2019 Idaho Legislature

House Education Committee introduces sex education ‘opt-in’ bill

The bill’s sponsor says parents’ rights have been overstepped through obscene classroom materials that are “sexualizing our kids.”

Statehouse roundup, 2.6.19: School funding formula hearing preview, mastery bill emerges

Find out how to testify during Thursday’s school funding hearing. And catch up on a full Wednesday at the Legislature — including a bevy of new bills on everything from high school graduation requirements to charter school administrators’ credentials.

The Medicaid waiting game is over. What happens now?

It won’t take long to see how Tuesday’s ruling, and sluggish tax collections, affect the budget-writing process.

Statehouse Roundup: 2.5.19: Teach For America seeks share of state funding

In other Statehouse news, more high school seniors are filling out a key application for college financial aid, and lawmakers set a Feb. 18 date to write the K-12 budgets.

Post Register: Lawmaker working on bill to relax school gun restrictions

“The biggest issue, I feel, is the gun-free school zones are a soft target for would-be shooters,” Rep. Chad Christensen, R-Ammon told Nathan Brown of the Idaho Falls Post Register.

Statehouse roundup, 2.4.19: Teach For America discusses plans for growth

In other news from Monday, a charter school group rips a new report criticizing virtual charters, and a House committee punts on an anti-immunization bill.

From the weekend, an Idaho education viewer’s guide

Want to catch up on school safety issues and the K-12 funding formula rewrite? Watch here.

Senate panel OKs 12th-grade meningococcal vaccine

Barring the unexpected, the state will add the meningitis vaccine to its list of immunization guidelines.

Turnaround schools bill heads to Senate floor

If passed, the bill would assign professional consultants to schools or districts that commit to a three-year improvement plan. But the bill is voluntary, and schools would have to opt in.