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Crapo, Risch call for another year of SRS
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February 21, 2017 |
Citing the stress on many rural county budgets,
Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch joined
78 of their colleagues in sending a bipartisan,
bicameral letter to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) calling on it to provide funding
for the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program in
the President’s upcoming budget request that
will be submitted to Congress.
SRS payments are vital to many rural budgets as
these payments often pay for school programs and
personnel like nurses, and for other education
services. These payments are made instead of
taxes on lands that are tax-exempt but managed
by the federal government.
“Idaho’s counties are doing the best they can to
manage funding for local schools, roads,
bridges, forest management projects and public
safety priorities,” said Crapo. “Secure Rural
School payments are critical to ensure that
counties across Idaho and the nation are paid
for the tax-exempt, federally-managed lands
within the state.”
“Until we see a significant increase in active
forest management on our national forests, the
federal government must uphold its commitment to
support our rural counties and schools who rely
on the SRS program,” said Senator Risch. |
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