State Board of Education

In The News

04.30.08
Idaho Students Awarded Scholarships
(Boise). Sixty-five Idaho high school seniors will share $136,500 in scholarship monies. The students, who have been awarded either the Robert R. Lee Promise A Scholarship or the Robert Byrd Scholarship, represent some of the best and brightest that Idaho has to offer.

04.16.08
Board Hears Law School Request, Elects Officers
Members of the Idaho State Board of Education today voted to approve a request from the University of Idaho to move forward with development of concepts to possibly expand the school of law to a second location in Boise.

04.07.08
Board Sets Fees & Tuition
(Boise). The Idaho State Board of Education has set and approved higher education tuition and fees for the 2008-2009 academic year.

04.03.08
Idaho Releases NAEP Writing Scores
(Boise). Eighth graders from Idaho and across the nation scored significantly higher in writing in 2007 than they did in 2002, according to results released today from the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

02.29.08
Board Approves Next Step for CWI Transition
(Boise) The Idaho State Board of Education has approved the process by which select properties will ultimately be transferred to the College of Western Idaho.

12.06.07
State Board Hears Medical Education Study, Approves Several New Projects
POCATELLO— The Idaho State Board of Education heard a complete report of the Medical Education Study as part of its regularly scheduled December meeting today.

Special Ed Paraeducator to Teacher Program
This program is in the process of being designed for Special Education para-educators who possess an AA/AS degree and who wish to become certified special education teachers.