Little Highlights tax cuts, but braces for economic uncertainty

Idaho Rep. Russ Fulcher sits in the committee, which is supposed to start the proposal at a session on Tuesday.

Idaho has its own significant changes to Medicaid, which got down the pipeline with the passage this year from House Bill 345. The law on the Ministry of Health and Welfare is asking for Idaho to obtain the permission of federal authorities, including adding the work and voluntary requirements to the expansion population and the shift in the administration Total health program that shift an organization for the management of third -party providers.

Little said on Monday that the Managed Care Shift will probably be a “project of $ 4 to $ 5 billion” with state and federal money.

Idaho's largest administrative contract for the Idaho behavioral plan was 1.2 billion US dollars over four years, when it was implemented in 2024, the most expensive in the history of $ 1.2 billion.

School selection legislation

Another important law that was adopted this year was House Bill 93, which for the first time in state history will enable state funds in private K-12 training.

Little said on Monday that, although he “had done it a little differently”, he had signed the law because he had achieved his goals for his proposed legislation on the “school selection”, which was included in his speech of the state.

He said he signed it because he asked in his state of the state.

Little on Monday, the characteristics of the new law, such as compliance with the program, were underlined as a tax fraud, which corresponded to its standards for accountability and that the legislative template prioritized.

There were more than 37,000 e -emails and calls to the governor's office in relation to the invoice, whereby more than 86% asked him to insert against the veto. At that time his office said: “Governor Little takes into account a variety of factors to weigh up his decision on an invoice that reaches his desk.”

The 50 million dollar bill will enable parents to apply for a tax credit of up to 5,000 USD per student or $ 7,500 per student with disabilities in order to deal with educational costs, including tuition fees for private schools. During the first round of application, families in or under 300% of the federal guidelines are given priority. In the following years, families who had previously received a credit would give priority.

Applications for the tax credit begin on January 15, 2026; The parents will then begin to apply for the loan for the qualification of 2025 expenses. There will be an option for families to apply for an advance payment, but these details have not yet been published, the Idaho Tax Commission of the Idaho Press said last week.

Guido covers Idaho's policy for the Lewiston Tribune, the Moscow-Pullman Daily News and the Idaho Press from Nampa. She can be contacted at lguido@idahopress.com and can be found on Twitter @Eyeonboiseguido.