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"What that means to the average parent is that that school district is hurting," said Senate Minority Leader Kate Kelly, who raised the issue at a recent City Club of Boise forum. "I think it really sets a bad precedent for people's ability to negotiate contracts, from an employment standpoint in Idaho."
"It does not bother me that 22 districts have declared a financial emergency," said Sen. John Goedde, Republican chairman of the Senate Education Committee. "That to me is a positive tool that we provided districts this past legislative session to face the current situation.""It used to be that supplemental levies were used for one-time kinds of projects ..." [Karen Echeverria] said. "And that's just not the case anymore. Supplemental levies are being used for teacher salaries, for health care costs."See the full content of this document
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Budget Bombs
In the two months since the Idaho Legislature adjourned, as many as 22 school districts across the state have quietly taken advantage of a new ...
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