This IEA Hotline recaps the work of the Governor’s K-12 Task Force. Look for the Hotline leading up to and during the 2020 Idaho legislative session. The K-12 task force, Our Kids, Idaho’s Future, took some positive steps forward recently in announcing a series of recommendations that will be forwarded to Governor Little for use…
Get a wrap-up of the 2019 legislative session in this week’s IEA Hotline.
The Idaho legislature has finally completed its third-longest session in history, adjourning Sine Die Thursday after 95 days. Education-related legislation had largely been put to bed a couple of weeks ago, but Medicaid expansion and ballot initiative bills kept legislators busy well into April. Despite fervent public opposition, the legislature passed SB 1204, which adds…
Gov. Little Vetoes Bill to Make Ballot Initiatives More Difficult Thanks in no small part to the feedback from IEA members and others concerned with protecting the voice of the people, a bill that would have made it nearly impossible to get voter-driven initiatives on the ballot has been vetoed by Gov. Brad Little. SB…
House Passes Funding Formula Definitions Bill, Legislation Heads to Senate Next Week While deferring to the expertise of the IEA and other education stakeholder groups and agreeing to slow down the process of rewriting Idaho’s public school funding formula, the House has passed HB 293, which aims to solidify definitions that could be helpful in…