Gov. Brad Little is attempting to align spending with revenue trajectories for this year and next. He has some exemptions.
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Where are Idaho’s fall reading scores?
The State Department of Education has only released skeletal results from the fall reading test. The full data report is important, because it will allow parents and patrons to see how K-3 students fared in their neighborhood schools.
“My way of remembering”: Idaho schools celebrate Veterans Day
Boise’s Rolling Hills Public Charter School was one of many across the state that held an event, Monday, to celebrate veterans.
Charter proposal falls on final day of ISBA convention
One of the closest votes of the day was a resolution to limit the number of charter schools allowed per 25,000 residents of a school district.
‘A dynamic shift:’ Trustees weigh in on the November elections
The new elections cycle may mean more votes, trustees say, but it also raises a number of challenges for school board candidates and the newly elected.
Little asks state agencies to cut spending while protecting education budgets
Little is asking agencies to cut 1 percent from the current year’s budget and reduce next year’s base budgets by 2 percent.
School elections: A mixed bag on levies, a spate of school board upsets
Lake Pend Oreille and Minidoka County voters narrowly passed supplemental levies, while Nampa’s supplemental levy failed by 11 votes. Meanwhile, incumbent trustees lost from Lakeland to Middleton, from West Ada to Teton County.
K-12 enrollment continues to grow
The latest statewide fall enrollment tally: 310,628 — up 3,400 students, or about 1.1 percent from last year.
Idahoans ramp up signature gathering effort for education ballot initiative
Teachers and other professionals stood outside of polling locations on Tuesday hoping to gather enough signature to put the “Invest in Idaho” measure on next year’s ballot.
ISBA 2019: School safety, charter changes are on the agenda
During this week’s annual convention, trustees will vote on whether to try and limit the number of charter schools allowed per 25,000 residents of a school district, among other items.