Luna: ‘No longer focusing on where we can strategically cut’ school funding

Idaho state schools Superintendent Tom Luna is up at the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee this morning, to present the budget requests for the single largest slice of state government: Public schools. “I stand here for the first time in four years with good news when it comes to our public schools financial situation,” Luna told JFAC. “We’re no longer focusing on where we can strategically cut funding for our public schools in these difficult economic times, but we are actually facing a surplus.” You can watch live here ; Luna will first address state Department of Education budget request, then the request for schools.