The House has reconvened and begun debate on the public school budget bills, starting with HB 323, the division of administrators. Rep. Cliff Bayer, R-Boise, noted that the overall school budget, which is contained in five separate bills, is a tough one for Idaho this year, the first that lawmakers are setting a budget for public schools that's less than the schools received the previous year. "This is unprecedented - we have some difficult decisions in front of us," Bayer told the House.

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