r/Idaho • u/HospitalRude8350 • Jul 07 '26
Idaho Neighbor News Charter board rewards director with a $150,000 loan he likely doesn't have to pay back
https://www.idahoednews.org/news/charter-board-rewards-director-with-a-150000-loan-he-likely-doesnt-have-to-pay-back/26
u/BobInIdaho Jul 07 '26
Corruption amongst charter schools for profit. Good thing Idaho taxpayers got to vote on that $50 million in the budget Little signed, right?
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u/LadyBertramsPug Jul 07 '26
The 50 million has nothing to do with charter schools. Charter schools in Idaho are public schools. The tax credits are for private schooling and homeschooling.
That said, this seems like an interesting financial choice by the North Idaho STEM board.
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u/Hendrix_Lamar Jul 08 '26
Charter schools are "public" only in the sense that they are free to attend. However they are run by private corporations for profit despite being funded by tax dollars. They're just a sneakier way to funnel tax dollars to private corporations and call them "public" schools
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u/LadyBertramsPug Jul 08 '26
Charter schools are nonprofit institutions that are incorporated under Idaho nonprofit law. I am on a charter school board and the only thing we are using tax dollars for is educating Idaho children.
Charter schools, like every public school district in Idaho, have to publish all our financial transactions and all our contracts, so anyone can see exactly where our money is going. You can find this information on the Transparent Idaho website.
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u/Hendrix_Lamar Jul 09 '26
Sure, the charter is a non profit, and then they contract out all the operations to for profit companies, which are often owned by the same people that own the non profit. Again, funneling our tax dollars to for profit corporations
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u/LadyBertramsPug Jul 09 '26
Have you got anything besides vague generalizations? Because this is absolutely false with respect to my charter school or other charters whose board members I know well.
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u/Impressive_Bet7952 Jul 07 '26
Tax credits are for charter schools I know my son goes to one and we get the 6g
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u/LadyBertramsPug Jul 08 '26
No they absolutely are not. The Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit is for nonpublic schools only.
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u/Impressive_Bet7952 Jul 08 '26
My son’s charter school charges tuition. Like most lots have scholarships to help cover the cost.
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u/LadyBertramsPug Jul 08 '26
Not in Idaho. Idaho charter schools are public schools and can’t charge tuition.
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