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Quinn Perry, the deputy director for ISBA, estimates that about 60 local education agencies or LEAs (which includes traditional school districts and charters) already have the LGBTQ+ policy in place.

On the broad spending issues, the state superintendent and Gov. Brad Little are in agreement. But a few differences emerged Wednesday.

Lawmakers began diving into higher education budgets Tuesday morning — and had a lot of questions about spending at the state’s largest university.

While higher education funding has lagged, Idaho has changed its K-12 narrative by infusing hundreds of millions of dollars into the budget, Kurt Liebich said Monday. We should expect a return on investment.”

Idaho Education News and 19 other regional and national news organizations have formed a coalition to ask a judge to narrow a gag order in the case of a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students.

Idaho’s new superintendent continues to wrestle with the question of how (or whether) to put taxpayer money into private schools. This is the defining education question of the session — and the outcome will say a lot about the state’s Republican Party.

The governor’s budget calls for a 4% pay increase for all state employees, including classified staff, but ultimately, policy decisions are up to the Legislature.

The House Education Committee got its first in-depth look at Gov. Brad Little’s education budget requests Tuesday.

Teachers can get paid tens of thousands of dollars more – or less – depending on their school.

Some achieve at the highest level, while others are at the lowest. But a majority outperform benchmarks.