EOB: NIC 0-for-2 @ Idaho Legislature

North Idaho College, which had its budget hearing before JFAC this morning, had been hoping for $605,100 next year to start up a much-needed dental hygienist program in partnership with a local free clinic, and $334,500 for the first year of a two-year campus technology upgrade to get its classrooms up to minimum technology standards. But Gov. Butch Otter didn’t recommend funding for either item in his proposed budget for next year/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here .

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