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What happened — and what didn’t happen — during the 2023 session
…up some of the payroll costs that now fall to districts — a nearly $100 million funding gap, highlighted in a December Office of Performance Evaluations report. Empowering Parents. Little…
Idaho needs a major reset on education choice conversation
…it could get to the floor. Members in both the House and Senate worked on a bill to expand the state’s popular Empowering Parents program to include a small pilot…
Statehouse roundup, 3.31.23: House passes libraries bill, as session nears conclusion
…Empowering Parents, and bankrolling computers and devices the state doesn’t really control. The bill’s floor sponsor, Rep. James Petzke, R-Meridian, said the federally funded Empowering Parents grants have been “wildly…
Analysis: A wild and unpredictable legislative session? Just wait ’til next year
…$12 million a year onto the Empowering Parents education program, enough to fund a publicly funded, private tuition pilot. But that idea went nowhere in the House Education Committee. As…
Day 84: Outreach activities
…region of Idaho. Critchfield stopped by the event before taping an informative outreach video about the parent advisory council for the Empowering Parents Program. The SDE is looking for qualified…
Statehouse roundup, 3.22.23: Tuition credit bill stalls, leaving school choice debate on ice
…they were going to do,” said Yamamoto, R-Caldwell, who said she personally had “grave concerns” about the proposal. SB 1161 would have piggybacked onto the Empowering Parents education microgrant program,…
Statehouse roundup, 3.21.23: Last-minute school choice bill debuts
…by the rules this year,” said Horman, R-Idaho Falls. Horman’s school choice bill, which would expand the Empowering Parents grant program to subsidize private education, will go through House Education…
Statehouse roundup, 3.20.23: Library bill heads to Senate after two-hour debate
…clear this committee in order to come to the House floor for a final vote. An expansion of the state’s Empowering Parents education microgrant program, SB 1161 passed the Senate…
Statehouse roundup, 3.17.23: Private school tuition bill ends week in legislative limbo
…pilot to the Empowering Parents education microgrant program. The five-year pilot would put $12 million a year into tuition credits — enough to provide 2,000 households with $6,000 apiece. Moyle…
Analysis: Private tuition bill passes one milestone, but it faces an uncertain path
…in time. As for the mechanics, SB 1161 piggybacks onto Empowering Parents, Little’s microgrant program designed to help families pay for out-of-pocket education expenses, such as computers and tutors. The…