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Committee introduces bill to ease rural school facilities funding, removes state supervisor for projects under $5 million
Summary
The House Committee on Education introduced RS32537 C1, a proposal to make a dormant public school facilities fund more accessible to rural Idaho districts by removing a state-appointed district supervisor requirement for projects under $5 million and clarifying payback and priority rules.
Representative Doug Pickett introduced RS32537 C1 to the House Committee on Education, saying the draft would change how the Public School Facilities Cooperative Fund is used and make it easier for rural districts to access the money. Representative Pickett said the RS updates a 2006 law originally tied to litigation and accountability and would remove the requirement that the state appoint a district supervisor for projects under $5,000,000.
The change is intended to lower a barrier that has kept the fund largely unused since it was created,…
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