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A divided West Ada school board selects new leadership
On just her first day as a trustee, Lori Frasure was elected vice chair of Idaho’s largest school district.
State Board shifts to enrollment-based K-12 funding model, again
The decision carries major implications for K-12 funding this school year. Also, find out why the board surveyed student on their politics, and what respondents said.
Boise keeps mask mandate — for now
After more than an hour of testimony and debate Monday night, trustees decided to maintain status quo.
CWI selects Boise State’s Gordon Jones as president
The search took most of the year and included focus groups and interviews with three other finalists.
State Board letter: Accreditation issue places NIC in peril
“Action or inaction by the college’s board of trustees that places accreditation at risk would result in long-term injury to the very students you were elected to serve,” State Board President Kurt Liebich and executive director Matt Freeman said in a letter to trustees.
Bair steps away from Senate; VanOrden to return to Legislature
The co-chair of the powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee is taking a leave of absence to deal with family issues, Betsy Russell of the Idaho Press reported. Julie VanOrden will take his place.
State Board passes proposed rule changes on to Legislature
The Board will next month consider funding K-12 school districts based on total enrollment, rather than students’ average daily attendance, for the 2021-2022 school year.
‘Medicated, meddlesome and quarrelsome:’ Boise State professor’s comments on women draw fire
And Scott Yenor said colleges and universities are also eroding the American family. “Almost everything in these indoctrination camps complicates the male-female dance. It delays growing up.”
Idaho Supreme Court returns lawsuit challenging kindergarten fees to district court
The court is calling for for further consideration of the merits of “important constitutional questions” involved in the case.
Wasden will seek re-election, joins crowded A.G.’s primary
The state’s longest-serving attorney general says he will seek a sixth term.