Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, is working on a compromise bill regarding discrimination protections for gay and lesbian Idahoans, NPR reporter Jessica Robinson reports today. Hill said he is drawing on a newly passed Utah law, but not copying it. "I don’t think that…
I requested a comment from Idaho’s state superintendent of schools, Sherri Ybarra, on the new study of the impacts of four-day school weeks in Idaho. Here is her response: “We are well aware of districts throughout the state that have made this decision to...
A new study by a rural education group examined the 42 of Idaho’s 115 school districts that have gone to four-day school weeks as a money-saving move, and found that none have seen significant savings as a result. “Minimal savings could be achieved by reducing...
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