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Statehouse roundup, 3.25.22: Legislature passes libraries budget, heads closer to adjournment

…for literacy programs, Empowering Parents grants head to Little’s desk The Senate quickly sent two high-profile education budget bills to Little’s desk Friday afternoon, approving an extra $46 million for…

Statehouse roundup, 3.24.22: Idaho House kills library commission budget over ‘obscene materials’

…afternoon, the House passed two other budget bills, which now go to the Senate. Empowering Parents. House Bill 809 funds the State Board of Education and $50 million worth of…

Statehouse roundup, 3.22.22: Empowering Parents grants budget hits a roadblock

(UPDATED, 2:46 p.m., with JFAC action on the Empowering Parents grants budget.) The House abruptly voted down a State Board of Education budget Tuesday morning, as lawmakers figure out how…

Statehouse roundup, 3.18.22: All-day kindergarten bill remains in limbo, but an alternative path emerges

…Bill 1390: It contains the $50 million of federal money for the Empowering Parents Grants program. The Legislature has already OK’d Little’s family education grants proposal, but this bill bankrolls…

Statehouse roundup, 3.15.22: Rural incentive, charter certification bills head to House floor

…point from committee — how to fund the administration of Empowering Parents grants for families to cover education-related costs — resurfaced. Sen. Lori Den Hartog, R-Meridian, voted “no” because the…

Statehouse roundup, 3.1.22: New standards legislation emerges

…years. Little signs Empowering Parents Grants bill The $50 million Empowering Parents Grants program is now on the books. Gov. Brad Little signed the program bill Tuesday during a ceremony…

Statehouse roundup, 2.23.22: Empowering Parents Grants bill heads to governor’s desk

…the Empowering Parents Grants program. One of Gov. Brad Little’s education proposals for 2022, the federally funded program would provide grants of up to $1,000 per student or $3,000 per…

Statehouse roundup, 2.22.22: Divided budget committee OK’s education grant program

Legislative budget-writers agreed to put $50 million into the Empowering Parents Grants program. But Tuesday’s deeply divided vote suggests the budget could run into some resistance on the House floor….

Statehouse roundup, 2.16.2021: Powerball gets reluctant support in committee

…for Idaho families passed the House Education Committee Wednesday. The Empowering Parents Program would offer families up to $1,000 per student or $3,000 per household in federal money to cover…

Analysis: Playing the role of the fun parent, Little ramps up his re-election run

…— a pathway to state-funded all-day kindergarten — looks like a safe bet. His $50 million Empowering Parents Grants proposal is on the fast track, flying through the Senate on…