State Policy
Critchfield seeks $92 million to plug school budget gap
The money would cover the move back to funding schools based on student attendance — a change endorsed by Gov. Brad Little.
Critchfield’s committee wraps up its work, for the time being
The hard work awaits. And that includes whether to base the K-12 budget on student attendance, or enrollment numbers.
Analysis: Will Idaho Launch be a big hit? We’ll know soon enough.
But first, the state’s Workforce Development Council has its own senior project of sorts: working through a maze of process and a morass of questions.
‘We want this deal to happen:’ Phoenix officials tout sale, downplay risk to U of I
“You’re gonna see a very different University of Phoenix than you read about,” university President Chris Lynne said in an Idaho Education News podcast interview.
Analysis: Another troubled state program, bankrolled by Uncle Sam’s COVID-19 aid
The Department of Health and Welfare might have broken the law in its rushed rollout of a child care grants program, according to legislative auditors.
‘There’s a lot to celebrate:’ State Board focuses on an embattled program’s future
On Wednesday, State Board of Education members and staff hailed the education microgrant program’s successes — and new safeguards designed to prevent problems that have plagued the program’s launch.
State Board launches all-out defense against attorney general’s lawsuit
The four court motions represent the State Board of Education’s most concerted push against Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s lawsuit.