Ybarra’s Rural Education Support Network Will Get Hearing from House Education Committee
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra has been pushing the concept of a rural schools network for the last two years.
JFAC Budget: Full Funding for Career Ladder, Discretionary Increase to Cover Health Insurance
Full funding of year three of the career ladder had been identified as the top funding priority by virtually every person or entity involved in Idaho’s K-12 education budgeting process, so it did not come as a major surprise when the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee approved a budget that includes a $69.1 million increase in allocations for teacher compensation.
JFAC To Set Education Budget Monday
Idaho’s Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee will meet Monday to work on setting the K-12 public education budget for 2017-18.
Testimony Strongly Supports Inclusion of Climate Change in Science Standards
Idaho’s Senate Education Committee heard public testimony on Idaho’s proposed science standards during Thursday’s meeting.
Science Standards in Senate Education Committee Thursday
Science Standards in Senate Education Committee Thursday The Senate Education Committee will review Idaho’s science standards during their meeting Thursday, starting at 3:00 in room WW55. Those standards have been a lightning rod for discussion and controversy the last couple of years; most recently when the House Education Committee voted to remove five passages referring…
Alternative Authorizations Have Doubled in Last Five Years
As part of a presentation on educator recruitment and retention, State Department of Education official Duncan Robb told the House Education Committee Tuesday that alternative authorizations in Idaho have risen from 1.91% in 2011-12 to 4.10% in 2015-16.