 2020 law.

Peter Risse, Boise State’s director for government and industry relations, will fill a longstanding vacancy at the head of Idaho’s career-technical education programs.

Michelle Edmonds, the district’s new chief communications officer, has more than two decades of communications experience, including 18 years as evening anchor at KIVI-TV and KNIN-TV.

The new center has three goals: work on research to reduce the energy cost of artificial intelligence; position Boise State as a national leader in semiconductor research and education; and provide new opportunities for students pursuing a career in semiconductor industries.

The Boise School District hopes to fill a trustee vacancy by early October.