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.
The rare recall: the recent history
Since 2013, only three other Idaho trustee recall elections have succeded.
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.
What will happen, and won’t happen, when the funding formula committee meets Thursday
State superintendent Debbie Critchfield is tempering expectations, at least in the short run.
‘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.
Legislative auditors urge investigation of child care grant program
They want a civil and criminal probe into the federally funded program. The head of the Department of Health and Welfare denies all wrongdoing.