The Idaho State Board of Education will hold a regular Board meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, August 25-26, 2021, in the Pond Student Union Building on the Idaho State University campus in Pocatello.
The meeting starts Wednesday afternoon at 1 p.m. (MDT) and will be carried via livestream on Idaho State University’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2nvxQmWunDx1IdQC-kXjMQ
The meeting agenda and materials are posted on the State Board of Education’s website: https://boardofed.idaho.gov/event/board-meeting-pocatello-2/
Agenda items include:
- Idaho State University President Kevin Satterlee will present ISU’s Annual Report.
- The Board will consider approving a list of more than a half-dozen Board sponsored legislative proposals, including a request to fund all-day kindergarten in Idaho’s public schools at an estimated annual cost of $42 million. If approved, the proposals will be presented to the Idaho Legislature for consideration during the 2022 legislative session.
- Consider approving FY23 budget requests from the institutions and agencies overseen by the Board. If approved, the requests will also be submitted for legislative consideration in January.
- Consider approving the appointment of a new general manager at Idaho Public Television, replacing the former GM who recently retired.
- Consider approving a recently announced plan to renovate Holt Arena on the Idaho State University campus. The multi-million dollar project would be funded by Idaho Central Credit Union.
- Consider approving Boise State University’s plan to create a new Institute for Advancing American Values.
- Consider plans presented by all eight public colleges and universities on new educational programs each institution plans to initiate over the next three years.
- The Board will also hear a presentation on research findings regarding how the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected Idaho high schools students’ grades in math and English as well as their overall grade point averages during the 2020-21 school year.
