As of today, the 2012 Idaho Legislature has considered a whopping 16 bills to clean up or clarify the three hastily written education reform bills passed last year. Here's a list:
1. H534—Eliminates requirement that instructor must …
The Senate today passed S1410, the Fiscal Year 2013 public schools budget. With a general fund price tag of $1,279,818,600, it represents a 4.6 percent increase from FY2012, but the overall budget of $1,566,813,100 showed an increase of just 0.4 perc…
It’s almost certain that this will be our last weekly update of the 2012 Idaho Legislature. All signs point to an adjournment by the middle of next week. In the meantime, lawmakers busied themselves today clearing bills from their still-packed …
Late Wednesday afternoon, the Senate printed S1410, the FY 13 public school appropriations bill . This measure, passed several weeks ago by the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee (JFAC), provides an additional 4.6 percent more state money to scho…
It was a day of education housekeeping at the Idaho Legislature as tweaks to the 2011 education reform laws continue to trickle through the system.
In the House Education Committee, members voted to advance a new version of yesterday’s H671, …
Although the 2012 Idaho Legislature has lacked the pitched battles of last year, there have been plenty of bills that are damaging to public schools and educators’ rights. Even in the waning days of the session, today’s House Education Co…