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Senate Tax Committee sends three draft proposals to print; no recorded opposition
Summary
The Idaho Senate Tax Committee voted by voice to send three request-for-print (RS) proposals to printing: an education-related property tax exemption for families declining state education funds (RS 32201), clarification on municipal bulk-waste franchising (RS 32256), and a change to city council districting thresholds (RS 32196). Sponsors said the
The Idaho Senate Tax Committee voted to send three RS proposals to print during a committee meeting.
Senator Ben Toews introduced RS 32201, described as a change to "section 60 three-six 0 2" to create a property-tax exemption for primary residences of families with a school‑age child who "do not accept any educational funds from the state." Toews said the exemption is intended to offset education costs for families that educate their children outside the public system. "I estimate that they'd probably save, depending on their county, maybe 400, 5 hundred dollars per year," Toews said, adding that the measure would primarily affect homeschooling families.
Senator Adams moved to send RS 32201 to print; Senator Dan Hartog seconded. The motion was approved by voice vote with no opposition recorded on…
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