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Catching up at the Statehouse, 2.13.13
…and three charter districts to pilot the idea. SB 1028, co-sponsored by Sens. Steven Thayn, R-Emmett, and Branden Durst, D-Boise, would make MAP a statewide program. The bill now goes…
Did Democrats boycott lunch with ISBA?
Senate Democrats “boycotted” a legislative luncheon with the Idaho School Boards Association this afternoon, to protest a series of controversial collective bargaining bills. Sen. Branden Durst, D-Boise Or so says…
Garden Valley discusses school gun options
…hangs out near the school campus in rural Garden Valley. Garden Valley is a rural community isolated on the Banks-Lowman highway, about 60 miles from Boise. The Boise County Sheriff’s…
House Ed introduces three more ISBA bills
…along party lines; committee Democrats Hy Kloc of Boise, Donna Pence of Gooding and Janie Ward-Engelking of Boise voted no. ISBA Executive Director Karen Echeverria and House Education Committee Chairman…
A breakdown of the new Senate Education bills
…are, one by one, with links: Sen. Branden Durst, D-Boise Senate Bill 1085. Would require schools to employ one school counselor for every 325 students. This would require hiring 282…
Grange named to Boise School Board
…2014. Grange grew up in Boise and graduated in 1982 from Capital High School, which is in the Boise School District. She also is a graduate of Boise State University….
Lightning round: Senate panel prints 14 bills
…Senate Education has a busy agenda today. The committee also had Boise State University President Bob Kustra on the docket for its meeting — and a Senate-House education “listening session”…
Team Horman: daughter transfers schools to be closer to lawmaker mother
Eastern Idaho voters didn’t know it at the time, but their votes sent two Hormans to Boise on Election Day. Shortly after freshman Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, was elected,…
Task force’s $34 million is on the table
…will take months. The plan is to set up public hearings and an electronic bulletin board. The 31-member task force met all day Friday on the Boise State University campus….
ISBA Capitol Notes, Feb. 11
…from the committee. The Boise City Council has a meeting scheduled in the Auditorium at 6 that evening so we will need to exit the Auditorium as quickly as possible…