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Idaho's public school funding failure has dire consequences in Silver Valley

| November 14, 2025 1:00 AM

Idaho’s school funding system is broken and the evidence is in Shoshone County. 

Last week, 19 of 26 supplemental school levies passed across the state. The Kellogg School District was one of the few where the levy failed, while Wallace’s squeaked by. These results highlight a deeper problem: the way we fund schools in Idaho simply doesn’t work for rural communities. 

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