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Budget-writers get a first look at Little’s $410 million education spending plan
…raises or building maintenance. Empowering Parents grants: $30 million. This would make permanent a grant program currently bankrolled by federal coronavirus aid. The state is now distributing a $50 million…
Analysis: Little deflects the looming debate over school choice
…training programs. The cost: $80 million. Little urged lawmakers to continue his early literacy program, at $72 million a year. And Little wants to make the popular Empowering Parents grant…
Little pledges continued support for education in State of the State address
…to make permanent the Empowering Parents grant program — a state initiative currently supported by COVID-19 relief funds. The program, originally intended to alleviate pandemic learning loss, provides grants of…
Analysis: The ‘v-word’ that dominates Idaho’s school choice debate
…of the term “vouchers.” “Vouchers are about the government giving money to private schools. Whereas ESAs are about empowering parents and trusting them to make the right educational decisions for…
Poll reveals mixed ratings for Idaho education, lack of knowledge on school choice
…choice will be on their agendas this session. Den Hartog suggested expanding the Empowering Parents grants to cover more students of different needs and income levels, and said she ultimately…
State expects to disperse $50 million Empowering Parents grants by mid-January
…families have received Empowering Parents grant awards totaling more than $17 million,” said Mike Keckler, the State Board’s chief communications officer. State officials expect to award the remaining $33 million…
Some Idaho parents frustrated by Empowering Parents grant program delays
Boise resident Shannon Orr and her three children are exactly the type of people the Idaho Legislature intended to help through the Empowering Parents Grant Program. She has been homeschooling…
UPDATED: Empowering Parents grants are on the way, despite glitches
…Friday, represent the latest step in the launch of the $50 million Empowering Parents education grants program. Approved by the 2022 Legislature, the program will cover grants of up to…
Analysis: Idaho picks a fledgling firm to ship $50 million of grants to parents
In just three weeks, more than 18,000 Idahoans have applied for a piece of the state’s Empowering Parents education grants program. Parents have applied for more than $37.5 million, which…
Empowering Parents vendor applications are open
Companies and individuals interested in offering goods or services on the Empowering Parents online marketplace may now submit an application. The application window opened Sept. 22, the State Board of…