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Middleton approves $3 million November levy proposal

Trustees also selected name for the district’s future elementary school in Star.

Frustration and questions mount as schools resolve how to cover benefit trust shortfall

There should have been safeguards to prevent the trust from depleting reserves, one business manager said.

Parents are being held responsible for their kids’ crimes under new laws

When young children and teenagers get into trouble, the question often comes quickly: Where was Mom and Dad?

IRI Top 10s: See who performed best on new reading test

INSIDE: Check our statewide list to see how your district or charter school ranks.

Spelling it Out: The Idaho Public Charter School Commission

Here’s a closer look the organization that oversees most Idaho charter schools.

Idaho private school offers bachelor’s degrees before students graduate high school

But some of those university relationships appear tenuous. When Idaho Education News reached out to the institutions that offer courses through the program, one president denied having a “partnership” with the company — and threatened to sue EdNews if it described the arrangement that way. 

Tax Commission won’t release private school tax-credit data. Here’s who’s asking, and why it’s been denied

Some of the denied data would test a selling point of the program: that it helps students who couldn’t otherwise afford a private education. 

Reporters break down Idaho School Benefit Trust in new ‘EdNews Show’ episode

Kevin Richert and Sean Dolan explain what it means for teachers and how it might impact taxpayers.

Benefit trust tells members they have to cover $13 million shortfall — first payment is due in September

Member school districts and charters can either pay a lump sum or make monthly payments.