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House passes bill to allow JFAC to recoup misallocated education funds after audits
Summary
The House passed House Bill 4-16, which gives the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee authority to recover certain allocated education funds found to have been spent outside their intended purpose, following audit findings.
BOISE, Idaho — After extended floor debate, the Idaho House passed House Bill 4-16 on March 20, 2025. The bill directs that specified allocated education funds be returned or removed from a recipient's budget when audits show the funds were not spent for the purposes the legislature specified.
Sponsor Representative from District 7 framed the bill as a narrow accountability measure: "When we set a budget and we say, you are legally being given money for x, we expect you to spend it on x," the sponsor said on the floor. He and supporters said the measure targets line-item…
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