SB1029 would expand public school administrative bureaucracy in the form of creating a “School Turnaround Committee” in failing schools.
The Idaho State Senate passed SB1029 on February 15, 2019 by a vote of 22 to 11. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill would mandate that failing Idaho public schools individually hire a “School Turnaround Professional,” and form a “School Turnaround Committee.” It would also create a statewide “School Leadership Development Program” to hire and train new bureaucrats. Public schools are failing in America, in part, due to bureaucratic excess. This bill attempts to fix a school system by doubling down on an existing problem.