Editor's note: In this video from early January, Sherri Ybarra talks about her legislative priorities for the upcoming session of the Idaho Legislature.
Idaho's schools chief is asking lawmakers for a budget increase of 3.8% to roughly $2.4 billion to educate the more than 300,000 students in grades K-12.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra told lawmakers on the Legislature's budget-setting Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Thursday that there has never been a more challenging time for education.
Her budget is about $25 million less than what was recommended by Republican Gov. Brad Little, who is seeking a 4.8% increase for the next fiscal year.
The budget committee will vote on the education and other agency budgets in the coming months.
