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Panel introduces RS32624 to let local districts opt into 'innovation' plans; sponsors say state board retains oversight
Summary
Representative Jack Nelson, District 26, introduced RS32624 to let Idaho school districts develop "local innovation plans" that can set aside certain administrative rules with State Board of Education approval.
Representative Jack Nelson, District 26, brought RS32624 before the House Education Committee to allow local school districts to develop "local innovation plans" that temporarily set aside selected administrative requirements so districts can test new approaches to instruction and operations.
Nelson said the bill would "allow some of the regular school districts to initiate some of the things that charter schools are doing," while keeping a state oversight role: districts would draft a plan, submit it to the State Board of Education for approval, and the board would review approvals every two…
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