Governor files $920,000 technical revisions to budget; largest change affects digital learning calculation
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The Division of Financial Management submitted a $920,000 package of technical corrections to the governor’s budget, chiefly to correct the Idaho Digital Learning Academy calculation and a miscoding of a legislative billing line.
The Division of Financial Management on Monday told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee it submitted about $920,000 in technical revisions to the governor’s recommended budget.
DFM budget analyst Ms. Wolf said the largest change — about $870,000 — corrected how the Idaho Digital Learning Academy is included in the calculation for distributions related to the CEC (cost-equity component). Another correction moved a $45,000 SwiCap billing item for the Legislative Services Office into the proper general fund account. There was a $5,000 adjustment in the Department of Health and Welfare related to a small group of employees whose pay grade calculations were affected, and a $0-impact correction to how an Idaho State University endowment adjustment was shown.
The corrections were described as bookkeeping and formula fixes that came to light after the original budget submission. "There were a couple of things ... we find that we've either need a correction or left out," Ms. Wolf told the committee.
Why it matters: The changes are small relative to the state's overall budget, but the Idaho Digital Learning Academy adjustment was large enough to alter CEC-related calculations. DFM characterized most items as technical fixes to align the published budget with how programs and costs are actually being administered.
Supporting details: DFM provided the committee a memo Friday that summarized the changes. The agency said the $870,000 adjustment was intended to align the Idaho Digital Learning Academy with the public schools’ recommendation so the academy is not excluded from CEC calculations.
No formal committee vote was recorded in the transcript on the DFM revisions; the presentation concluded with the committee taking questions and thanking staff for the update.
The committee's files show the DFM memo and related slides are available in the JFAC SharePoint folder referenced during the hearing.