BOISE -- State lawmakers plan to give Idaho's four-year public universities about $32.1 million less in total funding during the next fiscal year.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Tuesday agreed on a budget that proposes spending roughly $377.7 million on the University of Idaho, Idaho State University, Boise State University and Lewis-Clark State College.
The budget represents a loss of nearly 8 percent compared to the current fiscal year.
The committee agreed to slash 12.6 percent in total spending on community colleges and approved a budget that spends $25 million on the schools during the next fiscal year, or about $3.6 million less compared to this year.
