Idaho’s reduced education budget approved – $128 million less

Idaho lawmakers aim to give schools $128 million less in 2011 while allowing more freedom in how districts spend what they do get, an effort to make the worst budget year for public education as palatable as possible.

The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee voted 15-4 to trim the total budget to $1.58 billion, a 7.5 percent cut compared to the current year. The state’s general fund portion of the budget falls 1.4 percent to $1.21 billion.

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