YBARRA v. LEGISLATURE BY BEDKE

Docket No. 47991.

466 P.3d 421 (2020)

Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri YBARRA, in her official capacity, Petitioner, v. The LEGISLATURE of the State of Idaho, BY Representative Scott BEDKE, in his official and representative capacity as Speaker of the House of Representatives and Senator Brent Hill, in his official and representative capacity as Senate President Pro Tem; and the Idaho State Board of Education by Debbie Critchfield, in her official and representative capacity as President of the Board, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, June 2020 Term.

Opinion filed: June 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leroy Law Offices, Special Deputy Idaho Attorney General, Boise, for Petitioner Sherri Ybarra. David Leroy argued.

Holland and Hart, Boise, for Respondents the Legislature of the State of Idaho, Scott Bedke, and Brent Hill. Mary York argued.

Lawrence G. Wasden , Idaho Attorney General, Boise, for Respondents, Idaho State Board of Education and Debbie Critchfield. Cynthia Lin Yee-Wallace argued.


This case asks us to clarify the role of the Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction within the constitutional framework of public education in Idaho. Petitioner Sherri Ybarra, the Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction, has petitioned this Court for a declaratory judgment, writ of mandamus, or writ of prohibition to remedy...

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