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House Education Chairman Doug Pickett urges sustained funding, warns of rural school funding gap
Summary
Representative Doug Pickett told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on March 7 that Idaho has substantially increased K–12 funding over the past decade but that rural districts still face large unmet needs for facilities, special education and transportation.
Doug Pickett, chairman of the Idaho House Education Committee, told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on March 7 that Idaho has increased K–12 spending but must protect funding for small rural schools. "Over the past 10 years, the public education K–12 budget has doubled from $1,400,000,000 to $2,800,000,000," Pickett said, and he credited the Legislature with raising teacher pay and expanding benefits in recent years. "Idaho's average K–12 teacher pay has increased to nearly $63,000 this school year, representing a 42% increase over…
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