Monday is an important day for public schools. The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee (JFAC) will meet to set the Public Schools Budget for next school year.
(Thursday Feb, 18, 2010) IEA President Sherri Wood told the House Education Committee her concerns about potential budget cuts and recommended ways the Legislature could avoid the damage cuts would impose.
She said Idaho's 275,000 students are excelling even though public school funding has been a challenge for years. Seven years ago our schools had the 9th most crowded classrooms in the country and Idaho's ranking per student expenditures was 41st.
(Friday Jan 22, 2010) In a presentation before the Senate Education Committee on January 21, IEA Executive Director Robin Nettinga urged lawmakers to consider numerous options – not just cutting budgets – for funding public schools.
(Thursday, Jan. 19, 2010) Teton Valley News coverage of planned cuts to K-12 education in Idaho and the effects the cuts may have on Teton County School District.
