The Idaho State Board of Education is scheduled to consider relinquishing management of a federal grant that helps low-income students attend college. If trustees approves transfer of the program to the Idaho Department of Education, the power shift would be the first since the board came under heavy fire from the governor and the state Senate Education Committee last year for accounting miscues.

Idaho lost nearly $18 million in a “Gear Up” program grant because the way the board originally planned to provide state matching funds violated federal rules. The agency collected private foundations and matching state funding to save the grant money. Trustees are scheduled to consider the “Gear Up” program transfer when they meet Thursday and Friday. (AP)