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Charter commission expedites improvement deadlines for embattled charter school

Blackfoot has an April 1 deadline to clean up financial practices if it wants to stay open.

Statehouse roundup, 3.1.19: On party-line vote, sex ed bill heads to House floor

In arguing for her opt-in bill, Rep. Barbara Ehardt said she was troubled by the tone of the opposition, which surfaced during a public hearing Tuesday. “Parents were pitted against the state.”

Idaho immunization rates drop — as opt-out numbers surge

Idaho’s immunization opt-out rates are at an all-time high — and that’s “concerning” to the head of the state’s immunization program. And the Legislature is making it easier for parents to opt out.

Statehouse roundup, 2.28.19: Charter administrators bill heads to House floor

House Education Committee members declined to delay a vote until they could read an analysis of the bill from the Idaho Attorney General’s Office.

Whittier elementary christens new building

“I feel like I’m on a totally different planet,” Principal Fernanda Brendefur said of the new 68,000-square-foot facility. “It’s just wonderful.”

Statehouse roundup, 2.27.19: Questions remain as lawmakers ready a funding formula bill

Legislators could prepare a funding formula bill for introduction as early as Friday. Meanwhile, state superintendent Sherri Ybarra’s teacher pipeline bill makes its debut.

Sex ed opt-in bill attracts large crowd of opponents

The House Education Committee delayed a vote on the bill until Friday.

Statehouse roundup, 2.26.19: Guns-in-schools bill introduced

In other news from a busy Tuesday at the Statehouse, a two-year plan to raise minimum teacher salaries sails through the House, and budget-writers carve up a spending plan for Idaho higher education.