Little is asking agencies to cut 1 percent from the current year’s budget and reduce next year’s base budgets by 2 percent.
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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.
Another year, another record: Idaho’s supplemental levy bill keeps climbing
Ninety-two of Idaho’s 115 school districts will collect nearly $214 million in supplemental levies this year. But the reliance on voter-approved levies raises nagging concerns about equity.
K-12 education task force approves five recommendations
Gov. Brad Little will now decide whether to accept the recommendations and how to implement them.
Coming Tuesday: A first-of-its-kind school election day
For the first time, Idaho voters will elect school trustees during a November election. But many voters won’t even notice the difference, because most school board races are uncontested so won’t appear on the ballot.
Middleton leaders say they’ve learned from last year’s Halloween nightmare
New superintendent Sherawn Reberry said the district is moving forward by building relationships in the community, and providing ongoing cultural competency training.
Idaho NAEP scores hold steady, and exceed national averages
Idaho students fared well on what is widely known as “the nation’s report card.” But eighth-grade reading scores declined significantly — mirroring a troubling national trend.
Latino students matter to Idaho’s future, experts say. So why do they lag behind peers?
As Latino students make up an increasingly important part of Idaho’s labor force, experts say Idaho must step up to improve Latino educational outcomes.
Little’s State Board search: How it all unfolded (so far)
Emails to and from the governor’s office — obtained by Idaho Education News — weave a behind-the-scenes story that began weeks before Gov. Brad Little publicly courted applicants for two State Board vacancies.