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Senate Education Committee Advances RS 31903 to Discuss ‘Self-Directed Learner’ Funding Option
Summary
Committee moved RS 31903 forward for further consideration. The measure would allow funds designated for a student to flow to parents under an agreement with the local district; some senators voiced concerns it resembles a voucher program.
The Idaho Senate Education Committee voted to move RS 31903 forward for additional consideration. RS 31903 would modify the state's self-directed learner provisions so that funds designated for a student could be directed to the student's parents under an agreement with the local school district.
Senator Dave Lent (R-33) presented the concept during a print hearing, saying the change "allows the parent now to receive funds that are designated for that student to also flow…
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