School Choice
Critchfield echoes governor on private school choice: Spending must be accountable
“I didn’t hear anything…that tells me he’s changed his mind around accountability or transparency, and I’ve had the same stance.”
Little calls for $50 million for private school expenses
A private school choice measure must be “fair, responsible, transparent and accountable,” said the governor in his annual address. INSIDE: His speech in full and budget proposal.
Policymakers preview legislative session: Private school choice, DEI, Idaho Launch are on tap
Legislative leaders offered a peek into the upcoming debate over private school choice while the governor kept mum on his stance — for now.
Low-income students, religious schools, urban areas: Who will benefit from a school choice program?
Nearly two in three private schools are affiliated with a religion and most are in urban areas.
A blueprint or cautionary tale for Idaho? Arizona’s $800 million school choice program is popular but unruly
One point — and maybe only one point — on which supporters and opponents can agree: It’s been popular. And that’s either a selling point or a cause for concern. Is Idaho sold?
Is 2025 the year of private school choice in Idaho? ‘Several’ bills could be coming
Idaho is one of a few Republican-dominated states that has yet to adopt a program subsidizing private school tuition, through vouchers, education savings accounts or tax credits.
School choice
What’s the difference between a school voucher and an education savings account? Check out our guide that translates the jargon used in the school choice movement.
Analysis: A surprising school choice twist, and a tangled facilities law
Two takeaways from this week’s school administrators conference in Boise: State superintendent Debbie Critchfield repositions on private school choice, and an unexpected glitch in a new school facilities law.
Attorney general seeks to intervene in Blaine Amendment lawsuit
The lawsuit centers on whether a church can use a public school facility.
GOP primary results could shift dynamics of school choice debate
House Education’s anti-voucher wall may be coming down, while the Senate has lost its most powerful school choice proponent.