Gov. Butch Otter
STEM action center has a board … almost
Gov. Butch Otter is also looking for a director to focus Idaho’s efforts in science, technology, engineering and math disciplines.
Otter: Education must be Idaho’s ‘continued focus’
The governor touts Idaho’s education task force recommendations and a new STEM action center — but the state’s broadband mess goes unmentioned.
Idaho’s STEM Action Center scheduled to open July 1
Legislators authorized the center, which will focus on the areas of science, technology, engineering and math during the 2015 legislative session.
Otter calls ‘extraordinary’ legislative session for May 18
The session will focus exclusively on Idaho’s child-support enforcement crisis.
Want Otter’s final word on the 2015 session? Wait until Thursday
Education issues may not a talking point — but the fate of a child-support bill will almost certainly be a focal point.
Otter holds firm on transportation funding, explains veto
The governor says he doesn’t want a highway bill and tax overhaul to threaten education funding.
Otter, Hill, Bedke throw support behind career ladder
The joint news release was issued Friday morning, as the House Education Committee started a crucial hearing on the teacher pay plan.
Administration Department head to step down
Teresa Luna was a focal player in the Idaho Education Network broadband contract debacle.
Career ladder will allow districts to keep their best teachers
Gov. Butch Otter says the teacher career ladder bill “represents two years of research, discussion and work by education stakeholders across the state.”
Otter signs broadband bailout bill
“A lot of work remains to be done to set this right,” Gov. Butch Otter said Wednesday. For now, districts can apply for $3.6 million in reimbursements.