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Statehouse roundup, 4.2.19: Senate Education Committee to take up pared-down funding formula bill

…never made it to the House or Senate floor for a vote. The pared-down HB 293 is different. Freshman Sens. Dave Lent, R-Idaho Falls, and Jim Woodward, R-Sagle, managed to…

House Education endorses pared-down funding bill

…to completely rewrite Idaho’s school funding formula stalled out, freshmen Sens. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle, and Dave Lent, R-Idaho Falls, successfully introduced the pared-down bill Tuesday morning. Their effort is supported…

Statehouse roundup, 3.26.19: House Education introduces pared-down funding formula bill

Sens. Dave Lent, left, and Jim Woodward present a pared-down funding formula bill Tuesday. Photo by Sami Edge/Idaho EdNews. It took 79 days, two freshmen senators and the legislative equivalent…

Senate makes last-ditch funding formula push

…Sometime before 2 p.m., the meeting was canceled. The move was sudden enough to catch at least one committee member off guard. First-year Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle, arrived at the…

Senate committee kills sex education ‘opt-in’ bill

A controversial sex education “opt-in” bill is dead for the session. Citing a range of concerns — including the potential cost to schools, and the potential impact on a variety…

Statehouse roundup, 2.15.19: Senate passes turnaround schools bill; rules fight heats up

…Carl Crabtree, Grangeville; Lori Den Hartog, Meridian; Abby Lee, Fruitland; Jim Rice, Caldwell; Mary Souza, Coeur d’Alene; Steve Vick, Dalton Gardens; and Jim Woodward, Sagle. Rules review fight heats up…

Senate names new committee chairs

…Jim Woodward, R-Sagle; and Sen. Don Cheatham, R-Post Falls. Before his election to the Senate this year, Cheatham served on the House Education Committee. Lent said he is looking forward…

Who’s in? Tracking the 2018 candidate filings

…seat: Danielle Ahrens, Republican, Sandpoint; Scott Herndon, Republican, Sagle; Jim Woodward, Republican, Sagle; Vera Gadman, Democrat, Hope. House Chair Maxine Bell, R-Jerome, will not seek re-election. Candidates for Bell’s House…