A joint meeting of the House and Senate Education Committees will be held on Wednesday afternoon. Committee members will hear from Superintendent Tom Luna and State Board of Education member and chair of the Governor’s Task Force on Education Richard Westerberg. Superintendent Luna is expected to share his views about the state of education in…
The chairs of the Senate and House Education Committees, Senator John Goedde and Representative Reed DeMordaunt have announced plans to host a discussion on the Idaho Core Standards. The Forum will take place on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Lincoln Auditorium in the Senate West Wing (WW02) of the…
“This is about the future of this state,” said Representative Kloc. “We can invest in our children or we can sit on our hands and hope things work out to our advantage.”
Eight house members recommended the adoption of a P.E. requirement, but rejected language that would have included specific minimum times for P.E. activities. The subcommittee expressed concern about mandated minutes for what is currently an unfunded mandate. The subcommittee also rejected a portion of a rule that would have more than doubled the required upper-level…
What does this decision mean for public school employees? School employees are not state employees; consequently, the CEC Committee is not charged with making recommendations regarding their compensation.
A subcommittee of the House Education Committee met to continue their review of rules from the State Department of Education.