Idaho public schools, Medicaid program now told to plan for new state budget cuts
Swanson
After they were originally protected from new state budget cuts, leaders of Idaho’s public school system and Medicaid program are being asked by state legislators to submit plans to cut their budgets by up to 2%, a new state budget memo shows.
The Idaho Legislature’s new memo indicates a 2% budget cut would represent a $55 million funding reduction for the K-12 public school system, while a 2% cut would represent a $19.9 million cut for the Division of Medicaid.
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