Adds to existing law to provide for the adoption of the content standards prepared by the 2020-2021 content standards review committees.

This bill would establish a new section 33-118B and direct the Idaho State board of education to adopt and incorporate by reference into its administrative rules, the draft Idaho Content Standards for English Language, Arts, Mathematics and Science. These draft documents (dated July 13, 2021) were recommended by the Standards Review committees of 2020 and 2021. After several years of deliberations by the House and Senate Germane Education Committees, letters from the committees were submitted to the Idaho Governor, Idaho State Board of Education and the Idaho Department of Education requesting that the Idaho Content Standards be reviewed and replaced. These requests in 2020 and 2021 initiated various subcommittees of legislators, educators, school administrators, and state department staff. Their work culminated in draft standards dated July 13, 2021. This new section further provides that school districts shall have until June 30, 2024 to adopt curricular materials pursuant to changes provided for in this bill or adopted through the subsequent negotiated administrative rule process. The state requires each content standard to be reviewed on a five-year cycle. The English Language Arts and Mathematics Content Standards were scheduled for 2021, while the Science Standards would be up for review in 2022.