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Committee advances cleanup to restore staffing flexibility for Idaho school districts
Summary
Representative Sonia Galaviz’s RS 32-458, a cleanup to restore districts’ staff‑allowance flexibility by removing statutory restrictions added in 2016, was approved for printing after committee discussion. Sponsors said state Department of Education reporting remains intact.
Representative Sonia Galaviz (D‑District 16) presented RS 32-458 to the House Education Committee, describing the measure as a cleanup to remove a statutory provision that reduced districts’ flexibility to use staffing allocations.
Galaviz told the committee school districts were permitted a 9.5 percent staff‑allowance flexibility (full‑time equivalent positions) established during the 2007–08 recession, but a 2016 change began reducing that flexibility by 1 percent for districts exceeding statewide average class…
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