Idaho
Empowering Parents Grant application open Monday – Local News 8
The following is a news release from the Idaho State Board of Education.
BOISE, Idaho (ISBE News Release) —The Idaho State Board of Education announced that applications for the next round of Empowering Parents grants open today.
Instructions and a link to the 2024-25 application are posted here: Empowering Parents (idaho.gov)
Idaho residents who filed a 2023 Idaho tax return and who have children between the ages of 5 and 18 are eligible to apply. Awards are prioritized first for households with an Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) less than $60,000, second to households with an AGI under $75,000, and any remaining grants will be awarded on a first come first served basis.
Grants are awarded at $1,000 per eligible student, up to $3,000 per family.
Awardees will be able to use the grant funds to purchase education-related products and services from the Empowering Parents online marketplace such as computer hardware and software, instructional materials, and tutoring services. Guidance for eligible expenses can be found online.
Here are some statistics from the 2023-24 Empowering Parents program:
- 28,962 total grants were awarded
- 69 percent of the grants were awarded to families with an AGI of $60,000 or less
86.5 percent of the grants were awarded to families with an AGI of $75,000 or less
MERIDIAN — Former Idaho state Rep. Dorothy Moon was elected to her third term as chair of the Idaho Republican Party during last week’s Idaho GOP Convention in Meridian.
Moon announced her candidacy for a third term as chair earlier this month after first being elected in 2022 and again in 2024. In this year’s election, Moon received 306 votes, former Idaho state Sen. Steven Thayn received 155 votes and Mark Fuller, the previous Idaho GOP first vice chair, came in third with 134 votes. In receiving just over 51% of the vote, Moon was able to narrowly avoid a runoff.
In his challenge to Moon, Thayn called for fostering a greater sense of unity among members of the party.
“Unity does not mean uniformity of opinion,” Thayn said in a prior news release on his candidacy. “Nor does it mean forced agreement. Forced unity always leads to tyranny. Real unity is voluntary. It is built through listening, respect, and a sincere effort to solve problems together.”
In the initial announcement of Moon’s campaign, she highlighted improvements to voter turnout and the defeat of the 2024 ranked-choice voting ballot initiative as among key party successes during her most recent term.
BLACKFOOT — A large contingent of Blackfoot Police officers has cordoned off an area near the Taco Bell on Parkway Drive in Blackfoot.
Police responded around 5 p.m., according to multiple witnesses who contacted EastIdahoNews.com.
EastIdahoNews.com has reached out to Blackfoot Police for details.
We will update this story as we learn more.
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MISSOULA, Mont. — An Idaho Falls angler is back in the Idaho record books after landing a record-setting lake trout at Payette Lake.
Idaho Fish and Game said Dylan Smith caught and released a 43.25-inch lake trout on May 2, setting a new state catch-and-release record for the species. The fish surpassed the previous record of 42 inches.
The catch marks Smith’s second appearance in Idaho’s record books. He previously held the state catch-and-release lake trout record after landing a trophy fish in 2018 before that mark was later broken.
According to Fish and Game, Payette Lake has become one of Idaho’s premier lake trout fisheries thanks to years of management efforts aimed at improving both lake trout and kokanee populations.
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