"The fact is the voters made it clear on Nov. 2nd that they do not want their taxes raised to solve government revenue problems," state schools Supt. Tom Luna told lawmakers in his budget hearing today. "We must have the will to change the current system or the will to raise the revenue necessary to fully fund the current system. By changing the system we will put our public schools back on firm financial footing in this new economy we face in Idaho."

His plan: "The entire system will be funded by primarily finding cost savings and efficiencies in the current system and then reinvesting them back into the classroom."

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