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Bill
628
2016
Freedom
Index
Score
(-2)
Analyst:
Lindsay
Russell
Dexter
Date:
March
21,
2016
ANALYSTS
NOTE:
House
Bill
628
will
create
and
promote
a
Rural
Education
Center.
This
bill
will
start
with
one
center
with
an
eye
toward
regional
expansion.
These
centers
will
provide
services
that
local
school
districts
may
not
have
the
resources
to
provide.
Point
No.
1:
Does
it
create,
expand,
or
enlarge
any
agency,
board,
program,
function,
or
activity
of
government?
Conversely,
does
it
eliminate
or
curtail
the
size
or
scope
of
government?
ANALYSIS:
House
Bill
628
will
expand
the
Idaho
Department
of
Education
by
adding
a
Rural
Education
Center.
Rather
than
focusing
on
reforms
that
could
make
local
school
districts
more
efficient,
the
Department
of
Education
has
decided
to
supplement
the
status
quo.
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Point
No.
7:
Does
it
increase
government
spending
(for
objectionable
purposes)
or
debt?
Conversely,
does
it
decrease
government
spending
or
debt?
ANALYSIS:
House
Bill
628
would
provide
a
$300,000
increase
for
the
Department
of
Educations
FY
2017
budget.
What
is
most
alarming
about
the
spending
request
is
the
sum
to
be
spent
on
an
awareness
campaign.
The
need
for
an
awareness
campaign
is
further
evidence
that
the
Department
did
little
to
no
research
that
would
indicate
local
school
districts
would
benefit
from
these
Center-offered
services.
It
would
behoove
the
department
to
focus
on
producing
high-
achieving
students
rather
than
spending
money
on
what
is
essentially
another
pilot
program
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