Representative Ilana Rubel
Getting Good Things Done for Idaho District 18
Representative Ilana Rubel has served Boise’s District 18 in the Idaho Legislature since 2014, and has knocked on over 15,000 doors to learn what her constituents need. She has successfully sponsored and passed a broad array of important legislation supporting the people of Idaho, including better pay and benefits for teachers, funding for optional full-day kindergarten and insurance coverage for hearing aids for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. She has served as the House Democratic Leader since 2019, is a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard Law School, has represented technology companies for more than 20 years, and is the proud mother of four children who have attended Boise public schools. She also co-founded the non-profit Idaho Business for the Outdoors and was a founding member of BSU’s Honors College’s Advisory Board.
Raised by a working single mom, Ilana Rubel graduated from law school thanks to terrific teachers, schools and helping hands along the way. She is adamant that everyone should have the same opportunities she did to work their way up the ladder in life. She and her husband John moved to Boise 21 years ago when he was recruited by Micron. They have four children aged 13 to 22, and Ilana enjoys volunteer-teaching “Civics and the Constitution” at various Boise schools. Her family loves to bike, hike, fish, ski, camp, and raft in the Idaho outdoors.
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Blog / Recent News
1/22/2019 – Article/Audio: Rep. Rubel discusses youth hearing aid coverage legislature
Article Link: "Youth Hearing Aid Coverage Re-Visited In Legislature" About: Private insurance does not cover the costs for most hearing aids for youths. Efforts to change that are afoot in the state legislature. Idaho Matters follows up with the representative...
1/21/2019 – Boise schools would lose $6.6 million under proposed school funding formula
A new proposed school funding formula has been put forth that is based on student enrollment and takes various other factors into account. According to this analysis, Boise schools would stand to lose $6.6 million under the proposed new formula, so I will have to give...
1/21/2019 – Rep. Rubel re-introducing bipartisan legislation to reform mandatory minimum sentencing
Last week, Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Burdick told the Legislature, "the courts realize there are better ways to handle criminality than building bigger jails and prisons." We also recently learned that Idaho is 3rd in the nation for portion of the...
1/21/2019 – Final approval given for rule change that will assure coverage for kids’ hearing aids
You may remember that I've been working with a group of parents and doctors for over a year to secure insurance coverage for hearing aids for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The lack of such coverage meant that affected families were heavily burdened and...
1/21/2019 – State of the State / Idaho’s revenue situation
Governor Little delivered his 2019 State of the State address and released his proposed budget. I was encouraged by his stated commitment to education and public lands (including meaningful proposed increases to teacher salaries and boosted funding for literacy...
1/17/2019 – Article: “Insurers now required to cover hearing aid costs for Idaho children”
Article Link: "Insurers now required to cover hearing aid costs for Idaho children" Excerpt: A rule change passed by the Idaho Legislature on Thursday means that 1,000 Idaho families who have deaf or hard of hearing children, will soon no longer need to pay for...