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An Idaho high school has come under fire after an image emerged of a group of students spelling out a racial slur on their T-shirts – while standing behind a mixed-race girl.
The state’s fund to help school districts repair unsafe buildings has only been used twice since it was set up in 2006 — and not at all in the last decade.
About a decade ago, one school district went to the state for money to fix its crumbling buildings. It got a fraction of what it asked for. Since then, no other district has even applied.
A $25 million loan program was established in 2006 as a way to pay for maintenance and repairs of aging school buildings. But lawmakers made the program “difficult to use” and only two districts have been able to access the aid.
A $25 million Idaho program is intended to help districts that couldn’t pass bonds to repair or replace unsafe schools. But, “It was created to be, frankly, difficult to use.”