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Education news around Idaho

This week’s briefs feature kids who will speak at the Boise Film Festival, an Idaho School Boards Association celebration and students raising money for Hurricane Harvey victims.

Jefferson County administrators consider banning classic novel

The prospect of banning a book in this East Idaho district fueled a social media firestorm this week.

Raul Labrador, candidate for governor

“If we’re going to take some of the credit then I think we need to take some of the blame at the governor’s office,” gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador said this week.

Ousted Ybarra spokesman accused of sexual harassment and racial discrimination

Dan Goicoechea resigned from the State Department of Education on Monday, the same day a tort claim was filed against him by a former colleague at a different state agency.

Ybarra’s new spokesman leaves after one month on the job

Dan Goicoechea, Ybarra’s deputy of government affairs and spokesman, resigned on Monday.

Emergency levy bill exceeds $10 million

At least 12 growing districts across the state will collect emergency levies. Last year’s emergency levies totaled $9.1 million. Unlike other levies, emergency levies do not require voter approval.

Church missions continue to drag down Idaho’s first-year college go-on rates

Students in East Idaho are more likely to go on a two-year mission right out of high school, which affects first-year college go-on rates.

Target 2025? Task force presses reset on the ’60 percent goal’

Gov. Butch Otter’s higher education task force wraps up its work by rethinking the state’s much-touted — but elusive — college completion goal.

The higher ed task force recommendations, at a glance

A statewide “digital campus.” Higher education funding based on student outcomes. Degrees based on subject mastery, not classroom hours. Here’s a closer look at the higher education task force’s wish list.