Otter adds $4.4 million to K-12 request

Kevin Richert | 01/25/2016

Gov. Butch Otter’s 2016-17 budget request for K-12 grew by nearly $4.4 million this morning.

The new money is designed to accommodate added enrollment growth — on the order of 47 school support units. A support unit is roughly equivalent to a classroom.

Jani Revier, head of Otter’s Division of Financial Management, submitted the budget revision Monday morning to the Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee.

The K-12 boost was among a handful of budget revisions submitted Monday. (For a full rundown, here’s a post from Betsy Russell of the Spokane Spokesman-Review.)

Click here for a detailed breakdown of Otter’s K-12 budget request.

Kevin Richert

Senior reporter and blogger Kevin Richert specializes in education politics and education policy. He has more than 35 years of experience in Idaho journalism. He is a frequent guest on "Idaho Reports" on Idaho Public Television and "Idaho Matters" on Boise State Public Radio. He can be reached at [email protected]