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Joint committee fails to agree on change‑in‑employee‑compensation plan after considering four proposals
Summary
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee considered four alternative change‑in‑employee‑compensation proposals for FY2026 on Jan. 31 — including flat‑dollar, guaranteed‑minimum, merit‑based and the governor’s 5% merit plan — but did not approve any plan and deferred the issue for further work.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee spent much of its Jan. 31 session debating four alternative change‑in‑employee‑compensation (CEC) proposals for FY2026 but did not approve any of the motions on the table and left the issue for a future meeting.
What was on the table: Committee staff presented four CEC proposals with detailed cost calculations and associated draft language: • Motion 1 (Representative Miller): Provide a $1.55 per hour increase per permanent employee (state agencies and institutions) with related items (community colleges, salary schedule adjustments for minimum pay grades, a 4.5% increase for IT/engineering workers, ISP trooper increases where listed, and $84,669,500 for public schools and the Idaho Bureau of Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind). Total reported: $177,429,000 (general fund…
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