The IEA opposed the legislation, pointing out that Idaho currently provides alternative certification routes and online courses through the Idaho Education Network to assist school districts to offer a full slate of courses.
In almost every instance, local voters continue to vote to raise their property taxes to ensure critical programs are in place to educate their students.
IEA President Penni Cyr released a statement on Wednesday thanking those who supported the levy elections.
The FY 15 public school appropriation requires districts or vendors to meet or exceed a set of standards established by SBE rule or law. Currently, no such standards exist, but that won’t be the case for long if a bill sponsored by Sen. John Goedde (R-CDA) and printed by the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday…
The bill would provide a 50 percent credit on state income taxes to individuals and corporations that make donations to nonprofit scholarship granting organizations (SGOs) to provide scholarships to K-12 students to attend private or religious schools.