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House OK’s K-12 budgets — including $104 million in teacher pay raises
A year ago, the House killed the first version of a teacher salary bill — as lawmakers aired concerns about indoctrination. This year’s version of the bill passed 65-4.
Statehouse roundup, 3.21.22: Higher ed budget sails to Little’s desk
INSIDE: Idaho teachers and administrators can more or less bank on $1,000 bonuses.
Idaho schools scramble to catch up with sexual harassment requirements
Title IX has long applied to the way schools should respond to allegations of sexual harassment and assault as a form of discrimination. But K-12 schools have been slow to catch on.
U.S. schools are flush with cash, but struggling to spend it on schedule
Their efforts are running up against a national labor shortage and supply chain issues, which are making it difficult to do things like hire tutors or renovate dilapidated buildings.
Statehouse roundup, 3.18.22: All-day kindergarten bill remains in limbo, but an alternative path emerges
In other news: Senators approved a school funding switch and put the brakes on increasing school bus speed limits.
Statehouse roundup, 3.17.22: Little vetoes teacher premium expansion
Also Thursday, a $56.9 million budget for the state’s community college system passed the Senate.
McGeachin lays out platform, decries Little’s pandemic response
Offering few specifics, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin laid out a far-reaching to-do list for her first 100 days as governor.
Analysis: The races that will shape the 2023 Legislature
It’s dizzying. All 105 legislative seats are on the ballot this year, but some races have big implications. Here’s a scouting report.
West Ada trustees name four finalists for board vacancy
All candidates who applied advanced to the next step.
House easily passes higher ed budget
Supporters say the $338 million budget will allow the four-year schools to freeze in-state tuition for a third straight year. Opponents again used the budget debate to decry campus diversity programs.