The Idaho Legislature's Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee (JFAC) met today and will meet tomorrow to discuss the upcoming budget. The Legislature decides upon the budget during the legislative session starting in January 2011, for the budget year starting in July 2011.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna told JFAC that schools would need an additional $61 million just to stay in the same place next year as they are this year -- without replacing the $128 million cut from the school budgets last year.
Unfortunately, the budget for next year is already $340 million behind.
However, for the fourth month in a row, revenues are ahead of projections -- just a total of $23 million, but it's a start. At this rate, that would raise an additional $72 million by the end of the year.
Finally, a new data system will help Idaho better track its students -- and might save money.
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