By the time you read this, much of the IEA staff will be on the ground at the Coeur d’Alene Resort for the 2019 IEA Annual Meeting and Delegate Assembly. Delegates will be arriving shortly thereafter, with caucuses set to begin at 7:30 a.m. Friday, April 5, followed by the general session at 10:00…
Minimum Starting Salary Bill Passes the House A bill that would set a minimum starting teacher salary of $40,000 beginning in 2020-2021, with an intermediate minimum of $38,500 next year, passed the House by a 61-9 margin. HB 153 is part of Gov. Brad Little’s effort to boost compensation in hopes of mitigating Idaho’s problems…
The Idaho Education Association is very fortunate to have a pair of veteran administrators working with the organization on an interim basis. Paul Hambleton is serving as the IEA Interim Executive Director and Andrés Becerra is the IEA Interim Associate Executive Director. Hambleton comes to Idaho by way of Wisconsin and Maine. He spent 20…
As usual, education topics will be at the forefront of discussion during the upcoming legislative session. Potential action on the recommendations from Idaho’s Public School Funding Formula Committee will certainly bear watching, and both the new Governor, Brad Little, and the returning State Superintendent, Sherri Ybarra, will be unveiling budget proposals early in the…