Idaho school districts have for decades struggled to fix or replace their aging, deteriorating schools and build new ones to accommodate the state's rapid growth.
Central Ohio schools weren't alone in having voters reject their requests for new money. Statewide, only 17% of asks for new money were approved approved by voters on Tuesday, according to Jeff Chambers, spokesperson for the Ohio School Boards Association.
The measure, which contained the largest nominal school funding increase in state history, was billed as a compromise between progressive lawmakers—who sought a larger funding increase than what was eventually included—and more conservative legislators.
"The net result of the decisions that have been made by the superintendent of public instruction is that programs that we have put into law are being disrupted or impeded," said Chairperson Dave Bedey, R-Hamilton.
Lawmakers proposing the bills are pointing to counselor shortages but are not completely playing down the religious aspects of putting chaplains in schools.
Building the social-emotional competence of prospective educators and their ability to support their students should begin in college coursework. But it requires more than a "one-and-done" approach.
Music and the performing arts helped Superintendent Amy Carter find her voice in high school. Now she is passing the gift on to her students in Mississippi's Meridian Public School District.
