{"id":13191,"date":"2012-11-16T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=13191"},"modified":"2012-11-16T16:41:51","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T23:41:51","slug":"state-says-prop-1-2-3-no-vote-means-36-million-cut-for-idaho-schools-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/11\/16\/state-says-prop-1-2-3-no-vote-means-36-million-cut-for-idaho-schools-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"State Says Prop 1, 2, 3 &#8216;No&#8217; Vote Means $36 Million Cut For Idaho Schools&#8230;For Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13192\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"On Nov. 6 Idaho voters repealed a trio of education laws that were put into place in 2011. \" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/11\/Kids-in-school-Kyle-Stokes.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13192\" title=\"Kids in school Kyle Stokes\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/11\/Kids-in-school-Kyle-Stokes-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/11\/Kids-in-school-Kyle-Stokes-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/11\/Kids-in-school-Kyle-Stokes-620x363.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Kyle Stokes \/ StateImpact Indiana<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">On Nov. 6 Idaho voters repealed a trio of education laws that were put into place in 2011.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Idaho school Superintendent Tom Luna said this week the <a title=\"Idaho Voters Resoundingly Reject Propositions 1, 2 And 3\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/topic\/propositions-1-2-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">voter repeal of his education laws<\/a> would mean a financial hit to districts. Today his department released an estimate of that impact. It says the Nov. 6 &#8216;no&#8217; votes on <a title=\"Idaho Voters Resoundingly Reject Propositions 1, 2 And 3\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/topic\/propositions-1-2-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Propositions 1, 2 and 3<\/a>, takes more than $36 million off the table.<\/p>\n<p>That money had been slated for schools. Nampa School&#8217;s spokesperson Allison Westfall says her district has been trying to figure out what the repeal means for them.<\/p>\n<div>\u201cThere are some things we need to learn more about,&#8221; says Westfall.\u00a0 &#8220;There was a clause in there about funding for certified staff. There was professional development dollars, technology. So what becomes of all that? And we are eager to hear the answers.\u201d \u00a0<!--more--><div class=\"related-content alignleft\"><h4 class=\"related-header\">Related<\/h4><div class=\"links\"><h5>Posts<\/h5><ul><li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/propositions-1-2-3-what-happens-if-voters-overturn-idahos-education-laws\/\">Propositions 1, 2, 3: What Happens If Voters Overturn Idaho&#8217;s Education Laws?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/maps\/map-voters-overturn-lunas-education-laws-reject-propositions-1-2-and-3\/\">Map: Voters Overturn Luna&#8217;s Education Laws, Reject Propositions 1, 2 And 3<\/a><\/li><li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/luna-and-opponents-search-for-scant-common-ground-after-props-1-2-3-fail\/\">Luna And Opponents Search For Scant Common Ground After Props 1, 2, 3 Fail<\/a><\/li><li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/teachers-at-low-income-schools-may-fare-worse-as-idaho-distributes-bonus-pay\/\">Teachers At Low-Income Schools May Fare Worse As Idaho Distributes Bonus Pay<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"topics\"><h5>Topics<\/h5><p class=\"topic\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/10\/IndianaSchool_KyleStokes.jpg\" height=\"60\" width=\"60\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/topic\/propositions-1-2-3\/\">Idaho Voters Resoundingly Reject Propositions 1, 2 And 3<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Nampa isn&#8217;t alone. Representatives from the Boise and Meridian School districts also say they\u2019re trying to figure out what the repeal will mean for their budgets.<\/p>\n<p>The repeal of Luna&#8217;s Students Come First education laws does return some money to the state&#8217;s bank account. The Idaho Education Department estimate includes nearly $14 million in restored funds. That puts the net funding loss on school districts at $23 million.<\/p>\n<p>Still, that loss for school districts might not be permanent.\u00a0 As <em>StateImpact<\/em> <a title=\"Propositions 1, 2, 3: What Happens If Voters Overturn Idaho\u2019s Education Laws?\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/propositions-1-2-3-what-happens-if-voters-overturn-idahos-education-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported last month<\/a>, that $36 million doesn&#8217;t disappear.\u00a0 The money goes into the Department of Education&#8217;s rainy day account.\u00a0 The Department can&#8217;t spend it, or reallocate without the Legislature&#8217;s approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idaho school Superintendent Tom Luna said this week the voter repeal of his education laws would mean a financial hit to districts. Today his department released an estimate of that impact. It says the Nov. 6 &#8216;no&#8217; votes on Propositions 1, 2 and 3, takes more than $36 million off the table. That money had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":13192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[210,206],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13200,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13191\/revisions\/13200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}