Boise, Meridian districts tally losses under SB 1184

The superintendents and school board chairmen of the state’s two largest school districts, Boise and Meridian, have sent a letter to their local lawmakers urging them to oppose SB 1184, because they estimate the districts will lose millions of dollars in state funding under the bill. “SB 1184 would have an ongoing, cumulative negative impact on the general fund budgets of the Meridian and Boise districts,” the letter says; you can read it here . “Though we support the use of technology to improve instruction and efficiency, and are developing online and blended approaches, we cannot support these reductions to Salary-Based Apportionment, which will occur over and above any losses to the Districts because of the economy.”