COEUR d’ALENE — Idaho has made the grade in many ways in recent years, but it needs to do its homework when it comes to educating a future workforce, Gov. Butch Otter said.

Otter told about 250 people attending the Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce’s lunch Tuesday at the Best Western Plus Coeur d’Alene Inn that an educated workforce is a high priority for current and future employers and the state needs to do its part to ensure that’s done for when jobs are available or companies move here.

He said about 88 percent of the students who enter Idaho high schools graduate, but there’s a significant dropoff at the college level when it comes to obtaining degrees or certificates.

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