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Otter all but writes off higher education CEO proposal

On Thursday, Gov. Butch Otter seemed to abandon one of his top legislative priorities for 2018. He also deflected questions on gun control in the aftermath of Wednesday’s mass shooting at a Florida high school.

Town torn over prospect of boundary change

Patrons in Teton are torn over a plan to relinquish land and property worth millions of dollars to a neighboring school district.

School savings accounts top $275 million

The latest numbers, released by the State Department of Education, reveal an overall savings increase of nearly $60 million since 2015, when statewide savings topped $215 million.

Student survey plan still a go — despite reservations

The student surveys are a piece of Idaho’s plan to comply with federal education law. But some educators aren’t sold on the new survey vendor — and are worried about what will become of the results.

Idaho’s 2017 graduation rate unchanged from 2016

Once again, 79.7 percent of eligible students graduated.

House Education Committee again removes references to climate change

The Senate Education Committee is expected to take up the science standards next.

GOP candidates raise $1.6 million in bid to succeed Otter

The three major candidates — Tommy Ahlquist, Raul Labrador and Brad Little — are fundraising aggressively in the runup to the May 15 Republican primary. It’s early, but fundraising in the Democratic primary is off to a slow start.

Weird science: Standards hearing marked by confusion, questions

Lawmakers took no action Thursday, and they expect to reconvene the hearing Friday morning at the Statehouse.

Ybarra and Dillon scrape for campaign dollars

The two Republican candidates for state superintendent combined to raise only $8,600 in the second half of 2017. Meanwhile, Democrats are still searching for a candidate of their own.

Ybarra asks lawmakers to increase public school funding by 6.8 percent

“As we take stock of the five-year plan to improve K-12 education, we are on the right track,” Ybarra told lawmakers.