Here’s a link to my full story at spokesman.com on today’s public school budget hearing, in which Sherri Ybarra, Idaho’s state superintendent of schools, made a strong pitch to lawmakers increase state spending on schools by 6.8 percent next year, with the biggest portion of...
Idaho lawmakers will once again be asked to consider joining fellow Republican-dominated states calling for a constitutional amendment to limit federal government power. The House State Affairs Committee introduced legislation Thursday calling for a convention of states...
While many education leaders spent Thursday morning listening to state superintendent Sherri Ybarra’s budget pitch, other news broke on the K-12 beat, writes Kevin Richert of Idaho Education News: One to redefine and update sex education in Idaho schools; and another to wean Idaho off…
Rep. Dorthy Moon, R-Stanley, successfully introduced a bill this morning to legalize cannabidiol oil, also known as CBD oil, in the House Health & Welfare Committee, writes reporter Marissa Morrison of KIVI-TV. The legislation sets up a registration system under the state Board of Pharmacy,…
An Idaho House panel has introduced legislation banning state agencies, universities and school districts from hiring lobbyists to influence state lawmakers. Rep. Priscilla Giddings, a Republican from White Bird, says taxpayer dollars should not be used to advocate for a bill's passage or defeat. Multiple taxing districts across the state hire...
Republicans on an Idaho House panel have once against agreed to introduce anti-Sharia law legislation designed to prevent Idaho courts from making decisions based on Islamic or other foreign legal codes. This is the third year in a row Rep. Eric Redman, a Republican from Athol, has backed legislation...
After her budget presentations to lawmakers today, state schools Superintendent Sherri Ybarra said, “The feeling was good.” She wasn’t surprised she didn’t get more questions on her detailed school budget presentation, she said, because, “We do have a good working relationship – I don’t create…
In state schools Superintendent Sherri Ybarra’s budget request for her office next year, she’s requesting a 6 percent increase in state funding, while Gov. Butch Otter is recommending just a 3.6 percent increase. Otter is going along with Ybarra’s request to cover costs for the…
In addition to highlighting the teacher career ladder as her top request in the public school budget for next year, state schools Superintendent Sherri Ybarra is highlighting requests for anti-bullying programs under the Safe & Drug-Free Schools program; additional funding for advanced opportunities for students;...
Sherri Ybarra, state schools superintendent, said her top priority for next year – and the top request she heard from education stakeholders across the state – was to continue funding the teacher “career ladder,” which for next year means spending another $41.7 million. It’s already…
Idaho state Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra told legislative budget writers this morning that she is “truly honored to come before you a fourth time on behalf of Idaho’s children.” She’s proposing a 6.8 percent increase in state general funds for K-12 public schools...
It’s another super-busy day at Idaho’s state Capitol today, with the budget hearing on K-12 public schools – the single largest slice of the state general-fund budget, at 48.8 percent – starting at 8 a.m. Also starting at 8 a.m., the House State Affairs Committee…
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