School District Facilities Funding
Many of you have been asking for this information. Although, estimates are available for every Idaho school district only the estimated funding for District 7 has been provided in the tables included here. This is the analysis done by the governor’s office for both the ongoing distributions (often referred to as the H292 portion), and […]
IDAHO School Funding Reform
April 29, 2024 To: Idaho SOS – 4-29-2024 reply to AG Final Draft From: Joshua Palken Re: Comments from AG on Initiative petition We are confirming and following up on our telcon of April 25, and the letter from Deputy AG Adam Warr’s letter of April 10 addressed to you SOS McGrane. It certainly would have […]
REVISED DRAFT INITIATIVE PETITION (4-29-2024)
REVISED DRAFT INITIATIVE PETITION (4-29-2024) WARNING: It is a felony for anyone to sign any initiative petition with any name other than his own, or to knowingly sign his name more than once for the measure, or to sign such petition when he is not a qualified elector. To the Honorable Phil McGrane, Secretary of […]
2024 Idaho Legislative Recap
The 2024 Idaho legislative session has now ended for the year. Rep. Heather Scott does a great job summarizing the status of each bill presented. Disclaimer provided below.
Milner Trail Letter Claim
Read and if desired, print this Milner Trail Letter Claim (pdf). Next, visit the actual claim form outlined in detail and click the printer-friendly pdf at the top of that page to print and get your claim filled out and signed. Milner Trail Letter Claim is a Letter to Citizens Unhappy with Idaho County on […]
Notice of Claim by Citizen To The State of Idaho
Printer friendly pdf version for Download: To: SECRETARY OF STATE STATE OF IDAHOP.O. BOX 83720BOISE, ID 83720-0080 (208) 334-2852 [email protected] Name of Claimant: ___________________________________________________ Mailing Address: ___________________________________________________ City and State: ___________________________________________________ Phone Number: ___________________________________________________ Email (optional) ___________________________________________________ In Compliance with Title 6, Chapter 9, Idaho Code, the undersigned hereby presents a claim against the State of […]
Citizen questions LEVIES and the MVSD BALLOT
Two citizen questions came up regarding pending MVSD Levy: 1) Can Charter schools run levies? YES and NO… AND ANOTHER GOOD CITIZEN QUESTION 2) Does the pending MSVD levy ballot satisfy the new disclosure law? First charter schools: Idaho Code Section 33-802 expressly PERMITScharter schools DISTRICTS to run levies. “33-802. SCHOOL LEVIES. (6) A charter district may […]
Breach of Elected Official Oath
MEMO A way for citizens to hold them accountable or even oust them from office… A CITIZEN REMEDY BASED ON FIDELITY BOND CLAIMS… So I have been considering if and how local elected officials can be forced to comply with the law – asking this question is a sad commentary indeed but well justified… In particular I […]
Our Founding Fathers – Would they support God in Schools?
Prepared by Joshua Palken (4-3-2024) So a sincere local citizen posted some comments here in support of charter schools which really have a serious problem that has to be pointed out. He starts with the very agreeable concept, that “If our schools today reflected the intentions of those who came to America to start a new […]
The Idaho Board of Education — What does it do?
Prepared by Joshua Palken (April 2, 2024) So the basics – the Idaho Board of Education (BOE) is an institution set up and mandated by ARTICLE 9 SECTION 2 of the Idaho Constitution which provides as follows: “BOARD OF EDUCATION. The general supervision of the state educational institutions and public school system of the state […]
