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Significant changes coming to how legislators on JFAC set state budgets

Budget changes, school funding, Medicaid and election year politics are all on tap for discussion this year.

Gov. Brad Little’s State of the State address will set the tone for a legislative session that’s likely to run until at least late March.

Familiar debates on the funding formula, vouchers, aging schools and library books will resurface at the Idaho Statehouse this year.

More than half of Idaho’s 24,000 seniors applied for the grants, which will pay up to $8,000 for college or job training.

A tense 2024 legislative session — and the warmup to an intense May primary — could put higher education under increased scrutiny.

Four districts and 12 charters have average teacher salaries over $70,000.

Find out how the formula change will affect your school district.

In May, all 105 seats in the Idaho Legislature expire and will be up for election.

Three educators teach math, science, Language Arts, and social studies, and another prepares them to transition after their release.

What makes the difference at Frontier Elementary? According to principal Katie Rutan, the “Frontier Way.”