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• Idaho plan spends more on schools

  March 6, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho schools would see a small spending boost on the heels of last year’s cuts, under a budget set by the Idaho Legislature’s joint budget committee Monday. Minority … 3

• Lawmaker, protesters take aim at Idaho school reform plan

  February 22, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – A controversial school reform plan that calls for larger classes, fewer teachers and more technology may be pulled back for changes at the urging of a Coeur d’Alene …

• Latest reform plan for Idaho schools would tweak laptop, online rules

  February 15, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – A retooled version of Idaho Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna’s school reform plan was introduced Monday, but there was no change in the most controversial provision: Raising class …

• Idaho school districts declaring emergencies

  May 29, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – At least a dozen Idaho school districts have declared financial emergencies under a new state law, and more are considering the move as they face their first-ever cut …

• CVSD ponders plans for cuts

  April 30, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Field trips, extracurricular activities, activity buses, all-kindergarten para-educators, 20 teaching positions and some bus routes are on the chopping block in the Central Valley School District because of a $3.4 …

• Now or later, cuts are coming

  February 25, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho faces a stark choice: Impose unprecedented budget cuts on public schools next year, or stave off those cuts but risk deeper ones the following year. “I think …

• Critics blast school funding bills

  February 13, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Rep. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d’Alene, the House Education Committee chairman, introduced two far-ranging bills Thursday to change state law to allow cuts in public school funding. Among the … 1

• School board passes budget

  August 9, 2007 in City on Page A1 Seemingly as controversial and inevitable as Barry Bonds’ home-run record breaker the previous night, Spokane’s school board unanimously approved its 2007-08 budget Wednesday evening amid a slew of murmurs and …