Critchfield: 'We're hopeful'
Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Debbie Critchfield discusses funding, challenges and initiatives Friday while visiting the Coeur d'Alene Press office.
DEVIN WEEKS/Press
COEUR d'ALENE — Reverting to average daily attendance-based funding from the enrollment-based funding formula used during COVID-19 years has left many Idaho school districts feeling a financial pinch.
“Money was left on the table and we knew that last year,” Idaho State Superintendent of Public Education Debbie Critchfield said Friday during a visit to The Press office while in town for a Coeur d'Alene Rotary meeting.
The public education funding formula changed in 2023, when $330 million was allocated for public education in Idaho.
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