After more than two hours of tough questions, the Senate Education Committee completed its hearing with the state Board of Education at 6:30 Boise time. Paul Agidius, the board’s vice-president who was filling in as president because Milford Terrell is out of the country, said,…
At a brief break from the long, sweaty hearing at which senators are grilling the state Board of Ed, Senate Education Chairman John Goedde, R-Coeur d’Alene, said, “I think we’re airing the problems.” He said, “It’s accomplishing what I expected that it might – when…
Senate Education Chairman John Goedde, R-Coeur d’Alene, questioned how the state Board of Education could have framed a request for proposals for a statewide testing program that left key parts in optional add-on sections, rather than in the main, base portion. “Why would you have…
After running down the list of state agencies and programs the state Board of Education oversees, Sen. Mike Jorgenson, R-Hayden Lake, questioned whether the board has too much on its plate. Board members said the smaller programs don’t take a lot of their time, but…
Sen. Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, has published a book he’s been working on for 12 years, entitled “A Matter of Principle,” that’s geared toward young adults and was inspired by his reflections on how he became interested in politics. Hill, a fourth-term senator, is the chairman…
House Speaker Lawerence Denney welcomed a visitor back to the House chamber today – former Speaker Tom Boyd. Denney noted that Boyd was speaker when Denney started as a freshman lawmaker, and welcomed Boyd to the new tighter temporary quarters, in which Boyd sat wedged…
Legislative budget writers this morning debated a proposal to go along with Gov. Butch Otter’s plan to set aside $50 million in a trust fund for scholarships for needy students next year, another to put $20 million in, and a third to put in $10…
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