A youth speaks at Reclaim Idaho's petition signature turn-in event at the Idaho capitol building on July 6.
July 24, 2022
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Quality Education Act initiative price won't be as high as reported
Widely reported claims that an Idaho education funding initiative actually would raise taxes by $570 million appear to be unfounded, and a drafting error in the initiative’s inflation factor originated in the Idaho Attorney General’s office. “We now know it was an inadvertent typographical error that was made by our office in the Certificate of Review,” Chief Deputy Attorney General Brian Kane told the Idaho Press in an email on Thursday. “The mistake is ours.” Jared Walczak, vice president of state projects for the Tax Foundation, made the claims in a July 14 article headlined, “Idaho’s tax-hiking ballot measure is riddled with mistakes.” The claims were then picked up and trumpeted by the Idaho Freedom Foundation, which opposes funding public education.
Reclaim Idaho’s education initiative certified for November election ballot
$300-million-plus per year Quality Education Act will take a simple majority of votes in the general election to pass