Ybarra makes her budget pitch — and discusses pandemic learning loss
State superintendent Sherri Ybarra is seeking more than $2.2 billion for K-12 next year, an 8.1% increase. Last week, Gov. Brad Little proposed an 11% increase.
(Photo courtesy KYLE PFANNENSTIEL/IDAHO ED NEWS)
Idaho’s schools will be trying to recover from pandemic-related learning loss for years, state superintendent Sherri Ybarra said Monday, and the early data is mixed.
“The impacts of the pandemic were less severe than we thought they might be, but we did see some declines in some of our statewide indicators of student achievement,” Ybarra told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, as she presented her 2022-23 budget request...
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