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New House education chair emphasizes rural schools, teacher pay gains and CTE capacity
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House Education Chairman Doug Pickett told JFAC that Idaho has doubled K‑12 funding over the last decade, cited teacher pay increases and urged continued support for rural schools and postsecondary career and technical education capacity.
House Education Chairman Doug Pickett outlined K‑12 and postsecondary priorities to the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on March 7, urging sustained support for rural public schools and expanded capacity for career and technical education.
"Over the past 10 years, the public education K‑12 budget has doubled from 1,400,000,000.0 to 2,800,000,000.0," Pickett told the committee, and he said Idaho's average K‑12 teacher pay has increased to "nearly $63,000 this school year," a 42% increase over a decade. He…
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