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Analysis: Rewriting the funding formula will take time and money

…students. In 2015, Gov. Butch Otter vetoed a bill aimed at addressing this issue. Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, is expected to co-chair the committee assigned to rewrite the school…

Working group formed to revamp school funding formula

…and shifting to an enrollment-based model. After two years, however, that discussion has given way to the idea of a more thorough review of the formula. Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho…

Budget committee begins dissecting Otter’s spending plan

…Wendy Horman, an Idaho Falls Republican who sits on JFAC, also backed Otter’s emphasis on education funding, saying she has “heard no opposition” to the plan to continue increasing teacher…

Otter calls for 7.9 percent increase in education funding

…spending plan Otter unveiled. Rep. Wendy Horman, an Idaho Falls Republican who carried the public school budget in the House last year, offered early praise for Otter’s education proposals and…

Idaho leaders, lawmakers retreat to study education issues

…Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls. Rep. Ryan Kerby, R-New Plymouth. Rep. Donna Pence, D-Gooding. Rep. Terry Gestrin, R-Donnelly. Rep. Ron Mendive, R-Coeur d’Alene. Rep. Reed DeMordaunt, R-Eagle. Rep. Sage Dixon,…

Districts update websites to comply with state law

…Leader Chuck Winder, R-Boise, has said he plans to talk to the chairmen of the Senate and House education committees about non-compliance issues. Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, has said…

Most districts and charters break Idaho transparency laws

…charters have fulfilled some requirements, but often their data is outdated. “This most certainly is not in the best interest of taxpayers, parents and students,” said Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho…

Education department to audit teacher evaluations

…important.” Rep. Wendy Horman Rep. Wendy Horman, an Idaho Falls Republican who helped set the 2015-16 public school budget, said she expects additional legislative scrutiny of the intersection of evaluations,…

Cameron’s appointment — and the political dominoes

…didn’t solo on the K-12 budgets. This session, much of the budget-writing fell to Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, a first-year JFAC member who had served as a Bonneville School…

Lawmakers promise to support innovation

…mostly educators – attended the free event sponsored by Bluum, Boise State University and Northwest Nazarene University. Sen. Dean Mortimer, Rep. Wendy Horman and Will Goodman Mortimer spent most of…