school funding

Supplemental levies: by the numbers

What’s the biggest supplemental school levy in Idaho? And the smallest? Answers and numbers here.

Second time around: three school levies pass

Meanwhile, voters in Homedale rejected a supplemental levy for the second time since May.

Lottery fever: record revenues for schools

Public schools hit a $30.1 million jackpot Tuesday — as K-12 received the bulk of a record-setting dividend from lottery ticket sales.

Crapo rips federal cuts to rural schools

Rural counties and school districts are paying the price — unfairly — for federal budget cuts, Idaho Republican Sen. Mike Crapo said Wednesday.

Per-pupil spending: a family factor?

Idaho consistently ranks near the bottom nationally in per-pupil spending. Are the state’s family demographics a factor?