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“Too many of our current leaders are asking the wrong questions about education,” Terry Gilbert said Wednesday. He joins three Republicans in the superintendent’s race.

INSIDE: The governor’s statement in full, plus the impact of this decision.

Idaho Reports called and emailed Branden Durst on Tuesday for comment but did not receive a response. 

“I think we need to adjourn the meeting and have some discussion,” said a visibly irritated Chairman Steven Thayn, R-Emmett, before abruptly dropping the gavel on Tuesday’s hearing.

Also: A bill meant to screen students for dyslexia and provide teachers with professional development to help affected students passed the House unanimously.

An hour-plus debate featured raised voices, impassioned decrials of pornography and back-and-forth between attorney legislators.

Masks are now optional in Idaho’s second largest district, which become one of the last to remove the mandate.

In other Monday Statehouse news, a House committee approved a bill to allow parents to opt their children out of school mask requirements.