Search Results: "Steve Berch"

Candidate filings, 3.5.20: Kerby files for re-election, and draws a challenge

…Falls, filed for a fifth term. He’s among four House Education members who filed paperwork Monday. Reps. Steve Berch, D-Boise; Ron Mendive, R-Coeur d’Alene; and Dorothy Moon, R-Stanley, also filed…

Candidate filings, 3.6.20: Ex-lawmaker challenges House Education freshman

…paperwork Monday. Reps. Steve Berch, D-Boise; Ron Mendive, R-Coeur d’Alene; and Dorothy Moon, R-Stanley, also filed for re-election. Steve Bair, R-Blackfoot, co-chair of the budget-writing Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, will seek…

Statehouse roundup, 3.5.20: House Education endorses letter urging standards replacement

…leaders sign it on everyone’s behalf. “Mr. Chairman, my name won’t be on this letter,” Rep. John McCrostie, D-Garden City, said. McCrostie and Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise, said the letter…

Statehouse roundup, 3.4.20: Lawmakers work on a standards ‘wish list’

…with Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise, voting against it. SB 1304 heads next to the House floor with a recommendation it passes. It passed the Senate 34-0 on Feb. 20. A…

Candidate filings, 3.2.20: Bedke, Clow seek re-election

…Education Committee Chairman Lance Clow, R-Twin Falls, filed for a fifth term. He’s among four House Education members who filed paperwork Monday. Reps. Steve Berch, D-Boise; Ron Mendive, R-Coeur d’Alene;…

Statehouse roundup, 3.2.20: Guns-in-schools bill unveiled

…charter schools,” Raymond said. Making this change could also lead to a situation where funding is exhausted because of the first-come, first-served application process. That led Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise,…

Statehouse roundup, 2.27.20: House Education says no

…layers of bureaucracy.” Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise, supported the bill. “Isn’t the root cause of this problem the fact that schools aren’t getting enough money to begin with?” Berch asked….

Statehouse roundup, 2.24.20: Higher education interim committee

…more accessible and affordable for Idaho students.” “Higher education presents great opportunities, and it also presents a great challenge for us right now,” Amador said. Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise, supported…

Statehouse roundup, 2.20.20: Higher ed budget takes shape, as state leaders seek a long-range plan

…in favor of the legislation. “I keep on hearing in this committee, time and time again, about accountability,” said Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise, speaking in favor of the bill. “Well,…

Transgender athletics bill clears its first legislative hurdle

…promotes the notion that transgender girls are not “real girls” and transgender women are not “real women.” “I find it disappointing,” McCrostie said. Rep. Steve Berch of Boise made an…