Education would improve in Idaho if the state moved its school board elections from May to November, Coeur d’Alene Sen. Mary Souza told a Senate committee this morning, to give them more visibility and draw more voter participation.

“The motivation for this now three-year effort to move the date is to increase voter turnout, and that is really important,” Souza told the Senate State Affairs Committee. Souza said parent, family and community involvement in schools “correlates with higher academic performance and school improvement.”

The committee voted along party lines to pass Souza’s bill, SB 1280, and send it to the full Senate with a recommendation that it “do pass.” You can read my full story here at spokesman.com.

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