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State Board of Education seeks funding for educator incentive, software position and reports timing-driven spending swings
Summary
Office of the State Board of Education staff briefed the committee on scholarship and grant programs, including a request for $1.375 million for the Bridger/Underserved Educator Incentive program and a request for a software engineer to maintain scholarship application systems; staff said spending varies with award cycles.
Kevin Campbell, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that the Scholarships and Grants program (housed in the Office of the State Board of Education) administers five programs, including the Opportunity Scholarship, the Bridger and Underserved Educator Incentive Program and the Idaho Work Study Program.
Campbell said the program’s spending is timing-sensitive because scholarship award cycles do…
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