Kevin’s blog

The across-the-board federal budget cuts known as the “sequester” may hit home — to the tune of roughly $400,000 — for schools in Idaho timber country.

Here’s one indication that a public school budget deal is in place. The Legislature’s education committees have scheduled a Wednesday morning meeting to talk over details.

Attorneys will be back in a Boise courtroom this afternoon arguing a case that claims student fees violate the Idaho Constitution. Here’s a look at today’s docket.

It’s quiet at the Statehouse this morning — as lawmakers head back to town to try to sort out an education budget. Here are two good places to catch up on the story to date.

How did Senate opponents cobble together the 18 votes needed to submarine a public schools budget? The 2012 Senate elections changed the equation considerably.

First they grumbled. Then Senate Education Committee members said yes to forming an interim committee to spend the off-season studying K-12 issues.

The Senate’s vote to reject the public schools budget has thrown the Statehouse into turmoil. But it’s nothing like the budget donnybrook that unfolded 21 years ago.

A dysfunctional session on education issues? That’s how one senator puts it. And with Wednesday’s public schools budget vote, the session could continue into next week.

State superintendent Tom Luna’s spokeswoman calls out Glenn Beck for spreading misinformation about one of Luna’s initiatives, the “common core” standards,

Here are seven education-related bills to watch in the next 24 hours. And one other foolproof harbinger of the end of a legislative session.