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Trustees prepare to elect association leaders
The Friday elections will determine who lead the Idaho School Boards Association.
Analysis: The 2021 session ended this week, and the 2022 session began
During the pandemic, days and weeks have had this way of bleeding together. Why should legislative sessions be any different? Everything Idahoans saw from the Legislature this week they will see again — in just 53 days, when lawmakers return to the Statehouse.
After 311 days, the 2021 Legislature calls it a year
Lawmakers wrapped up a record-setting session Wednesday. In three days, they passed only one piece of legislation: a nonbinding memorial decrying the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates.
This year’s bonuses could hit teachers’ pockets in time for Christmas
The 1,774 teachers who were awarded Master Education Premiums should see $4,000 soon.
Boise narrows trustee search to three
The finalists are vying to replace the district’s third trustee to resign in the last two school years.
Idaho Falls OK’s plan for career-technical hub
The facility could open as soon as Fall 2022.
Statehouse roundup, 11.16.21: House passes parental opt-out bill
MORE INSIDE: A teacher bonus push takes shape and the Senate made a formal statement condemning vaccine mandates.
West Ada to phase out mask mandate
The policy, in place for two months, will expire after Thanksgiving.
Idaho fall reading results show improvement from pandemic drop
Kindergarten was a novel exception. Only 40% of kindergarteners entered school reading at grade level this year, the lowest percent in recent memory.
The Legislature returns, and sanctions Giddings
MORE INSIDE on how the rest of the morning unfolded. Legislative leaders hope to wrap up business by Wednesday following the unusual decision to reconvene in November.