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Nampa trustees appoint replacement after accepting superintendent’s resignation
Assistant superintendent Greg Russell takes over after Paula Kellerer’s abrupt exit.
Idaho governor signs $600 million income tax cut into law
The rebate will be distributed to Idahoans sometime this spring and the income tax brackets will be lowered starting in July.
Nampa superintendent Paula Kellerer resigns
The board has scheduled a special meeting for Saturday to accept the resignation and name an interim. INSIDE: Kellerer’s resignation letter.
Statehouse roundup, 2.4.2022: Feds could feed another $74 million into school lunch program
INSIDE: Legislation expanding scholarship eligibility, creating a charter building fund and making a teacher pay change all moved forward Friday.
Two Idaho teachers reprimanded for misconduct
State education watchdogs issued warnings and temporary punishments against two educators.
Analysis: Idaho’s school building problems have been neglected for years
Because state officials consider school construction and maintenance a local responsibility, they’ve gotten careless with Idaho’s 46 million square feet of school buildings.
Statehouse roundup, 2.3.22: School employee health insurance boost heads to governor
The Idaho Senate easily passed a bill Thursday that would establish a fund to hold more money for school employees’ health insurance.
Bonuses ease the scramble for substitute teachers
Lured by the added money, dozens of adults have applied to be substitutes in Nampa and Kuna, and they are willing to sub the “notoriously” difficult days of Mondays and Fridays.
Idaho Senate passes ‘self-directed learner’ bill
The proposal would allow high-performing students greater flexibility in their education, said the bill’s sponsor Sen. Steven Thayn, R-Emmett.
Public records show McGeachin billed nearly $17,000 for her own legal fees in records lawsuit
Taxpayers are not on the hook for the latest invoices for McGeachin’s own legal representation, McGeachin wrote in a letter to a budget analyst from the Legislative Services Office on Monday, according to documents obtained by the Sun.