State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra presented her budget proposal for the 2019 fiscal year to the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee (JFAC) Thursday morning. Ybarra requested a 6.8% increase in general fund monies in fiscal year 2019, which translates to more than $113 million in new funding for Idaho’s rapidly growing public school…
The powerful Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee will hear specific budget proposals from the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education next week. While Governor Otter outlined some of his budget request during his State of the State address and Superintendent Sherri Ybarra has previously released her request, the formal presentations to JFAC really get the ball rolling on the budget setting process.
The Idaho Education Association and other education stakeholder groups will make presentations to the Senate Education Committee Monday afternoon.
Welcome to the 2018 Idaho Legislative Session. Public education figures to be a significant focal point during the session again this year, and the Idaho Education Association will be there every step of the way to advocate on behalf of the professional educators, students, parents, communities that depend on a strong public education system. The…
Idaho completed an 80-day legislative session Wednesday, with a flurry of activity in their three days of meeting this week, which took them beyond their targeted adjournment date of March 24.