Idaho Lawmakers Wince, but Pass Reduced Ed. Budget
Idaho lawmakers aim to give schools $128 million less in 2011 while allowing more freedom in how districts spend what they do get, an effort to make the worst budget year for public education as palatable as possible.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee voted 15-4 to trim the total budget to $1.58 billion, a 7.5 percent cut compared to the current year. The state's general fund portion of the budget falls 1.4 percent to $1.21 billion.
Lawmakers said this is the first year in Idaho history that total public education funding has been cut, the result of 9 percent unemployment and lagging tax revenue that's drained millions in state school reserves. In addition, schools aren't benefiting from an infusion of federal stimulus cash, like...
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