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State GOP: Bonneville Republican committee’s candidate donations violated its own bylaws

Idaho Republican Party Chairman Tom Luna says thousands of dollars the East Idaho-based central committee donated to various candidates should be corrected “immediately.”

West Ada to make full-day kindergarten free

With a state funding boost incoming, Idaho’s largest school district is dropping tuition for the program.

Pocatello educators win ‘Oscars’ of teaching — and $25,000 each

Two teachers from the same district garnered national recognition last month, along with an unexpected cash prize for their leadership and innovation in their classrooms. Here’s how they do it.

Idaho’s version of the Common Core never quite fit. What’s next?

The state’s decade-old K-12 learning standards have had a long and simmering history. Legislators finally replaced them, but what happens now?

The 2022 Legislature gavels out: Let’s review the historic year for education

Here’s a recap of the impacts on teachers, school employees, parents, students and taxpayers.

Schools hesitant to join Idaho’s health insurance plan with incoming funding boost

Administrators worry added funding won’t cover the cost of the state’s comparatively low-premium, high-benefit plan for all employees.

Little vetoes bill that would continue funding schools based on enrollment

While the state’s default is to divide up K-12 funding based on average daily attendance, the State Board of Education — comprised mostly of Little appointees — has voted to temporarily switch the state over to enrollment-based funding in each of the last two school years to delink school funding from volatile pandemic-era attendance numbers.