Sherri Ybarra

Ybarra to push for additional state superintendent qualifications

Ybarra’s staff unveils nine proposed bills that could come before the 2016 Legislature.

Ybarra noncommittal on special session

When the 2015 Legislature adjourned April 11, it left Idaho’s child support enforcement system in limbo.

Observers: Ybarra recovered from rocky start to session

The first-year superintendent took heat for early-session budget stumbles — then earned praise for helping schools through the broadband crisis.

Lawmakers spar over Ybarra’s role with deaf and blind

House Education Committee members sidetrack bill that would have allowed Ybarra to appoint replacement to board of the Educational Services for the Deaf and Blind

Ybarra wants flexibility with board for the deaf and blind

Tim Corder is pushing a bill that would allow Ybarra to appoint a substitute to the board for the deaf and the blind — a position the state superintendent normally holds.

Ybarra makes pitch for technology funding

The state superintendent says districts should be free to decide how to boost classroom technology.

Analysis: Ybarra’s budget will get a rewrite

The state superintendent presented her first K-12 budget request on Thursday. It’s unlikely to survive intact.

Budget writers push Ybarra for more details

Ybarra repeats call to increase school funding by 6.4 percent, but JFAC members tried unsuccessfully to get her to reveal details of her plan to pay teachers.