Search Results: "Rod Furniss"

‘It’s a complicated issue:’ Lawmaker reflects on demise of teacher insurance bill

Rep. Rod Furniss spent much of the 2021 session trying to untangle an old issue: helping teachers get on the state’s health insurance plan. On March 15, days before the…

Legislative roundup, 2.22.21: Bill would seek to relax expulsion requirements

…clear up confusion between certification and contract laws for some teachers. Pushed by Rep. Rod Furniss, R-Rigby, House Bill 111 would apply to teachers who are seeking their initial teaching…

Legislative roundup, 2.10.21: Lawmakers seek to scrap August school elections

…registration questions, he said, but as they plan for four elections every year, that work occurs “haphazardly.” Boise Democrats Chris Mathias and John Gannon and Rigby Republican Rod Furniss opposed…

McGeachin, conservative legislators call on PERSI to dump big tech investments

…R-Lewiston. Rep. Rod Furniss, R-Rigby. Rep. Terry Gestrin, R-Donnelly. Rep. Priscilla Giddings, R-White Bird. Rep. Karey Hanks, R-St. Anthony. Rep. Mike Kingsley, R-Lewiston. Rep. Ron Mendive, R-Coeur d’Alene. Rep. Dorothy…

A charter financing bill sails through the Statehouse: What would it do?

…the final word. The House passed the bill Monday on a 64-2 vote (Republicans Neil Anderson of Blackfoot and Rod Furniss of Rigby cast the lone dissenting votes). The bill…

Meanwhile, also at the Statehouse: Postsecondary budgets pass easily

…Chad Christensen, Ammon; Sage Dixon, Ponderay; Rod Furniss, Rigby; Terry Gestrin, Donnelly; Priscilla Giddings, White Bird; John Green, Post Falls; Steven Harris, Meridian; Ron Mendive, Coeur d’Alene; Dorothy Moon, Stanley;…

Statehouse roundup, 3.7.19: House abruptly kills State Board budget

…several House Republicans picked at pieces of the budget. Rep. Rod Furniss, R-Rigby, questioned the $529,700 line item for the Public Charter School Commission, an offshoot of the State Board,…

Statehouse roundup, 3.5.19: JFAC approves $7 million scholarship boost; House passes school budgets

…K-12 children’s budget, passed, 61-9. No votes: Barbieri; Christensen; Giddings; Green; Moon; Nichols; Scott; Wisniewski; Zito. K-12 facilities budget, passed, 63-7. No votes: Rod Furniss, R-Rigby; Barbieri; Christensen; Giddings; Moon;…

House Ed Chair VanOrden loses to newcomer

…District 35 House Seat B: First-term incumbent Rep. Karey Hanks, R-St. Anthony, lost to challenger Rod Furniss by 267 votes. Hanks will square off against Moore Democrat Jerry L. Browne…