An informal legislative “working group” will take on a complicated and time-consuming  effort: revamping Idaho’s public school funding formula. News of the working group broke late Thursday afternoon, the 11th day of the 2016 legislative session. But it’s unlikely the group will produce any legislation this year. The idea of revamping the state’s funding formula is not new. The current law, passed in 1994, has been tweaked several times. In 2013, Gov. Butch Otter’s education task force recommended dropping the current formula — based on students’ average daily attendance — and shifting to an enrollment-based model. After two years, however, that discussion has given way to the idea of a more thorough review of the formula/Kevin Richert, Idaho Education News. More here.