BY DAN POPKEY, Idaho Statesman
Rep. Steve Thayn, R-Emmett, says Idaho students could save up to $220 million over two years by compressing eight years of secondary and college education into six years. “That money could be used for purchasing a house, a car or paying off debt, or decreasing the need to take out more student loans,” Thayn says in a PowerPoint presentation on YouTube. A member of the House Education Committee and longtime champion of school reform, Thayn is a farmer and former Spanish teacher at Vallivue High School in Caldwell. To reach biennial savings of $70 million to $220 million, Thayn says 30 to 50 percent of Idaho’s 21,000 K-12 students would need to earn between one year and two years of college credits while still in high school.
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/11/20/1886275/idaho-rep-thayn-unveils-8-in-6.html
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