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Teachers call on Legislature to shrink class sizes, expand kindergarten
One teacher showed photos from her classroom depicting broken chairs, lopsided desks and a cracked whiteboard.
Pocatello-Chubbuck announces new plan to carve up high school boundaries
A newly formed focus group will provide trustees with input about the controversial boundary changes.
Bonneville will float a $35 million bond issue in March. Is it enough?
Some patrons say they feel robbed by the school board’s decision to drop the option for a new elementary school with integrated special education facilities.
Lawmakers delay action on proposed science standards
For a second consecutive day, the public unanimously encouraged the committee to adopt the full slate of new science standards.
GOP candidates raise $1.6 million in bid to succeed Otter
The three major candidates — Tommy Ahlquist, Raul Labrador and Brad Little — are fundraising aggressively in the runup to the May 15 Republican primary. It’s early, but fundraising in the Democratic primary is off to a slow start.
Income tax bill heads to the House floor
The House Revenue and Taxation Committee passed the $104.5 million tax cut on a party-line vote.
Weird science: Standards hearing marked by confusion, questions
Lawmakers took no action Thursday, and they expect to reconvene the hearing Friday morning at the Statehouse.
Ybarra and Dillon scrape for campaign dollars
The two Republican candidates for state superintendent combined to raise only $8,600 in the second half of 2017. Meanwhile, Democrats are still searching for a candidate of their own.
Sugar-Salem names new superintendent
Trustees selected Rockland School District superintendent Chester Bradshaw from a pool of three candidates during a school board meeting last Thursday.
Higher ed CEO debate turns testy
Statehouse roundup, 1.30.18: The co-chair of Gov. Butch Otter’s higher education task force defends the controversial “CEO” proposal, and works in a few digs at critics.