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Statehouse roundup, 2.6.19: School funding formula hearing preview, mastery bill emerges
Find out how to testify during Thursday’s school funding hearing. And catch up on a full Wednesday at the Legislature — including a bevy of new bills on everything from high school graduation requirements to charter school administrators’ credentials.
Statehouse Roundup: 2.5.19: Teach For America seeks share of state funding
In other Statehouse news, more high school seniors are filling out a key application for college financial aid, and lawmakers set a Feb. 18 date to write the K-12 budgets.
Sugar-Salem considering four-day school week
Trustees have been mulling the change since December and could make a final decision during a school board meeting Wednesday night.
Statehouse roundup, 2.4.19: Teach For America discusses plans for growth
In other news from Monday, a charter school group rips a new report criticizing virtual charters, and a House committee punts on an anti-immunization bill.
Legislature unveils draft of funding formula bill
The proposal to change Idaho’s K-12 school funding formula is expected to be the biggest education debate of the year.
Statehouse roundup, 1.31.19: Study illustrates highs and lows in charter performance
Charter school students significantly outperformed students in traditional schools, especially in reading tests. But students in virtual charter schools lost considerable ground on math tests.
Charter commission to visit two schools under investigation
The state agency plans to interview trustees and review financial records at Bingham Academy and Blackfoot Charter Community Learning Center.
Retired educators teach children to find balance in their lives
They remind “screen-agers” to put down technology and seek healthy living habits and relationships.
Funding formula bill will be unveiled this week
A draft of the much-awaited and controversial bill will be posted online, Sen. Dean Mortimer said. That’s likely to happen before legislators even hold their first hearing on the proposal.
Utah college has no record it sold modulars to Idaho charter school administrator
Fred Ball says he purchased modulars from Salt Lake Community College. He has not produced a bill of sale, yet his school paid him $16,000 for their purchase.