Members of the House Education Committee voted overwhelmingly to oppose HB 477, a measure brought forward by the State Department of Education that would have allowed the SDE to pass along to individual teacher, ESP, and volunteer applicants, the cost of increased fees from the Idaho State Police to perform fingerprint background checks. The bill…
The Senate Education Committee voted unanimously to send SB 1317, SB 1318 and SB 1319 to the floor with a recommendation that they “do pass.” These bills, supported by the IEA, school administrators and school boards associations extend for an additional year, the sunset provisions attached to the three labor laws passed last year. SB…
By a 16-4 vote, JFAC supported the 6.4% ($2.987 billion) revenue projection for FY 2015 presented by Governor Butch Otter and the Economic Outlook and Revenue Assessment Committee.
IEA Director of Public Policy Matt Compton has a video message about this Friday’s JFAC public hearing, which will take place at the capital from 8:00-10:30 AM.
Members of the House State Affairs Committee printed a bill on Tuesday, sponsored by Rep. Janet Trujillo (R-Idaho Falls), that is essentially a parents’ bill of rights.