BOISE -- The Idaho House voted 58-12 to approve a program aimed at helping students complete one or two years of college by the time they graduate high school.
Republican Rep. Steve Thayn says students in his "8 in 6 Program" would take summer courses -- with the state picking up a large portion of the tab -- to finish their junior high and high school coursework early, and then get started on college.
The idea is students could complete junior high, high school and two years of college in six years not eight, hence the program's name.
Thayn predicts savings in the long run, with Idaho funding fewer students for four years of college. But some lawmakers question how Idaho will come up with the initial funding for the summer courses.
