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Video: Making the Grade, 4.8.15
This week, we talk about the new anti-bullying law — and Idaho’s declining kindergarten enrollment numbers.
Where have the kindergartners gone?
Enrollment numbers are down, in Boise and across the state. And Boise Superintendent Don Coberly has a theory.
Lawmaker mum on K-12 budget, career ladder votes
Only one House member voted against six of the seven K-12 budgets that passed Monday. And she isn’t talking.
Charter group makes push for veto override
At issue is a $1.7 million bill to cover the costs that follow transfer students. Gov. Butch Otter vetoed the bill last week.
Statehouse briefs, 4.2.15: Salamanders and STEM
Ilah Hickman’s five-year campaign for the Idaho giant salamander ended successfully Thursday afternoon. Gov. Butch Otter signed the Boise eighth-grader’s bill, designating the salamander the state amphibian. “There ya are, kiddo, it’s all done,” Otter said after signing the bill, according to a blog post from Betsy Russell of the Spokane Spokesman-Review. “Good job!” The…
In constituent letter, Labrador defends rural schools vote
A two-year funding extension for rural schools was attached to a “budget-busting” Medicare bill, Rep. Raul Labrador said Thursday.
Labrador-Simpson tensions go public
First, Reps. Raul Labrador and Mike Simpson disagreed on rural schools spending. Then, Labrador called Simpson a liar.
Lawmakers delve into $61.5 million Schoolnet costs
Idaho taxpayers picked up about two-thirds of the costs for an instructional management system that may end up in mothballs.
Tax showdown: Senate will not consider omnibus tax bill
A day after passing the House, a far-reaching tax bill is quickly killed in the Senate.