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There was no debate and no discussion on the equally bare-bones budget for community colleges that followed the university budget-setting this morning. Community colleges will take an 11 percent cut in their state general funds next year, under the budget, but see a 5.4 percent cut overall, thanks to the addition of $1.6 million in federal stimulus money. No additional items were funded in the budget over last year, not even the $102,000 that Gov. Butch Otter recommended for additional nursing faculty positions, the only one of five budget expansion requests from Idaho’s three community colleges that got his nod/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here.
Question: Are you convinced that legislative budget writers are doing all they can to minimize cuts to education?
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moscow_minidoka on March 26 at 9:43 a.m.
“Question: Are you convinced that legislative budget writers are doing all they can to minimize cuts to education?”
Quite the opposite, actually. I’ve never been so sick and disgusted of the Idaho Legislature in my entire life. And I don’t mind painting with a broad brush, either. The lack of support for education in this state sickens me.
Don_Sausser on March 26 at 11:20 a.m.
MM, as a percent of total state budget, how does Idaho’s education funding compare with other states?