Relates to the appropriation to the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho for College and Universities and the Office of the State Board of Education for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

This is the FY 2023 original appropriation bill for the College and Universities. It appropriates a total of $643,047,500 and does not cap the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions. This division includes the budgets for Boise State University, Idaho State University, Lewis-Clark State College, the University of Idaho, and Systemwide Programs. For benefit costs, the bill increases the appropriated amount for health insurance by $850 to $12,500 per eligible full time FTP, includes a one-year holiday of unemployment insurance, and adjusts workers' compensation amounts. The bill also provides funding for permanent employees for change in employee compensation. The enrollment workload adjustment and endowment adjustments are also included. The bill funds twelve line items, which provide for occupancy costs; the research center at UI; non-traditional learner support; cybersecurity compliance; title IX support; a chief executive officer previously approved and included Office of the State Board budget; a risk manager previously approved and included Office of the State Board budget; STEM disciplines at BSU; nuclear engineering program support; the shift of dedicated funds to the General Fund to reduce the appropriation to support a 5% CEC; and the Higher Education Stabilization Fund for academic support. Also included in this bill is two onetime FY 2022 supplemental appropriations, which provide for nuclear engineering program support, and to create an Eastern Idaho Forensic Pathology Center.