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Here are the two competing motions JFAC is debating: The original motion, from Reps. Darrell Bolz, R-Caldwell, and Cliff Bayer, R-Boise, sets a 5 percent personnel cost cut for state employees - excluding public schools and higher education, which already have been set - but allows the governor to reduce that cut to 3 percent midway through the year if state revenues improve. He’d be able to tap $6.2 million from the budget stabilization fund to make that up, with the rest of the $15.7 million coming from federal and dedicated spending authority. The substitute motion, from Sens. Dean Cameron, R-Rupert, and Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, would instead tap $6.2 million from the $44.5 million in still-unexpended federal stimulus funds to reduce the cut from 5 percent to 3 percent right away for the coming year. Cameron said he feared the “trigger” plan would create “false expectations and false hope.” Bayer said his motion would allow the governor “to be the good guy.”
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fillmoreandthewhigs on April 08 at 9:37 a.m.
quick question of clarification…
the line “excluding public schools and higher education, which already have been set”
Did JFAC go ahead and approve a 3% cut for higher ed? I thought that was still up in the air for fear of legal concerns.
Any clarification would be appreciated.
slfisher on April 08 at 10:12 a.m.
They issued a request to the board of higher ed to implement the reduction.
fillmoreandthewhigs on April 08 at 10:35 a.m.
Thanks for the info. Did the SBEO make a decision?
I know they met on Monday to discuss student fee increases, but that is a separate issue than the cuts.
slfisher on April 08 at 1:11 p.m.
that I don’t know, sorry.