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2 days ago · The 2025 legislative session opens Monday, with private school choice and a host of other education issues on the agenda. To set the stage, Kevin Richert and Ryan Suppe interview three leading education lobbyists: Matt Compton of the Idaho Education Association; Paula Kellerer with Idaho Business for Education; and Quinn Perry from …
After a turbulent start, state makes a change on Empowering …
4 days ago · A new vendor will distribute the popular education grants — and could receive up to $600,000 for the work. The state’s previous vendor had a rocky two-year record heading the program.
School leaders will ask patrons for $244 million this November
Updated on Oct. 18 to add supplemental levies for West Bonner and Cascade school districts. Updated on Sept. 24 to add Soda Springs’ bond, and on Sept. 27 to correct Gooding’s tax burden for its current supplemental levy.
The enrollment pause and proposed reduction of the Idaho Child …
In one sudden and unpredictable move, Idaho endangered the futures of thousands of working families by pausing critical child care assistance programs — a decision that will reverberate through our communities for years to come.
Analysis: Launch numbers boost college enrollment, but they're …
None of this is surprising. State officials had been expecting Launch to drive up college enrollment this fall. And after years of dismal college go-on numbers — and the criticism and scrutiny that comes with it — education leaders and Launch supporters were certainly hoping the $70.8 million program would buy Idaho a turnaround.
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New graduation requirements clear a key hurdle - IDAHO EDNEWS
4 days ago · Idaho is one step closer to updating its graduation requirements — for the first time in more than a decade.. The State Board of Education approved the proposed changes Wednesday. If the Legislature signs on next winter, the new requirements would affect Idaho’s graduating class of 2028, this year’s ninth-graders.
While teacher retention rates are higher, long-term workforce …
4 days ago · Teacher retention data by the numbers, 2023-24 school year. 16,275: The number of Idaho teachers who returned to the classroom 18,350: The number of Idaho teachers 79%: The percentage of teachers who returned to their school last school year 82%: The percentage of teachers who returned to their district last school year 88.7%: The percentage of teachers who returned to an Idaho classroom last ...
UPDATED: Empowering Parents grants are on the way, despite …
2 days ago · Nearly 8,000 families have gotten word that they will qualify for a share of the education grants. Nearly 15,000 applications are in the pipeline.
Back again: Big City Coffee-Boise State dispute returns to court
A judge Monday gave no inkling on how — or when — she might rule in the latest round of motions in the Big City Coffee-Boise State University legal battle.. Attorneys for two current and former Boise State administrators want District Judge Cynthia Yee-Wallace to toss out a $4 million jury verdict, or start over with a new trial.