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BYU-Idaho switches course, will accept Medicaid
The Rexburg-based university — affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — requires its full-time students to have health insurance. Its decision to not accept Medicaid as health insurance sparked an outcry from students.
Bloomberg’s presidential bid — and his ties to Idaho’s education debate
The former New York City mayor, the latest entrant in the Democratic presidential race, sided with Republican state superintendent Tom Luna in a bitter 2012 campaign over Idaho education policy.
Superintendent Ybarra’s schedule: Nov. 25-26
State superintendent Sherri Ybarra has two items on her schedule for Thanksgiving week.
Blog on break …
This blog space will be blank for the next week, as I am on vacation. We’ll still have full coverage of all things education next week, so keep checking in. I’ll be back on Monday, Nov. 25. Aloha!
Take two: Idaho Falls charter elects trustees
White Pine Charter School patrons went back to the polls Tuesday, nearly six months after a botched election that was plagued with allegations of electioneering.
Nampa likely won’t seek recount in levy election
A recount would cost the district about $2,900, the Idaho Press reported. The district could run another levy in March.
DACA’s day in court: a reading roundup
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on the fate of DACA — which provides protections for about 3,100 people in Idaho. The Trump administration wants to eliminate the Obama-era policy.
Superintendent Ybarra’s schedule: Nov. 11-13 (UPDATED)
State superintendent Sherri Ybarra has only one event on her weekly schedule: the annual policy forum for the Council of Chief State School Officers, meeting in Atlanta.
Supplemental levies and enrollment: crunching the numbers
How far does a supplemental levy go? The answer varies — widely — from district to district.
Hitler costume causes high school to reconsider Halloween tradition
“There is no simple fix to this,” Teton High School Principal Sam Zogg told the Teton Valley News. The student dressed as Adolf Hitler led around a classmate, dressed as a Jewish person, by a leash or rope.