LEGISLATURE
Education news, including daily roundups, from the 2026 session
Democrats aren’t buying it. Also, Gov. Brad Little says special education funding is a ‘critical’ issue that will be addressed after the state budget is ironed out.
Idaho faces a projected $555 million gap between spending requests and available revenues — a 10% gulf. And this time around, Idaho won’t get a truckload of federal money to erase the shortfall.
The new year is shaping up to be another hectic one for education policy. Here’s what we’ll writing about.
A Jan. 15 hearing will bring the issue to the legislative committee that will ultimately debate how much the state can spend to train medical school students — and where.
Key dates, committees to watch and ways you can participate in this year’s budget and policy debates.
The move comes as the Legislature’s budget committee is staring at shortfalls this year and next year.
With her $50 million proposal on hold, the state superintendent wants to use existing funds to help schools serve high-needs special education students.
In other business Wednesday, the State Board of Education approved the first steps of a University of Idaho-University of Utah medical education partnership. And the State Board’s logo and messaging could get a makeover.