"If Idaho public schools are asked to immediately cut spending this year, several local districts say they have the cash reserve to get through it.
It won't be easy, but superintendents say they prefer using their own surplus accounts to getting an advance on next year's appropriation, which is an idea legislative leaders have suggested and Gov. Butch Otter embraces.
Otter said Thursday that he'll announce more funding cuts for this year in Monday's State of the State address, though he won't say how severe they will be or how much they will affect public education. Next year's budget, he said, will hold the line with this new, pared-back spending plan."
It won't be easy, but superintendents say they prefer using their own surplus accounts to getting an advance on next year's appropriation, which is an idea legislative leaders have suggested and Gov. Butch Otter embraces.
Otter said Thursday that he'll announce more funding cuts for this year in Monday's State of the State address, though he won't say how severe they will be or how much they will affect public education. Next year's budget, he said, will hold the line with this new, pared-back spending plan."