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Turnabout on ‘turnaround’ schools bill

Statehouse roundup, 3.20.18: As the 2018 Legislature moves toward adjournment, here’s the latest news on the education front.

Lawmakers vote to expand scholarship to benefit adults

Statehouse roundup, 3.19.18: Passage of the bill appears to represent a late-session victory for Gov. Butch Otter.

Reading test impasse shows signs of breaking

Legislative budget-writers will meet Tuesday morning, and are likely to take another look at funding a new reading test — one of the last unresolved issues of the 2018 legislative session.

House kills Ybarra’s office budget bill, derailing hopes for a quick end to the session

The Legislature cannot adjourn for the year until it passes all of the 2018-19 state budgets.

Reading test unrest flares up on the Senate floor

Statehouse roundup, 3.16.18: The Senate passes a bill addressing school threats, sending the proposal to Gov. Butch Otter.

Bonneville mulls elementary boundary changes

The proposed changes stem from overcrowding at some elementary schools, and financial concerns of overstaffing teachers at another.

Legislators move rapidly into budget mode

Statehouse roundup, 3.15.18: Spending bills pass easily, and the State Board of Education weighs in on the reading test impasse.

‘Go-on rate’ is stuck in neutral

In 2017, only 45 percent of Idaho high school graduates went straight to college. But the State Board of Education sees some good news in the numbers.