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The latest and breaking news and investigative reports about Idaho public education.

Statehouse roundup, 2.7.22: Education grants bill sails through Senate committee

MORE INSIDE: Dyslexia screening, career-technical education funding and STEM-school designation surfaced at the Statehouse Monday.

Study: Idaho will need over 100 new schools by 2030

Some 42,000 students will have flooded Idaho by the end of the decade, a charter support group and a research firm say.

Nampa trustees appoint replacement after accepting superintendent’s resignation

Assistant superintendent Greg Russell takes over after Paula Kellerer’s abrupt exit.

Idaho governor signs $600 million income tax cut into law

The rebate will be distributed to Idahoans sometime this spring and the income tax brackets will be lowered starting in July.

Nampa superintendent Paula Kellerer resigns

The board has scheduled a special meeting for Saturday to accept the resignation and name an interim. INSIDE: Kellerer’s resignation letter.

Statehouse roundup, 2.4.2022: Feds could feed another $74 million into school lunch program

INSIDE: Legislation expanding scholarship eligibility, creating a charter building fund and making a teacher pay change all moved forward Friday.

Two Idaho teachers reprimanded for misconduct

State education watchdogs issued warnings and temporary punishments against two educators.

Analysis: Idaho’s school building problems have been neglected for years

Because state officials consider school construction and maintenance a local responsibility, they’ve gotten careless with Idaho’s 46 million square feet of school buildings.

Statehouse roundup, 2.3.22: School employee health insurance boost heads to governor

The Idaho Senate easily passed a bill Thursday that would establish a fund to hold more money for school employees’ health insurance.

Bonuses ease the scramble for substitute teachers

Lured by the added money, dozens of adults have applied to be substitutes in Nampa and Kuna, and they are willing to sub the “notoriously” difficult days of Mondays and Fridays.