A lawsuit filed by the Hidden Springs Charter School against the state Department of Education was not affected when the Boise School District assumed responsibility for the school, said Joe Saucerman, chairman of the board for the school.
The outcome of the suit is pending, Saucerman said. The court's decision could impact charter school funding around the state.
The charter school filed suit in November, saying the Idaho law that allows public schools to use a previous year's attendance figures to offset declines in enrollment also applied to charter schools.
If student daily enrollment drops significantly from one year to the next, schools can collect, for one year, 99 percent of the money they received from the state the previous year.
Hidden Springs had a significant drop in enrollment but was only paid for the number of students who were enrolled that year.
"We were short last year $250,000," Saucerman said. "We need to get that money to get things squared away.".....
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