Many of the faces of the Idaho Legislature will change once again after Tuesday’s primary election, which may come with significant education policy consequences after an expensive campaign season.

A series of new laws will take effect in Idaho on Tuesday, impacting various areas such as criminal justice, taxation, public health and individual rights.

Faculty members at Idaho’s public colleges and even some campus leaders fear that policy changes approved last week by the State Board of Education will allow administrators to furlough and cut ...

They will discuss updates on changes to statewide education policies introduced during the Idaho Legislature's 2025 session. The series of six events will begin in Moscow.

My message about these changes has been consistent: Idaho, ... Additional control over how resources are utilized allows us to reclaim Idaho’s education system and set more of the policies that ...

After a lot of frenzied debate, Idaho state schools chief Tom Luna and Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter have offered a series of changes to their sweeping schools proposal—though they left in place ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lawmakers joined faculty from Idaho universities in protesting changes to state Board of Education policies that give the institutions' presidents broad power to make cuts in ...

In 2023, the state's higher education budget, which passed despite significant opposition, included a provision banning state funds from being used for DEI-related activities in Idaho colleges and ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers are considering a major revamp of Idaho's education funding system that's currently based on a model that originated with desegregation in the South in the ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State lawmakers heard testimony from the public about a sex-education bill that would no longer make enrolling students in the course automatic. The hearing Tuesday addressed ...

Idaho’s political conflict over climate education began after the state’s education department convened a committee of educators for a routine update of the science standards in 2015.