the
Sentinel
North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Volume 39, Number 9
fridn}. Morch I. 1985
State college funds fall $500,000 short b) Ed McDollllld NIC President Barry Schuler is hopis no" opcnuing so dose 10 its legal ing the Legislature's Joint Finance and capae11y, the Legislature can no longer Appropriation Committee (JFAC) sa) that. members will reconsider the amount of According 10 Schuler, the legal funds that it recommends for Idaho's capacity for the local property ta.~ is l"'O commurul) colleges in the 1986 .0016 pctCt'nt and this year it is 111 .00 IS fiscal year. percent and therefore canoo1 be used 10 Schuler said 1he JFAC LS recommenincrease funds for NJC. ding SS.42.S million in 3 combined He said it is hard 10 prcdic1 how the general fund for NIC and the College of legislators 1n Boise will treat the Southern Idaho. si1ua11on. Ht said lbe JfAC proposal is about "h's mixed signal~." Schuler ~aid of SS00.000 less than "'lut the Smc Board 1he a1mosphcrc. of Education had recommended for the He e'J)laincd thGt the Legitlatutt is same fiscal year The board had recomd1\'1ded into two factions over the issue mended SS.9 million be allocated for the of funding education in Idaho. two schools One side wants 10 maintain spending Schuler wd that .-hen the Hou,e reon educn1ion at current Jevcb, and the J=ed a recornmeodsuon b; JFAC tlur 01her side feels rhnr ~omething must be funds for other colle!n and .ini\cn111cs done this year 10 incre:ue funding. in Idaho b e ~ b) - .S ~-cm, he Schuler said il appears 10 him 1h01 both gained \Ome hope llw the fund\ (a 5.6 sides "are about even 1n strength." perctnl mcreascl proposed for ',IC and He s:iid th:11 ii is a strong conserv111i,·e CSI "-OUld also be rc..-onmkred. clement that opposes an) increases nnd In a ltUtr he sen1 Feb IS to state a moderate clement that approaches the leg1sl11ors. Schuler urged that the mu.it ion rcalislic:illy. r«ommc11ded figure of S5. 9 million by He indicated the moderates arc sug1~ S1a1e Board or Edu,ation be acgesting minor tax reforms to help raise cepted 1or the state·, two communuy the neccs~ funds for s1a1e education. colk1e1. Possible reform, Schuler srud, has S.:l,u,er said be fails 10 ur:dcr~l.lnd been \Uggested by closing some h> appropnauons arc figured d1{loopholes in the s1a1e sales tax. Other rerm1h for the 1wo commUJUI> colleses possible rdorm ahemativcs would be 10 lha.n for tht ml of the .011('£CS and unpose higher ta.~C5 on upper income uni\CNICS ID ,ht Stale. brackets or 10 raise 1hc state':. PermaHe said that O\t'f the }tan, !\IC and nent Building Fund from SIO 10 Sl5 or CSI hue ronili1entl) recei~ed io,...cr s~ DCf'Ct'llU!C lllCTtaki than other poi!· RC$toring tbt s2J~ tax to the 4.5 per, 'ICl.ondary inslnwioru 10 tne swe. ,VII lci,eJ ·would be the best guaramee Ht uid tbe Legislature's rcaso1nn1 or more monC}· for education," Schuler "a. based upon the fact tlut boLli the \llld rommurut) coll(£o could dra11, from S.-:huler said he "111 be returning 10 the ~fit of local propt'ft) ru.cs to 8olSf soon to lobb, the Lcaisl:uure for heir thcm:.cho lul,h<r funds. H(lll,C\cr Sdiu..cr sa.d tlw ~ SJC
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