Panel will try to rewrite funding formula

Last time around, it took lawsuits to force Idaho to rewrite its school funding formula. Then it took a ton of new money to seal the deal. The spending increase was huge — and today, it would take more than $350 million to match it. That was 1994. Now, fast forward to 2016. Key legislators are planning to take a run at rewriting Idaho’s school funding formula, a complex and delicate math equation that parcels out dollars to 115 school districts and 47 charter schools. They want the new formula to line up with the 2016 classroom — where students are more mobile and classes are delivered on high-tech platforms. The committee isn’t set, but the prospective membership includes some of the Legislature’s heavy hitters on education topics / Kevin Richert , Idaho Education News. More here .