Students affected by health care gap could see a change come November

When Jennifer Clifford, a senior social work major, discovered a blood clot in her leg over the summer, she found herself faced with two options: see a doctor to have the clot treated, or stay home and pray that it dissipated. Clifford, gripped by the fear of high out-of-pocket medical costs, chose the latter.

For Clifford and the 62,000 other Idahoans who fall into the health care gap, this is a common sentiment.

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Jordan Erb
Could school districts in Idaho start collecting impact fees? This local district is trying to make it happen

KUNA — Kuna School District officials are working to change state law to allow school districts in Idaho to start collecting revenue from impact fees.

Kuna school board members and other district officials have drafted a resolution that may eventually result in school districts statewide becoming eligible to receive impact fees.

While the process to make this happen is difficult, the resolution itself is relatively straightforward: They are simply seeking to change a definition in Idaho law. Currently, the law asserts that impact fees may go to benefit “public facilities,” including water supply production, wastewater collection, roads, flood control, parks, law enforcement and more — but excludes public school facilities.

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Jordan Erb