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Debbie Critchfield

Board Mission and Strategic Plan – 2024-2029

The mission of the Board is “To drive improvement of the K-20 education system for the citizens of Idaho, focusing on quality, results, and accountability.”

Higher Education Research Strategic Plan

Idaho’s public universities will be a catalyst and engine to spur creation of new knowledge, technologies, products and industries that lead to advances and opportunities for economic growth and enhance the quality of life in Idaho and the nation.

Board Planning Calendar

The master planning calendar provides an overview of yearly tasks associated with policy planning.

Institution and Agency Strategic Plans

Institutions and agencies start updating their strategic plan based on the Board’s own strategic plan and guidance in January, and finalize their plans for submission to the Board prior to the April agenda cutoff date.

Board Planning

The State Board of Education envisions an accessible, affordable, seamless public education system that results in a highly educated citizenry.

Board Policies & Rules

A hierarchy is established to define the levels of precedent for state government documents. To illustrate these various levels, the analogy of a pyramid is useful. Each increasing level becomes smaller in size, yet greater in scope. The Idaho State Constitution defines the […] Learn More

Board Meetings

The board maintains a rolling meeting schedule, which is updated at each regular meeting by majority vote. The board president consulting with members, may reschedule or cancel any meeting. The board may schedule special meetings by majority vote taken during any regular […] Learn More

Education Initiatives

Idaho education has entered a new progressive era in order to increase global competitiveness and attract opportunity, as seen through our many current education initiatives. Education and commerce must partner to build upon each other.

Board Governance Structure

The Idaho Constitution provides that the general supervision, governance, and control of the state educational institutions and public school system of the State of Idaho, as with the education system’s executive agencies, shall be vested in a State Board of Education (SBOE).