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Statehouse roundup, 2.20.15: Parental rights bill heads to House floor
House Bill 113 is one of two legislative measures that seek to assert parental rights in education choices.
Stakeholders make push for school funding
Public testimony supports increased funding for teacher salaries, professional development and restoring cuts to operations funding for districts.
Education donations could lose tax credit
Rep. Heather Scott wants to amend a bill so donations made to education foundations would no longer receive a tax benefit. But her new language is unclear to many.
Broadband roundup: Districts scramble, bailout passes House
The House passes a bill to give school districts $3.6 million for short-term broadband contracts. It now goes to the Senate.
Statehouse roundup, 2.19.15: School tax shift, and more …
Rep. Mike Moyle, R-Star, says his proposal would have netted schools $9.9 million in property taxes from new growth.
Mortimer backs 7.4 percent budget increase
First-year Senate Education Committee chairman supports the funding increase from Gov. Butch Otter’s budget request.
Statehouse roundup, 2.18.15: Labor laws, and more
If the two bills pass, components from the rejected Proposition 1 school labor overhaul would become permanent.
The school broadband budget plan, explained
How does the Legislature plan to save high school broadband? What happens next? Get your answers here.
Lawmakers receive stinging report on student data system
After four years and $12 million, Idaho’s new longitudinal data system is beset by problems that were foreshadowed years earlier.
Mastery bill advances to House floor
During the 2016-17 school district, 20 school districts would begin testing a move to mastery-based education.