BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Organizers of an education funding initiative have asked to have the measure pulled from the November ballot after the Idaho Legislature passed a massive tax cut and education spending bill. Reclaim Idaho’s initiative, dubbed the Quality Education Act, would have generated an estimated $323 million each year for K-12 education by increasing income taxes for corporations and the state’s highest-earning residents. But the new legislation creates a flat income tax bracket and increases public education funding by $410 million a year. Even if the initiative passed, it would have been negated by the legislation, which takes effect in January. Deputy Secretary of State Jason Hancock says the initiative won’t appear on the General Election ballot.
Reclaim Idaho pulls education funding initiative from ballot
