Legislators will have plenty to ponder on the education front as they head home for the weekend. The House and Senate Education Committees heard presentations from several public education constituencies this week
Co-chairs of the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee set aside nearly three hours on Thursday to review the public schools budget request, but the hearing was over in about half that amount of time. Overall, Superintendent Ybarra’s budget request would increase public school funding by $87.1 million, a figure well below the governor’s proposed $101…
The U.S. Forest Service made an announcement nearly two weeks ago, and the word has begun to spread, especially among the districts expected to be hardest hit. Idaho Education News reporter Kevin Richert penned an article on Wednesday outlining the significant cuts some of Idaho’s most rural districts could face as a result of Congress’s…
Last legislative session some lawmakers voiced their aversion to the Idaho Core Standards. The concern about the standards continues to exist, and now lawmakers have begun questioning the state testing requirements, as well. Sen. Bob Nonini (R-Post Falls) informed Senate Education Committee members that a group of legislators is interested in introducing a bill that…
Idaho’s Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee (JFAC) is hearing testimony this week as they begin the process of setting the state’s education budget. On Monday, State Board of Education President Emma Atchley expressed the Board’s support for the 2015-2016 education budget that has been proposed by Governor Otter. That proposal calls for a 7.4% increase…
members of the House Education Committee on Friday morning to discuss the process and final product that encompass the tiered certification rule and proposed career ladder legislation.