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JFAC adds $1.68 million to community colleges, directs outcome‑based funding proposal by 2025
Summary
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee approved $1,679,800 in ongoing general fund enrollment adjustments for Idaho community colleges and directed the State Board of Education to return with an outcome‑based funding model by Dec. 31, 2025 and implement by FY2028.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee voted on March 7 to add $1,679,800 in ongoing general‑fund enrollment workload adjustments for Idaho’s community colleges and to ask the State Board of Education to develop an outcome‑based funding model for further consideration.
The appropriation increases were allocated as follows: $496,800 ongoing for the College of Eastern Idaho, $690,000 ongoing for the College of Southern Idaho and $493,000 ongoing for the College of Western Idaho, for a total additional FY2026 general‑fund appropriation of $1,679,800.
Representative Kelly Petske (motion maker listed in…
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