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• Otter signs as law limits on teachers

  April 20, 2013 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Five months after Idaho voters resoundingly rejected laws limiting schoolteacher contract rights, Idaho lawmakers resurrected many of them. Gov. Butch Otter signed five controversial bills into law to … 83

• Idaho’s lawmakers pass budget, head home

  April 5, 2013 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho lawmakers adjourned their legislative session Thursday after 88 days, running nearly a week longer than planned amid a deadlock in the Senate over the budget for public … 1

• Idaho governor signs bill tightening initiative rules

  April 3, 2013 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – It soon will be tougher to get an initiative onto the Idaho ballot. Barely five months after Idaho voters took to the ballot box to scrap the Legislature’s … 4

• Bill requires Idaho students to read Ayn Rand

  February 6, 2013 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – A state senator from Coeur d’Alene introduced a bill Tuesday to require every Idaho high school student to read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” and pass a test on … 34

• Students Come First back on agenda

  January 29, 2013 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho lawmakers on Monday took steps to reinstate parts of the controversial Students Come First school reform laws less than three months after voters overwhelmingly repealed them. State … 1

• Idaho may revive voter-rejected teacher contract limits

  January 28, 2013 in Idaho Less than three months after voters overwhelmingly repealed them, Idaho lawmakers on Monday reintroduced four bills to reinstate parts of the controversial “Students Come First” school reform laws, focusing on … 11

• Luna urges 3 percent more for schools

  January 25, 2013 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – A humbled Idaho schools Superintendent Tom Luna told state lawmakers Thursday that regardless of how it’s done, he wants Idaho to keep investing in teacher pay and classroom …

• Initiative hurdles proposed

  January 22, 2013 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Some Idaho lawmakers want to make it harder for citizen initiatives to qualify for state ballots. The move by Idaho state Senate Republican leaders happened Monday in the … 15

• Eye on Boise: Unallocated money in school budget may stay put

  January 13, 2013 in Idaho on Page B9 BOISE – Idaho lawmakers who’ve been hoping to raid Idaho’s public school budget now that voters have rejected three school-reform laws had a setback last week: Doing so would require … 1

• Otter facing battles within GOP

  January 6, 2013 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter faces a major leadership test when Idaho lawmakers convene their legislative session on Monday: convincing many from his own party that it’s in the … 3

• School boards push for reforms

  December 18, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho school boards plan to press for laws that revive controversial school reforms that voters rejected in November. Among the provisions sought by the Idaho School Boards Association: … 1

• Idaho lawmakers urged to revisit voter-rejected anti-union laws

  December 17, 2012 in Idaho Idaho voters rejected a rollback in teachers’ collective bargaining rights in the November election, but the state’s school boards association is gearing up to try to put some of the … 7

• Otter cites poll showing support for portions of Props 1, 2, 3

  December 15, 2012 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Leaders of the campaign to defeat Idaho’s controversial school reform laws are warning against bringing back pieces of the voter-rejected laws in Idaho’s upcoming legislative session. In a … 3

• Foes warn against reviving Idaho school reform laws

  December 14, 2012 in Idaho Leaders of the campaign to defeat Idaho’s controversial “Students Come First” school reform laws are warning against bringing back pieces of the voter-rejected laws in Idaho’s upcoming legislative session, though … 2

• Idaho ed board repeals online class obligation

  November 20, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – It was Idaho Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna himself who proposed Monday that the state Board of Education repeal the rule requiring that every Idaho student take at …

• Idaho repeals online graduation requirement

  November 19, 2012 in Idaho It was Idaho Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna himself who made the motion at the state Board of Education this morning to repeal the rule requiring that every Idaho high … 4

• Idaho Board of Education examining how to proceed

  November 18, 2012 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Nearly two weeks after Idaho voters turned aside the state’s controversial Students Come First education reforms, the Board of Education on Monday will decide whether to modify or … 1

• Idaho Ed Board sets special meeting to repeal online grad requirement

  November 16, 2012 in Idaho The Idaho State Board of Education has set a special meeting for Monday, at which it could decide to repeal a rule requiring all Idaho students to take at least … 2

• Luna accepts reform rejection

  November 13, 2012 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – A subdued Tom Luna, Idaho state superintendent of schools, pledged Monday to work with all sides to bring back only the pieces of his voter-rejected “Students Come First” … 1

• Subdued Luna pledges collaboration on school reform

  November 12, 2012 in Idaho A somewhat subdued Tom Luna, Idaho state superintendent of schools, pledged today to work with stakeholders to bring back only the pieces of his voter-rejected “Students Come First” school reform … 8

• Eye on Boise: Lawmaker wants teacher bonus option

  November 11, 2012 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Sen. Jim Hammond, R-Coeur d’Alene, says he doesn’t want teachers to lose the $38.8 million in performance-pay bonuses that the state is scheduled to send out to school … 3

• Otter says he, Luna ready to talk about fixing education

  November 8, 2012 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – After Idaho voters decisively rejected the Students Come First school reform laws on Tuesday, leaders on both sides were calling Wednesday for a new start on education reform. … 3

• Idaho school reform foes call for new start

  November 7, 2012 in Idaho After Idaho voters decisively rejected the “Students Come First” school reform laws on Tuesday, leaders on both sides were calling Wednesday for a new start on education reforms in Idaho, … 9

• Idaho voters push back on school reform issues

  November 7, 2012 in Idaho on Page A8 BOISE – Idaho’s dominant Republican establishment appeared headed for a rare rebuke from voters Tuesday, as school reform measures pushed hard by state schools Superintendent Tom Luna and GOP Gov. … 1

• Idaho voters appear to turn down school-reform plan

  November 6, 2012 in Idaho BOISE - Idaho’s dominant Republican establishment appeared headed for a rare rebuke from voters Tuesday, as school-reform measures pushed hard by state schools Superintendent Tom Luna and GOP Gov. Butch … 1

• School reform propositions in Idaho will be ‘catalyst for turnout’

  November 4, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho voters are riled up and ready to vote, with a contentious school-reform debate reverberating in the state’s airwaves and decisions looming on every seat in the Legislature, … 6

• Eye on Boise: Student laptop ‘buyout’ math doesn’t add up

  November 4, 2012 in Idaho on Page B8 BOISE – It turns out that the “buyout” clause in the state’s $182 million laptop contract is not what the state Department of Education originally described – a cost that …

• Otter appears in pro-reform ad

  November 2, 2012 in Idaho on Page A10 BOISE – The latest campaign ad in Idaho’s school reform fight features Gov. Butch Otter endorsing Propositions 1, 2 and 3 in a positive, feel-good message. “Education in Idaho is …

• Otter steps forward in latest school reform ad

  November 1, 2012 in Idaho The latest campaign ad in Idaho’s school reform fight features Gov. Butch Otter endorsing Propositions 1, 2 and 3 in a positive, feel-good message. 10

• Ex-official has role in laptop deal

  November 1, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – A former Idaho state official now with Education Networks of America would play a key role under the state’s $182 million, eight-year contract for laptop computers for high …

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