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Idaho Pardons and Parole seeks higher pay for commissioners amid staffing concerns
Summary
The Commission of Pardons and Parole is asking the legislature to allow commissioner pay to rise from $300 to $400 per day; the commission’s new director said commissioners do substantial unpaid preparation work and the agency warned many commissioners will depart this year without pay changes or structural reforms.
The Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole asked lawmakers on Feb. 4 for statutory authority to raise commissioner pay from $300 to $400 per hearing day, citing recruitment and retention challenges and the volume of unpaid preparation work required for hearing days.
The request requires a change to state law and would raise the fiscal impact of the commission’s budget by the amount needed to implement that pay scale. Legislative analyst Noah Peterson told the committee the governor recommended an increase tied…
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