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‘A dynamic shift:’ Trustees weigh in on the November elections

The new elections cycle may mean more votes, trustees say, but it also raises a number of challenges for school board candidates and the newly elected.

Little asks state agencies to cut spending while protecting education budgets

Little is asking agencies to cut 1 percent from the current year’s budget and reduce next year’s base budgets by 2 percent.

School elections: A mixed bag on levies, a spate of school board upsets

Lake Pend Oreille and Minidoka County voters narrowly passed supplemental levies, while Nampa’s supplemental levy failed by 11 votes. Meanwhile, incumbent trustees lost from Lakeland to Middleton, from West Ada to Teton County.

K-12 enrollment continues to grow

The latest statewide fall enrollment tally: 310,628 — up 3,400 students, or about 1.1 percent from last year.

Idahoans ramp up signature gathering effort for education ballot initiative

Teachers and other professionals stood outside of polling locations on Tuesday hoping to gather enough signature to put the “Invest in Idaho” measure on next year’s ballot.

ISBA 2019: School safety, charter changes are on the agenda

During this week’s annual convention, trustees will vote on whether to try and limit the number of charter schools allowed per 25,000 residents of a school district, among other items.

Despite data showing otherwise, legislator says all students are ready for kindergarten

“I would hope we could change that message and get back to a different concept and that is, I believe absolutely every child is ready for kindergarten,” the state lawmaker said.

Another year, another record: Idaho’s supplemental levy bill keeps climbing

Ninety-two of Idaho’s 115 school districts will collect nearly $214 million in supplemental levies this year. But the reliance on voter-approved levies raises nagging concerns about equity.

School levies appear to violate state election law

Ballot measures in both the Lake Pend Oreille and Swan Valley school districts don’t include language detailing a levy’s potential impact on local taxpayers.