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Jan 25, 20234 min read
Medicaid expansion: Health and Welfare committees hear update, prepare to make recommendation
LAURA GUIDO - Jan 23, 2023 BOISE — Five years after Idaho voters approved Medicaid expansion, it’s time for state lawmakers to evaluate...
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Jan 25, 20234 min read
Analysis: School choice is a quagmire for Critchfield, and a proxy fight for Idaho’s GOP
KEVIN RICHERT - JANUARY 20, 2023 For Idaho’s new superintendent of public instruction, private schools are a political quagmire. Debbie...
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ICAP
Jan 25, 20233 min read
Spelling it Out: Types of Schools
Carly Flandro - 01/23/2023 What are traditional schools? Most Idaho schools (705 total) are traditional schools. They are public, funded...
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ICAP
Jan 25, 20235 min read
Statehouse roundup, 1.23.23: State Board president warns of starved higher ed system
Kevin Richert and Sadie Dittenber - 01/23/2023 Idaho has changed its narrative on K-12 funding, with hundreds of millions of new funding...
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ICAP
Jan 25, 20233 min read
Idaho children’s organization says debate over JFAC changes is holding up supplemental budgets
CLARK CORBIN - JANUARY 23, 2023 Officials with the Idaho Children Are Primary organization have told Idaho legislators that a debate over...
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ICAP
Jan 6, 20231 min read
MONDAY! You’re invited to 11th Annual IBE Legislative Academy (January 9, 2023)
The 11th Annual IBE Legislative Academy Join us for 11th Annual IBE Legislative Academy, January 9, 2023 at 8:00 AM. Our speaker will be...
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ICAP
Jan 5, 20234 min read
Idaho legislative leaders try to prepare for session where 1 in 3 lawmakers are rookies
Clark Corbin - November 11, 2022 Idaho legislative leaders are bracing for challenges that come with record turnover, as 39 first-time...
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ICAP
Jan 5, 20231 min read
Monday, January 9, 2023, the First Regular Session of the Sixty-seventh Idaho Legislature convenes.
Here is a reference page with all you need to know: https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/
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ICAP
Jan 5, 20233 min read
Average teacher salary increases, but is still behind inflation and national averages
Carly Flandro - 12/27/2022 The average teacher salary in Idaho increased by 3.2% to $54,806 this school year, according to the State...
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ICAP
Jan 5, 20233 min read
The next frontier in Idaho school choice — learning societies
Adam Bruno - 12/29/2022 At Gem Prep public charter schools, we have been running a pilot program this fall, based on lessons learned...
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ICAP
Jan 5, 20235 min read
‘A very interesting year ahead of us:’ Lent steps in as Senate Education chair
Kevin Richert - 01/03/2023 The new chairman of the Senate Education Committee brings a wide-ranging background to the job. Before Dave...
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ICAP
Jan 5, 20234 min read
Retired teacher takes over House Education Committee
Sadie Dittenber - 01/04/2023 Former educator and school administrator Julie Yamamoto will lead the House Education Committee when the...
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ICAP
Apr 13, 20222 min read
How Idaho Business for Education graded the 2022 Legislature
Kevin Richert 04/06/2022 Nearly half of the state’s lawmakers received a perfect grade on Idaho Business for Education’s report card on...
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ICAP
Apr 13, 20222 min read
A teacher’s response to the optimism of Ybarra and Liebich over insurance plan
Leeland Johnson 04/07/2022 I will admit, when I first heard that the state of Idaho wanted to put Idaho educators on the state insurance...
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ICAP
Apr 7, 20221 min read
Idaho Children’s Trust Fund touts prevention month
BOISE — The Idaho Children’s Trust Fund in partnership with Optum Idaho and other local organizations are working together to raise...
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ICAP
Apr 7, 20222 min read
Little vetoes bill that would continue funding schools based on enrollment
Blake Jones 03/30/2022 Gov. Brad Little Wednesday vetoed a bill to continue funding Idaho schools based on student enrollment numbers...
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ICAP
Apr 7, 20225 min read
The 2022 Legislature gavels out: Let’s review the historic year for education
Kevin Richert and Blake Jones 03/31/2022 The Idaho Legislature called it a year Thursday, closing the door on a three-month session that...
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ICAP
Apr 7, 20224 min read
Education wins this legislative session
Kurt Liebich 03/31/2022 Idaho’s public education system scored several wins during the 2022 legislative session concluded this week. As...
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ICAP
Apr 2, 20222 min read
Idaho can put our kids, and our future, at the center of policy. Even tax policy
Can the way we design our tax system reduce child abuse and neglect? The future of our state depends on the well-being of Idaho children....
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Mar 23, 20223 min read
Idaho Health and Welfare Director: The child welfare process explained
By Dave Jeppesen March 21, 2022 Given an increased interest in the child welfare system, I would like to share a bit of the process and...
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