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Labor director describes unemployment insurance spending authority request and fund balances to JFAC
Summary
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee heard the Idaho Department of Labor explain a FY26 request for increased spending authority in dedicated funds to sustain unemployment insurance (UI) operations as federal grant support declines and to authorize a cash transfer to correct accounting in a dedicated fund.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee questioned the Idaho Department of Labor about a $7.33 million request in dedicated fund spending authority for unemployment insurance operations, a proposed $4,868,600 cash transfer between departmental funds, and several fund‑balance and staffing issues.
Legislative analyst Brooke Dupree reviewed the department’s consolidated fund analysis and noted an estimated FY26 ending free fund balance of roughly $47 million under current law. Dupree said the department requested a $4,868,600 transfer from the unemployment penalty and interest fund to the employment security fund to correct past overcounting that had routed more money to the penalty fund than intended. Dupree also outlined a $7,330,000 ongoing request in the determinations program (unemployment insurance operations) to offset reductions in federal grant funding.
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