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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.
Diverse resume made him Bonneville’s best bet
The incoming superintendent of East Idaho’s largest school district says education “always comes back to teaching and learning.”
Fruitland principal charged with sexual battery, soliciting prostitution
A female employee told police that principal Mike Fitch sexually harassed and propositioned her for sex, on school property.