Sen. Nicole LeFavour, D-Boise, said she has a "concern that things that have been put into motion perhaps improperly will just continue in motion" if JFAC approves the full $3 million in spending authority for the next stage of the Idaho Education Network. Rep. Fred Wood, R-Burley, said, "I think that the state in any manner trying to turn down private funds going to a project like this would not be appropriate. ... Certainly if this were general tax dollars, I may well have a very different opinion about what's going on here. ... These are private dollars." Wood said the Legislature can't do much about the pending lawsuit over the contract award for the IEN.

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