Members of the House Revenue and Taxation Committee have printed a bill, introduced by Sen. Bob Nonini (R-CDA), that would incentivize—in the form of tax credits—individuals and corporations to donate money to fund private school scholarships to Idaho children. According to the bills’ sponsors, HB 227 (http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2013/H0227.htm), would assure that any Idaho citizen would receive…
The topic today in the House Education Committee was charter schools, and based on the committee’s response to the topic, there could be significant changes afoot. First, the committee approved, on a party-line vote, HB 206 (http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2013/H0206.htm), the charter school facilities funding bill. The bill, which was developed by a coalition, including school administrators, the…
With virtually no discussion or debate, members of the House Education Committee approved a bill that would reinstate the two years of movement on the salary grid. Assuming this bill makes it completely through the process and is signed by the governor, HB 205 (http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2013/H0205.htm) would assure school districts would receive the necessary $4 million…
To the casual observer, it may have appeared that there was little discussion of education issues this week. In actuality, there was a flurry of activity, and we expect the pace to increase beginning early next week. As is typical, only a few legislative committees met on Friday. Neither education committee met. However, both panels…
Members of the House Education Committee voted unanimously to print a bill that would guarantee charter schools would receive facility funds. The bill, sponsored by Supt. Luna’s State Department of Education would ensure charter schools would receive $1.4 million skimmed directly from the K-12 schools budget next year, and that price tag could potentially increase…