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School grants, student pronouns and library books among the big bills of Idaho legislative session

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Idaho lawmakers spent much of an unexpectedly long and sometimes contentious legislative session focusing on bills targeting LGBTQ+ residents by limiting health care and reading materials and installing protections for teachers who don’t use the pronouns transgender students use.

They also passed a bill that allows the state to spend $2 billion to address dilapidated public school buildings and other school facility needs across the state. And lawmakers approved Gov. 's Idaho LAUNCH program, which provides grants for state high school graduates to help cover the cost of training for an in-demand career

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