Last two divisions of school budget set

The next division of the public school budget, for facilities, passed unanimously, with no alternatives proposed to the blueprint put together by a group headed by JFAC co-chairs Sen. Dean Cameron and Rep. Maxine Bell. Then, the final one, for educational services for the deaf and blind, passed on a party-line vote. Rep. Wendy Jaquet, D-Ketchum, said it reflects a 15 percent funding cut over two years - a 2.9 percent cut for next year - when the number of deaf and blind children being educated is sharply increasing, and said she couldn’t support further cuts.