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House committee accepts most 2024 education rule changes, rejects temporary content-standards rule and approves special-education manual
Summary
The House Education Committee approved most changes to 2024 education rule dockets but excluded two social-studies sections and rejected a temporary rule that would have promulgated content standards; it separately approved a temporary Special Education Manual to meet federal compliance.
The House Education Committee acted on three rule dockets that together address graduation requirements, content standards, and Idaho's Special Education Manual.
Greg Wilson, chief of staff at the State Department of Education, briefed the committee on docket 08-0203-401 (pending rules) and said the package includes updates to statewide graduation requirements, the special education manual, and content standards reviewed in 2024. He said the Senate accepted most of the pending rules but rejected two social-studies sections and preserved a one-credit speech and communications requirement, while the pending rules would add a digital-literacy credit and update graduation requirements to apply for the class of 2028.
Multiple witnesses spoke. Diane Bevan of the Idaho Technology Council urged the committee to keep communications and add digital literacy as a high-school graduation requirement, arguing that digital skills are essential to Idaho's workforce. Samuel Lehi, representing the Idaho Freedom Foundation and the National Association of…
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