House approves $1.3 billion schools budget

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Public school teachers stand to see state funding restored for salaries as part of a $1.3 billion public schools spending plan passed by the House Friday.

On a 52-16 vote, the House approved the fiscal year 2014 schools budget, by far Idaho’s biggest annual budget and accounting for 47 percent of total state spending. The measure now goes to the Senate.

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