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Bill Description: Senate Bill 1043 would create a revolving loan fund to help new public charter schools obtain loans to construct buildings and make facility improvements at lower interest rates. Rating: +3 Does the bill expand the existing government monopoly on education and shrink family and student choice or agency? (-) Conversely, does the bill […]
Bill Description: House Bill 110 would allow county boards of equalization to decide if nonprofit hospitals will receive a property tax exemption. Rating: 0 Does it directly or indirectly create or increase any taxes, fees, or other assessments? Conversely, does it eliminate or reduce any taxes, fees, or other assessments? Idaho law allows nonprofit hospitals to […]
Bill Description: House Bill 109 would limit the kinds of properties that are exempt from taxation because they are owned by a nonprofit hospital. Rating: +2 Does it directly or indirectly create or increase any taxes, fees, or other assessments? Conversely, does it eliminate or reduce any taxes, fees, or other assessments? Idaho law currently grants […]
Bill Description: House Bill 104 would permit the sealing of certain criminal records under specific circumstances and only to a limited degree. Rating: +1 Does it directly or indirectly create or increase penalties for victimless crimes or non-restorative penalties for nonviolent crimes? Conversely, does it eliminate or decrease penalties for victimless crimes or non-restorative penalties for non-violent […]
Bill Description: Senate Joint Resolution 101 would amend the Idaho Constitution to require that organizers of initiative and referendum petition drives gather signatures from all 35 legislative districts in Idaho. NOTE: Senate Joint Resolution 101 was amended to say "Before any referendum petition or initiative petition may be submitted..." rather than "Before any initiative petition […]
What if Idaho did groceries the same way it does public education? Each community would have a local grocery district, and families would be assigned their local grocery stores. Everyone would get the same groceries in the same amounts. Many would mistakenly think the food is free because there would be no charge at the public […]
The Idaho School Boards Association, or ISBA, is set to vote on a resolution opposing school choice. The resolution perpetuates several myths commonly used to defend the government monopoly. Member school districts will vote on the resolution as part of ISBA’s annual convention on Nov. 11. This is not the first time that ISBA has […]
If Idaho’s framers wanted the governor to write laws and spend Idahoans’ money, they would have written those responsibilities into the Idaho Constitution—but they didn’t. Indeed, a major virtue of Idaho’s government is how it separates the executive and legislative branches with the principle of the Legislature as the law-writing and appropriating branch, and the […]
If there has ever been proof that the government should not be in the education business, it’s the latest results from standardized tests and government officials’ reaction to them. The new numbers show only slightly more than half of Idaho public school students scored proficient or better on the English literacy part of the ISAT […]
For decades, government officials have spent millions of tax dollars on literacy programs, but too many kids still can’t read at grade level. Only 37% of fourth grade students test at or above the “proficient” level in reading, according to the Nation's Report Card. Another 57% of high school students fail to meet the reading […]
Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra touted students’ dismal 2022 SAT scores as a success, but the data show that the scores are nothing to celebrate. Nearly half of test takers failed to meet the reading benchmark, and 69% failed to meet the math benchmark. A July 26 press release by Ybarra and the […]
From now through Election Day, the Idaho Freedom Foundation will be referring to the leftist group Reclaim Idaho’s Proposition 1 tax increase proposal as costing taxpayers at least $570 million. I’m telling you this because Idaho’s news media outlets have taken a different and very dishonest tact. They’ve joined arms with Reclaim Idaho to report […]
