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Legislative analysts outline $700 million structural surplus and governor’s FY2026 budget choices
Summary
Legislative Services Office staff presented the governor’s FY2025–26 revenue forecast, a roughly $700 million projected structural balance for the short term, and proposed transfers and enhancements that would use part of one-time and ongoing revenue to fund education, transportation and tax relief.
Keith Bybee, division manager of Budget Policy Analysis for the Legislative Services Office, told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee the governor’s recommended baseline places Idaho on a substantially larger revenue platform than before the COVID period and shows a structural balance of roughly $700 million in the near term.
The governor’s recommendation, as presented by Bybee, uses a $5.9 billion ongoing revenue baseline for FY2026 and projects total expenditures near $6.26 billion in the projection period, producing the cited delta. Bybee said the current forecast reflects population growth and lingering…
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