IDAHO

State expects to disperse $50 million Empowering Parents grants by mid-January

Idaho parents with adjusted gross income at or below $60,000 have until 8 p.m. on Friday to submit an application and qualify for the first wave of prioritized funding.

Critchfield announces four more key hires

“My goal is to be able to serve on day one, and filling key positions is a reflection of this priority,” the state superintendent-elect said in a news release.

State commission approves two new charter schools

New schools will serve students in the Lewiston and Treasure Valley areas.

Lawmakers consider solutions for school facilities problems

Sen. Dave Lent, R-Idaho Falls, who co-chairs the interim committee, hopes the group will have some “deliverables” in the coming weeks.

‘Not where we’d like to be:’ School safety assessments slowed during pandemic

Inspectors try to get into every K-12 school in Idaho every three years — looking for structural flaws or procedural problems that put kids and staff at risk. Last year, they barely made it into a fifth of the state’s schools.

Some Idaho parents frustrated by Empowering Parents grant program delays

Less than half of current 28,000 applications have been approved, education department says.

State commission reprimands teachers for sexual comments, aggressive behavior

The PSC revoked one certificate, and two educators received one-year suspensions.

Boise’s teenage trustee says he’s ‘in exactly the right spot’

“There’s nothing special about me,” Shiva Rajbhandari said. “Any student can serve on a school board and really bring a lot of value to the conversations that they’re having about policy, about facilities and really just about everything the board does.”