Search Results: "Steve Berch"

Statehouse roundup, 2.11.14: New bill would make enrollment-based funding shift permanent

…new fund would help charters, since they can’t ask voters to fund school bonds with property taxes, as traditional school districts can. Only Rep. Steve Berch opposed HB 545 on…

Statehouse roundup, 2.4.2022: Feds could feed another $74 million into school lunch program

…vote on the bill was the only one of five to yield opposition Friday. Only Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise, opposed it in a voice vote, after raising questions about how…

Analysis: Idaho’s school building problems have been neglected for years

…in good repair? Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise At the end of Monday’s JLOC meeting, Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise, did not hide years of impatience. He said state leaders have never…

Analysis: How Season 2022 of the Legislature will end (spoiler alert)

…liking. When the House Education Committee walked through Little’s budget proposal Wednesday morning, Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise, questioned Adams about lost opportunities. He asked why the K-12 budgets do nothing…

Statehouse roundup, 1.13.22: Academic standards, trustee recall proposals resurface

…Clow said of his proposals. Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise, argued that they’re too related, and voted against introducing a rejection of the state’s current standards for fear that a standalone…

Statehouse roundup, 1.11.22: Little proposes phasing out teacher bonus plan

…A career teacher and administrator in Caldwell. John McCrostie, D-Garden City Fourth-term legislator. A high school music teacher who holds a law degree. Steve Berch, D-Boise Second-term legislator. A career…

With eyes on redistricting, candidates are filling a legislative battleground

…Rep. Steve Berch. The 2022 primary election is scheduled for May, and the general election is set for November. A (potentially) contested primary Martin said it’s “premature” to announce a…

Tromp touts pandemic response — and sidesteps politics

…Democratic Reps. Ilana Rubel, Steve Berch, John Gannon and Chris Mathias, and Sen. Carl Crabtree, R-Grangeville. What went unmentioned was the fact that Crabtree, a member of the budget-writing Joint…

Legislative roundup, 4.7.21: Strong Students grant bill is dead for the session

…Steve Berch, D-Boise, argued the bill would create “a bureaucratic nightmare” for school districts and fail to regulate student groups. “Clubs are popping up without school knowledge. This bill doesn’t…

Students protest proposed restrictions on racism, sexism in Idaho school curricula

…doing. It’s eliminating the discussion of racism and sexism, which is very, very essential to our education.” Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise, walked out of the education committee in opposition to…