October 18, 2009 in Idaho Voices

Luna says public schools can’t take more cuts

Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
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State Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna says Idaho’s public schools need a 9.2 percent increase in state general funds next year, just to keep even and accommodate more students.

In his budget request for fiscal year 2011, Luna is calling for a $1.3 billion general fund appropriation for public schools next year, $1.7 billion in total funds. That’s up from $1.2 billion in general funds this year – the first year that Idaho’s schools have taken a cut in state funds from what they received the year before. This year’s school budget, in state funds, was 7.7 percent below last …

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