| State Tipoffs Involving Idaho Newsletter for Sunday February 20, 2022 ( 6 items ) |
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Idaho A.G. Wasden Responds to False Legislator Campaign Claim
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 18 -- Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden issued the following statement:
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Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has issued the following statement in response to an allegation made by Representative Priscilla Giddings in a campaign newsletter this week.
The allegation was made over revisions to a report on child sexual abuse statistics in Idaho. The attorney general and governor send the report to the state legislature each year.
The initial report was sent to legislat
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Idaho Education Dept.: College Entrance Exam Won't Be Required for This Year's Graduates
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 19 -- The Idaho Department of Education issued the following news release:
The State Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to waive Idaho's requirement that members of the high school Class of 2022 must take a college entrance exam in order to graduate this spring or summer. And board member Sherri Ybarra, Superintendent of Public Instruction, advocates permanent removal of the requirement.
That issue, a rule change proposed by the state board, is pending before the
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Idaho Education Dept.: Superintendent Ybarra's Dyslexia Bill Introduced in House Committee
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 16 -- The Idaho Department of Education issued the following news release:
A bill designed to detect and help Idaho children with dyslexia so they can learn to read on an even playing field with their peers will be scheduled for a House Education Committee hearing. The measure is a top legislative priority for Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra.
"It is essential that we detect dyslexia and other obstacles to learning as early as possible, so that kids who lea
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Idaho Gov. Little Signs 'Leading Idaho' Business Tax Cut Bill
FRUITLAND, Idaho, Feb. 19 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2022:
At Henggeler Packing Company in Fruitland today and accompanied by members of the Idaho Legislature, Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 450 into law, providing an estimated $64 million in unemployment insurance tax cuts for Idaho businesses over the next two years.
"Businesses of all sizes, especially our small businesses, are the backbone of our way of life. I am so pleased that Ida
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Idaho Gov. Little, Idaho A.G. Wasden Call on Inslee to Stop Fuel Tax on Idahoans
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 19 -- Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden issued the following news release:
Governor Brad Little and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden sent a letter to Washington Governor Jay Inslee today calling on him to step in and stop Washington's dangerous proposals to increase the cost of fuel for Idahoans.
Democrats in the Washington Legislature are pushing a package of bills that would tax fuel shipped from Washington to Idaho and other western states.
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Dear Governor Insl
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Idaho State Board of Education: Student Experience Survey Results Dashboard Available
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 15 -- The Idaho State Board of Education issued the following news release:
Results from the Idaho State Board of Education's 2021 Posts econdary Student Experience Survey are now available on an inter active data dashboard posted on the State Board's website:https://dashboard.boardofed.idaho.gov/StudentExperienceSurvey.
Board launched the survey last fall in response to allegations that some students had negative experiences on Idaho public higher education campuses because
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