VICTORY: SB1188 Is Dead — School Choice Wins!

The Idaho Senate will not be advancing SB1188. That means this deeply flawed bill — which threatened to strip parents of their online school choices and throw tens of thousands of students into uncertainty — is officially dead.

This is a huge win for:

• Parents who chose online learning for their kids and refused to be silenced.

• Educators and school leaders who spoke out, mobilized families, and defended programs that are working.

• And most of all — for the 30,000+ Idaho students who rely on virtual education options across the state.

SB1188 would have reversed last year’s conservative reforms, expanded government bureaucracy, and forced thriving programs to seek uncertain approval from a state commission that wasn’t prepared to take them on.

It was rushed, it was wrong — and you helped stop it.

What We Learned

This fight exposed something bigger: there are powerful forces working to shut down online learning and keep parents out of the conversation. This cannot — and will not — happen on our watch.

We are already preparing for next session. We will retool, organize earlier, and come back stronger than ever to defend school choice and virtual education.

This is a win for families. And we have you to thank.

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