Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna is asking for a 4.7 percent hike in the public schools budget, including money to fund enrollment growth, more than $30 million in merit pay and $13 million in tech products for classrooms. If Luna gets his way, the public schools state fund appropriation will be $1.273 billion, a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘education’
Luna: Paying teachers is a higher priority than building up reserve funds (video)
By Dustin Hurst
January 26th, 2012
January 26th, 2012
Remedial education courses cost Idaho students millions of dollars
By Mitch Coffman
September 15th, 2011
September 15th, 2011
House OKs program to aid high school dropouts
By Mitch Coffman
April 7th, 2011
April 7th, 2011
House bill would eliminate state subsidy of drivers’ training
By Mitch Coffman
March 31st, 2011
March 31st, 2011
Higher ed science stimulus spending $24 million in Idaho; Simpson says projects not worth debt
By Jay Patrick
October 27th, 2010
October 27th, 2010
Federal education jobs money allocated to districts
By Dustin Hurst
August 20th, 2010
August 20th, 2010
Luna, Otter announce plan to apply for $51 million in federal education money
By Dustin Hurst
August 17th, 2010
August 17th, 2010
Allred outlines policy positions at Boise town hall
By Brad Iverson-Long
July 23rd, 2010
July 23rd, 2010
Allred says education cuts were unnecessary (video)
By Dustin Hurst
June 16th, 2010
June 16th, 2010
Minnick, Simpson split on $48 billion education reauthorization bill
By Jay Howell
May 21st, 2010
May 21st, 2010
