Opponents say they will sue
The closing of schools across Idaho earlier this month due to the coronavirus created a very different experience for career-technical programs, where hands-on work is a necessity.
Name: Tyanna Hill
Thanks to a donation from a local business leader, the Salmon School District has broken ground on a new gym.
Sharon McGrath waits near the front doors of Acorn Children’s Academy, digital thermometer in hand.
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Name: Natalie Woods
Idaho Falls School District 91 will delay its next bond over concerns of how it could hold an election during the coronavirus pandemic.
The majority of school districts in eastern Idaho have closed schools or announced plans to close schools over concerns about the coronavirus.
BOISE — A bill to ban transgender girls and women from playing on female high school and college sports teams is headed to Gov. Brad Little's desk.
Name: Pamela O'Hearn
Two schools in eastern Idaho have closed after members of the school community were exposed to people that later tested positive for coronavirus.
The Idaho Falls School District board of trustees will hold its final vote Wednesday night to try and place an $85 million bond on the ballot for a May election.
BOISE — A bill to let school employees with enhanced concealed carry permits to carry handguns in school will not move forward this year.
The two local school districts have begun expanding efforts to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus before any cases come through Idaho.
BOISE — The Senate State Affairs Committee is weighing a bill to let school employees with enhanced permits carry concealed weapons on school grounds.
Three seniors from Compass Academy won a prize in a nationwide C-SPAN contest for a documentary about the lack of local housing for the homeless.
Name: Meggan Irving
BOISE — The Senate plans to make some changes to a local House member’s bill to ban transgender girls and women from playing on female high school and college sports teams.
BOISE — A Senate committee may vote Monday on a bill to ban transgender girls and women from competing on female high school and college sports teams.
Two Idaho Falls High School students took the highest awards available at the Eastern Idaho Science and Engineering Fair on Saturday.
BOISE — Two local House members are set to lead a working group that will study ways to cut teachers’ health insurance costs after the 2020 session.
Luis Diosdado had been done attending Bonneville High School for nearly three years before he graduated out of Bonneville Joint School District 93 on Friday afternoon.
BOISE — The Senate State Affairs Committee introduced bills on several controversial topics Monday morning.
Name: Karianne Earnest
BOISE — The House Education Committee voted Monday to introduce a local lawmaker’s bill to give schools grants to implement digital curricula.
Gov. Brad Little met with a roundtable of a dozen educators and education stakeholders Saturday afternoon to discuss the biggest ideas coming down the pipeline of the state legislature.
BOISE — A local lawmaker’s bill to get rid of March and August school bond and levy elections passed the Idaho House on Friday.
A special national showcase for science, technology, engineering and mathematics-based problem solving was added to the Eastern Idaho Science and Engineering Fair for the first time this year.
Tuesday’s work session offered the most complete glimpse yet into the potential cost and scope of Idaho Falls School District 91’s next bond, although board members plan to keep looking into other possible additions for the high schools.
BOISE — A local lawmaker’s bill to ban transgender women and girls from playing on female school and college sports teams is headed to the Senate.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee today set a budget for the state’s community colleges that generally matches Gov. Brad Little’s recommendation, on a 15-3 vote. The budget’s essentially flat, showing just a 0.9% increase in state general funds to $48.2 million, and a 0.8% increase …
BOISE – An Idaho House committee voted on straight party lines Tuesday to eliminate the option of holding school bond and levy elections in March and August, cutting the possible dates in half.
RIGBY — Moving to another hemisphere, from tropical South America to often-chilly Idaho, wasn’t the biggest adjustment Lucca Silva faced when he started at Rigby High School. He encountered an unfamiliar culture and would live with a new family during his year abroad.
Name: Heather VanOrden
An annual event led by Idaho National Laboratory pushes local eighth-grade girls to consider "My Amazing Future" in science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
For the last two years, Idaho has provided a free app to help children learn to read before they head into kindergarten. Only a handful are using it.
BOISE — Lawmakers set an education budget Thursday that slightly exceeds Gov. Brad Little’s recommendation — a 4.2% increase in total funds rather than 4%.
BOISE — A bill to ban transgender girls and young women from playing on female school and college sports teams is headed to the House floor.
National Engineers Week kicks off in Idaho Falls with three movie screenings for students and families.
Name: Maria Cortez
Hundreds of high school students will soon be able to tour the Idaho National Laboratory without leaving their classrooms.
FIRTH — When Becky Hone interviewed to be the school counselor at Firth High School last year, she was told that mental health was a top priority for the district.
Bonneville Joint School District 93’s school board reviewed a report on its communication issues during a public work session on Wednesday.
Brigham Young University-Idaho’s overall enrollment continues to grow, but new enrollment numbers indicate that growth is concentrated outside of traditional classrooms.
BOISE — An Idaho Falls Republican has introduced a bill to restrict transgender girls and women from playing on girls’ teams in high school and college sports.
Thousands of copies of the same book were passed out to Idaho Falls School District 91 students Tuesday for the annual "One District, One Book" program.
Three schools in the Idaho Falls area were placed on a heightened state of alert Tuesday after receiving identical threatening emails.
Name: Brett Bird
BOISE — The Senate Education Committee voted Monday to introduce a bill creating a committee to study Idaho's school content standards and recommend new ones.
BOISE — A local senator's bill to require school trustees to receive some periodic training is headed to the full Senate.
BOISE — The House Education Committee has voted to get rid of Idaho's English, science and math school content standards.
BOISE — A local senator’s bill to add some additional guidelines for school superintendent evaluations to state code is headed to the full Senate.
Name: Anika Henrikson
BOISE (AP) — March and August election dates school districts use to ask voters to approve bonds and levies would be eliminated under legislation introduced Monday.
