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Legislative analysts lay out Idaho K‑12 public school support budget; $22.3 million rescission proposed after lower support‑unit forecast
Summary
LSO analyst Kellen McGurkin told JFAC that revised forecasts cut expected support units from 15,954 to 15,722, prompting a requested $22.3 million ongoing rescission that would lower the FY2026 base and affect FY2027; the presentation also detailed health‑insurance rate changes and the governor's recommended offsets.
Kellen McGurkin, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that the public school support budget is driven by the state's support-unit formula and a revised forecast that reduced projected support units for FY2026.
"The public school support program represents the state and federal funding appropriated to support public schools serving grades K through 12," McGurkin said, and he explained that the state's formula pays roughly 1.55 staff per support unit and that 87% of state K‑12 funding flows through that calculation. McGurkin said the updated forecast lowers expected support units…
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