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Handicapping the budget ‘trailer bills’

…still working on wording on a new bill, said Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, a JFAC member who assumes a key role in the budget-writing process. There is still time…

Bible-in-schools bill will get a rewrite

…Republican Rep. Wendy Horman is pushing a new bill that she said is designed to empower local school districts. Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls The bill is rooted in one…

JFAC drafting 7.4 percent K-12 budget increase

…Rep. Wendy Horman, said enrollment is expected to grow by 167 units. Lawmakers are fighting for scarce dollars as state revenue collections trail year-to-date projections by $14 million, due in…

Marathon literacy debate dominates House floor session

…other Statehouse action Wednesday: Budget preview. Legislative budget-writers will take a first pass at writing a K-12 budget Monday, but don’t expect a finished product. Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls…

Corder leaves State Department of Education

State superintendent Sherri Ybarra and aide Tim Corder address reporters during a January 2015 news conference. (UPDATED, 12:30 p.m., with comments from Rep. Wendy Horman.) Tim Corder — the former…

Lawmakers question Ybarra’s rural schools center proposal

…merit to that, but I do see that we’re missing a few details at this point in time.” In preparation for setting the school budget, Rep. Wendy Horman, a JFAC…

House Education Committee outlines funding priorities

…IEN no longer exists, but the bills for cleaning up that situation do still exist,” said sponsoring Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls. Senate Bill 1217 passed 66-3 and next heads…

Literacy proposal hits resistance in House committee

…recommendation it pass. School funding. A resolution calling for a new committee to examine the state’s funding formula is heading to the House floor. Rep. Wendy Horman Members of House…

Literacy proposals unveiled; science standards killed

…session. School funding formula. House Education introduced a concurrent resolution creating a committee to undertake an in-depth review of the state’s education funding formula. Rep. Wendy Horman Rep. Wendy Horman,…

Will the K-12 funding formula group revisit tax issues too?

…that’s up to the committee to decide.” Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls “I think we need to have a holistic conversation,” said Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, who has been…