Gov. Butch Otter
‘Adult completer’ scholarship plan will resurface in 2017
Gov. Butch Otter and the State Board of Education want to put $5 million into this scholarship program. A sharply divided Senate rejected the idea earlier this year.
Otter opposes rules amendment
A constitutional amendment ensuring the Legislature’s role in reviewing agency rules is “a solution in search of a problem,” Gov. Butch Otter said Wednesday.
Otter stands by his claims in transgender student dispute
The governor maintains that the feds’ transgender student guidelines jeopardize about a third of Idaho’s education funding.
Idaho filing misstates financial impact of transgender policies
A state attorney suggests the feds’ transgender student policies threaten more than a third of the state’s K-12 budget. The feds account for 13.7 percent of K-12 spending in Idaho.
Otter decries talent gap in state work force
Idaho employers have left about 22,000 jobs vacant, Gov. Butch Otter told business leaders Wednesday, “because we did not have the talent for them.”
Breaking down Otter’s legislative endorsements
Otter is endorsing in 12 GOP legislative primaries Tuesday, the Associated Press reported.
Scholarship bill becomes law — despite Otter’s concerns
Rep. Ryan Kerby pushed the $1 million scholarship program, saying it will encourage more students to stay in Idaho for college.
This time, Otter signs student mobility bill
The law will provide $1 million to a handful of alternative and virtual schools. Otter vetoed a costlier student mobility bill in 2015.
Otter signs $8 million broadband settlement bill
The signing now gives legislative leaders money to try to resolve one element of the Idaho Education Network meltdown.
Otter signs four K-12 budgets
The list includes bills to boost pay for teachers and school administrators.