09/25/2025
There was a full house Wednesday night at the 1912 Center in Moscow for a community town hall event with ‘Save Our Schools Idaho’ focused on HB 93, the new private school tax credit program in Idaho.
"Our comments today are not about limiting the education ecosystem that's in Idaho," Alexis Morgan, the president of the Idaho PTA, told the audience. "But we want to ensure that our public schools remain strong and that public funds remain accountable to us."
'Save Our Schools Idaho' aims to provide information, data, and education in support of public schools.
Wednesday's event in Moscow was the latest in a series of statewide town halls.
The organization believes the new law sends public dollars to private institutions with little or no accountability. SOS-Idaho says Idaho families already have school choice, and families can choose from charter, magnet, online, homeschool, and private options.
The Idaho Tax Commission says the "Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit helps some families cover the cost of qualified education expenses for students who aren’t enrolled in public school. They can receive up to $5,000 per eligible student, or $7,500 for each eligible student with a qualifying disability."
Other speakers at Wednesday's discussion included Teresa Fabricius, former superintendent of Fruitland schools; Leslie Baker, Moscow Charter School Board; and Cyndi Faircloth, Moscow Middle School teacher. All spoke of their concerns about the law.
The Moscow School District joined a lawsuit challenging the new law.
