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An evolving profile: Boise State’s out-of-state student surge continues
For the first time in its 89-year history, a majority of Boise State University’s first-year undergraduate students have come from outside Idaho. The trend is forcing the university to rethink its financial aid strategy.
Lawmaker floats plan that would eliminate school supplemental levies
Sen. Jim Rice’s idea is to phase out the supplemental levy authority and replace it it with a sales tax fund, providing property tax relief.
Kyle Pfannenstiel joins EdNews staff
He’s a University of Idaho graduate and award-winning health care reporter.
Homeless outreach coordinators work to connect families with resources
Idaho’s housing crunch is forcing families into homelessness for the first time. School districts can help with everything from transportation, to laundry, to housing applications.
Challenges for homeless students intensified by Idaho housing boom and COVID
Education coordinators are seeing working families priced out of their homes across the state. And once a family becomes homeless, it’s getting increasingly difficult to find a new place.
Idaho sues over vaccine mandate covering college campuses
A Biden administration executive order would require federal contractors and their employees to get the coronavirus vaccine. Since Idaho universities have $89 million in federal contracts, the order applies to campuses.
Sheriff completes investigation into alleged hazing by Fruitland football players
The Payette County prosecuting attorney said he does anticipate filing charges — but he has not decided which charges to file just yet.
West Ada election gets political
Party involvement lies shallow beneath the surface in the race to help lead Idaho’s biggest school district.
In the Panhandle, a trustee’s race plays out under a national spotlight
Candidate David J. Reilly, a 13-month resident of Post Falls, has drawn criticism over his far-right ties and anti-Semitic rhetoric. Third-generation resident Jake Dawson is touting his own conservative credentials. Voters will decide Tuesday.
Republican lawmakers call for ISBA to shed national affiliation
Idaho’s lobbying group for trustees says it has distanced itself from the National School Boards Association, but will not end the relationship — at least for now.