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House Education chair urges continued rural funding, CTE support and caution on rapid shifts to choice programs
Summary
Representative Doug Pickett, chair of the Idaho House Education Committee, told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on March 7 that Idaho has substantially increased K‑12 spending over the past decade but must protect rural schools, expand career and technical education capacity and ensure federal funds are used as intended.
Representative Doug Pickett, chair of the Idaho House Education Committee, told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on March 7 that Idaho has substantially increased investment in public education over the past decade and urged continued attention to rural schools, career and technical education and protecting the intended use of federal funds.
Pickett, who said he represents District 27 (Cassia, Oneida and Minidoka counties), told the committee, “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, despite the number of students only increasing by less than…
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