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Education department outlines content‑standards, special‑education manual and graduation rule updates
Summary
The Idaho Department of Education summarized administrative rule changes including updated content standards, a revised special‑education manual to comply with federal IDEA, and proposed graduation requirement changes (digital literacy, localized pathways, future readiness project).
Department of Education staff told the House Education Committee they are moving several administrative rules forward, including updated content standards, a revised special‑education manual and proposed changes to high‑school graduation requirements.
Greg Wilson of the Department of Education told the committee the department adopted revised content standards in several subject areas — including driver education, arts and humanities, world language, social studies and computer science — which were finalized by the State Board of Education on June 12, 2024. "Content standards are reviewed at least every six years by teams of educators and…
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