What the personal property tax is—and what its repeal means for Idaho, part 1. You’ve probably heard that the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry has signaled their intent to ask lawmakers to repeal the personal property tax. Not only could this be one of the biggest issues of this legislative session, it could also…
Governor’s Task Force Holds Initial Meeting Today marked the first meeting of Governor Otter’s Task Force for Improving Education. The group spent the majority of the day amassing a list of issues that must be addressed if Idaho hopes to ensure that 60% of Idahoans aged 25-34 will have a degree or certificate by 2020,…
Members of both the House and Senate Education Committees met today to begin their annual review of the rules. When the legislature approves legislation, it is fairly common for the legislation to include a clause giving the appropriate state agency authority to write rules about the law.
Will Lawmakers Keep Public Schools Whole? Members of the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee (JFAC) learned this morning that the repeal of Propositions 1, 2, and 3 means that more than $30 million in the current year education budget is inaccessible by districts, without some action on the legislature’s part. The legislature’s education analyst, Paul…
Today Governor Otter released the names members of his Task Force for Improving Education.
Today Governor Otter kicked off the 2013 legislative session, as is customary, with his annual State of the State address. The biggest shakeup will be the loss of funding if the personal property tax is repealed.