Season 49 Episode 18: Policy vs. Reality

A school shooting in eastern Idaho puts the debate over arming teachers and staff into sharp focus. Plus, property taxes, public school and higher education budgets, and another swing at the governor’s executive powers. This week, Rebecca Boone of the Associated Press and Betsy Russell of the Idaho Press discuss the legislature’s slow approach to adjournment sine die. Devin Bodkin and Kevin Richert of Idaho Education News discuss the ongoing policy discussions around guns in schools after a sixth grade student opened fire at Rigby Middle School, injuring two classmates and a custodian. It was the first school shooting in Idaho in more than 20 years.