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Senate Education Committee votes to print school-choice measure RS 31,992
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The Idaho Senate Education Committee voted to print RS 31,992, a proposed expansion of school-choice funding that backers described as adding new educational savings and guardrails; members emphasized that printing the bill allows for fuller review, while some called it a voucher proposal and said they would oppose it.
The Idaho Senate Education Committee voted to print RS 31,992, a request to draft and circulate a school-choice measure that proponents say would expand educational savings accounts and add accountability measures.
Senator Dave Lynn (District 33) introduced the request and framed it as an attempt to expand parental choice while adding financial and academic guardrails. Lynn told the committee the proposal would add $50 million in new funding to existing programs and would build on a $30 million Empowering Parents program for a combined total of $80 million in program authority. "If we want competition, let's level the playing…
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