You know the numbers by now: On Sept. 1, the Legislature approved $650 million in tax cuts, earmarked $330 million a year in new money for K-12, and $80 million for a new fund to prepare Idahoans for in-demand careers.
So, how will Idaho spend all that new education money? And where?
Kevin Richert digs into these questions with Rep. Wendy Horman. A member of the Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, Horman plays a key role in writing Idaho education budgets.
In the Teachers’ Lounge podcast, Lyndsey Matthews tells us what it’s like to be a middle school English teacher in an era of increased book bans and challenges, and about the value of difficult topics in the classroom.
“We’re supposed to challenge kids and we’re supposed to broaden their horizons and their perspectives and their minds and if we’re always paying it safe and we’re always playing it down we’re not going to have that space for those hard conversations,” she said.
