No 4-Year Degrees For 20% Of Solons

Item: Legislature of hard knocks: In Idaho, four-year degrees are no pre-requisite for legislators /Jared S. Hopkins, Twin Falls Times-News

More Info: Ask a good portion of the Idaho Legislature about their alma mater, and they’ll give you a stock answer that could resemble a school fight song. “I went to the school of hard knocks,” said Sen. Shirley McKague, R-Meridian, one of Idaho’s legislators without a college diploma. She isn’t alone. Nearly 20 percent of Idaho lawmakers don’t hold four-year college degrees, according to interviews with legislators and the Idaho Blue Book, a 400-page guide to government published by the state.

Question: Is it important to you that your state representatives have four-year diplomas?