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Records show powerful, wealthy funders outside Idaho back school choice campaign

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Feb 9, 202312 min read

Records show powerful, wealthy funders outside Idaho back school choice campaign

Kelcie Moseley-Morris - 02/03/2023 The national special interests groups who have poured millions of dollars into efforts to make...

Idaho panel approves a bill that would make medical care for trans youth a felony

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Feb 9, 20234 min read

Idaho panel approves a bill that would make medical care for trans youth a felony

Audrey Dutton - February 7, 2023 Republican lawmakers in an Idaho House committee voted Tuesday to restrict the rights of parents to...

Idaho lawmaker's children's books on AR-15s and feminism have some raising a red flag

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Jan 30, 20237 min read

Idaho lawmaker's children's books on AR-15s and feminism have some raising a red flag

Sydney Kidd - January 30, 2023 In bookstores and online, there are myriad children’s books with a variety of different purposes. Some are...

Idaho legislator changes testimony ban to allow people under 18 to testify with parental permission

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Jan 30, 20234 min read

Idaho legislator changes testimony ban to allow people under 18 to testify with parental permission

CLARK CORBIN - JANUARY 27, 2023 With about 30 young people in the audience looking on, House Judiciary, Rules and Administration...

Idaho’s new K-12 schools superintendent asks for $2.5B public school budget

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Jan 30, 20234 min read

Idaho’s new K-12 schools superintendent asks for $2.5B public school budget

CLARK CORBIN - JANUARY 26, 2023 Wednesday was Debbie Critchfield’s 23rd day on the job as Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction. She...

Idaho will spend $78M more if Medicaid expansion ends, state official tells Legislature

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Jan 30, 20233 min read

Idaho will spend $78M more if Medicaid expansion ends, state official tells Legislature

AUDREY DUTTON - JANUARY 23, 2023 If voters had not approved the expansion of Idaho Medicaid to low-income adults, Idahoans would have...

School choice advocates gather at the Idaho State Capitol

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Jan 30, 20233 min read

School choice advocates gather at the Idaho State Capitol

ERIN BANKS RUSBY - Jan 24, 2023 BOISE — Last year, Marilyn Villagomez thought she would drop out of school. “At my previous school, I...

Medicaid expansion: Health and Welfare committees hear update, prepare to make recommendation

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Jan 25, 20234 min read

Medicaid expansion: Health and Welfare committees hear update, prepare to make recommendation

LAURA GUIDO - Jan 23, 2023 BOISE — Five years after Idaho voters approved Medicaid expansion, it’s time for state lawmakers to evaluate...

Analysis: School choice is a quagmire for Critchfield, and a proxy fight for Idaho’s GOP

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Jan 25, 20234 min read

Analysis: School choice is a quagmire for Critchfield, and a proxy fight for Idaho’s GOP

KEVIN RICHERT - JANUARY 20, 2023 For Idaho’s new superintendent of public instruction, private schools are a political quagmire. Debbie...

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Jan 25, 20233 min read

Spelling it Out: Types of Schools

Carly Flandro - 01/23/2023 What are traditional schools? Most Idaho schools (705 total) are traditional schools. They are public, funded...

Statehouse roundup, 1.23.23: State Board president warns of starved higher ed system

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Jan 25, 20235 min read

Statehouse roundup, 1.23.23: State Board president warns of starved higher ed system

Kevin Richert and Sadie Dittenber - 01/23/2023 Idaho has changed its narrative on K-12 funding, with hundreds of millions of new funding...

Idaho children’s organization says debate over JFAC changes is holding up supplemental budgets

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Jan 25, 20233 min read

Idaho children’s organization says debate over JFAC changes is holding up supplemental budgets

CLARK CORBIN - JANUARY 23, 2023 Officials with the Idaho Children Are Primary organization have told Idaho legislators that a debate over...

MONDAY! You’re invited to 11th Annual IBE Legislative Academy (January 9, 2023)

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Jan 6, 20231 min read

MONDAY! You’re invited to 11th Annual IBE Legislative Academy (January 9, 2023)

The 11th Annual IBE Legislative Academy Join us for 11th Annual IBE Legislative Academy, January 9, 2023 at 8:00 AM. Our speaker will be...

Idaho legislative leaders try to prepare for session where 1 in 3 lawmakers are rookies

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Jan 5, 20234 min read

Idaho legislative leaders try to prepare for session where 1 in 3 lawmakers are rookies

Clark Corbin - November 11, 2022 Idaho legislative leaders are bracing for challenges that come with record turnover, as 39 first-time...

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Jan 5, 20231 min read

Monday, January 9, 2023, the First Regular Session of the Sixty-seventh Idaho Legislature convenes.

Here is a reference page with all you need to know: https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/

Average teacher salary increases, but is still behind inflation and national averages

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Jan 5, 20233 min read

Average teacher salary increases, but is still behind inflation and national averages

Carly Flandro - 12/27/2022 The average teacher salary in Idaho increased by 3.2% to $54,806 this school year, according to the State...

The next frontier in Idaho school choice — learning societies

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Jan 5, 20233 min read

The next frontier in Idaho school choice — learning societies

Adam Bruno - 12/29/2022 At Gem Prep public charter schools, we have been running a pilot program this fall, based on lessons learned...

‘A very interesting year ahead of us:’ Lent steps in as Senate Education chair

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Jan 5, 20235 min read

‘A very interesting year ahead of us:’ Lent steps in as Senate Education chair

Kevin Richert - 01/03/2023 The new chairman of the Senate Education Committee brings a wide-ranging background to the job. Before Dave...

Retired teacher takes over House Education Committee

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Jan 5, 20234 min read

Retired teacher takes over House Education Committee

Sadie Dittenber - 01/04/2023 Former educator and school administrator Julie Yamamoto will lead the House Education Committee when the...

How Idaho Business for Education graded the 2022 Legislature

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Apr 13, 20222 min read

How Idaho Business for Education graded the 2022 Legislature

Kevin Richert 04/06/2022 Nearly half of the state’s lawmakers received a perfect grade on Idaho Business for Education’s report card on...