The Idaho State Board of Education voted Wednesday at its meeting in Boise to delay a decision on the University of Idaho’s request for a waiver to use more institutional support toward athletics. The next board meeting is April 19-20 in Moscow.
Idaho had requested to increase the amount of state funds, currently capped at $949,500 per year by an additional $1 million for the next four years. The school said the additional allotted money would go to help the transition from the Football Bowl Subdivision to the Football Championship Subdivision in the fall of 2018.
The State Board’s decision to table the decision was largely based on a lack of a clear plan of how it will eliminate the deficit going forward.