The three universities would all take a budget hit that lawmakers say will offset social justice program costs — $1.5 million at Boise State and $500,000 apiece at U of I and Idaho State. Lewis-Clark would receive $400,000 to offset a tuition increase. That’s a deeper round of cuts than JFAC made the first time around — when the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Carl Crabtree, R-Grangeville, said the $409,000 in cuts at Boise State accurately reflected the cost of social justice programs. The House overwhelmingly rejected that budget on April 7.
