IEA Hotline—February 7, 2020 Over the strenuous objections of professional educators, the House Education Committee voted Wednesday to repeal the existing Idaho Standards for Initial Certification of Professional School Personnel. The next day the committee doubled-down on its dubious actions by voting to repeal all of Idaho’s Content Standards. The fight to preserve these…
IEA Hotline—January 31, 2020 Bill Limiting Frequency of School Bond Elections is Problematic Legislation introduced by Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, and Sen. Lori Den Hartog, R-Meridian, would force school districts to wait at least 11 months before taking a failed bond measure back to voters. This bill passed the House on a 48-21 vote now…
IEA Hotline—January 24, 2020 Superintendent Ybarra Presents Budget Proposal to JFAC State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra formally proposed a 5.3% increase in K-12 public school funding for the 2020-2021 school year during her presentation to the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee (JFAC) Thursday morning. That percentage represents roughly $101 million in new…
IEA Hotline—January 21, 2020 The House Education Committee will hear limited public testimony during a public hearing on Idaho’s science standards tomorrow morning, Wednesday, January 22. The best way to make sure your opinion on all of the Idaho Content Standards is taken into consideration is to email the committee. You can copy and paste…
IEA Hotline—January 17, 2020 The scaffolding that provides guidance to K-12 teaching and learning, the Idaho Content Standards, is essentially on trial during the early part of the 2020 legislative session. The House Education Committee is the first to take up the renewal process for the standards, holding public hearings on the English and Language…