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Senate passes outcomes-based education funding pilot after split debate
Summary
Senate Bill 11 47, establishing an outcomes-based funding pilot for K–12 education and reallocating $35 million in the education budget, passed the Senate 22–13 after debate over whether the money was new or reallocated and concerns about measuring outcomes.
Senate Bill 11 47, a measure that would direct $35 million toward an outcomes-based funding pilot for K–12 public education, passed the Idaho Senate after floor debate about funding sources and the design of outcome measures.
Sponsor Senator Lent described the proposal as a targeted approach emphasizing eighth-grade math and secondary outcomes (graduation and postsecondary attainment) and said initial…
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