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Idaho School Funding: Long-Term Challenges and Opportunities to Put Students First

  • The pandemic has created significant disruptions and barriers to learning, leaving many Idaho students behind and unable to achieve their full academic potential. But

Idaho is Failing to Adequately Pay and Retain Teachers and Classified Staff

  • Teachers are Idaho’s most important educational assets.

Excluding Budget Cuts, Idaho’s FY21 Budget Surplus is $277 Million

  • In 2020, a governor-issued 5 percent “holdback” for FY21 led to $98.7 million in cuts to K-12 schools and $96.5 million in cuts to

Cost of College in Idaho

  • Idahoans have long valued public higher education, recognizing its importance to the economy and to the desire of Idahoans to provide for their families

Idaho's Public School Investment

  • Public school funding varies widely by community with serious implications for the ability of Idaho’s children to reach their full potential, according to a

Adjusting for Wealth Across School Districts

  • The last time Idaho updated the way it funds public schools was 25 years ago. Since then, the state’s population has grown, revenue sources

Investments in Education: Trends in Idaho's Public School Funding (Report and Interactive Map)

  • Idaho has taken steps in recent years to restore education funding following the state's disinvestment during the Great Recession. Fiscal Year 2018 (FY2018) brought

Trends in Tuition at Idaho's Public Colleges and Universities: Critical Context for the State's Education Goals

  • Idahoans have long valued public higher education, recognizing its importance to the economy and social fabric of the entire state. In fact, the territorial

Investing in Public Education: Evaluating the Trajectory of Reinvestment in Idaho’s Education System

  • This report evaluates the extent to which the three funding sources for our public school system - state, federal and local - are able

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