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Labor negotiations to extend to October in Sugar-Salem

An impasse over salaries has pushed a plan to finalize negotiations to October – three months after the district’s own July 22 teacher contract deadline.

Idaho filing misstates financial impact of transgender policies

A state attorney suggests the feds’ transgender student policies threaten more than a third of the state’s K-12 budget. The feds account for 13.7 percent of K-12 spending in Idaho.

Evaluation oversight changes hands amidst accuracy concerns

Senate Education Committee Chairman Dean Mortimer said state data from a teacher evaluation report “was absolutely full of holes.”

Idaho Falls charter school granted permit for O.E. Bell building

The decision allows the school to occupy the building for the 2017-18 school year.

Healthcare coverage stalls labor negotiations in Sugar-Salem

A local union leader says teachers could leave the district before the start of the school year if an agreement isn’t reached soon.

West Ada reaches tentative labor agreement

If the teachers’ union ratifies the 2016-17 deal this week, trustees would vote on the plan on July 26.

Shelley considers allowing ’emotional support’ animals on campus

Liability is driving the district’s decision to develop a policy, said Superintendent Bryan Jolley, who is concerned about aggressive or untrained dogs, fleas or diseases coming onto campuses.