Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding career technical education certificates.

LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Sixty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2026
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 832
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
AN ACT	1
RELATING TO EDUCATION; AMENDING SECTION 33-2205, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE PRO-	2
VISIONS REGARDING CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATES; AND DECLAR-	3
ING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.	4
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:	5
SECTION 1. That Section 33-2205, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby	6
amended to read as follows:	7
33-2205. STATE BOARD TO APPOINT ADMINISTRATOR -- DESIGNATION OF AS-	8
SISTANTS -- DIVISION OF CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION -- DUTIES AND POWERS. (1)	9
The state board of education shall appoint a person to serve as an adminis-	10
trator to the state board for career technical education, who shall be known	11
as the administrator of career technical education. The administrator shall	12
designate, by and with the advice and consent of the state board for career	13
technical education, such assistants as may be necessary to properly carry	14
out the provisions of the federal acts and this chapter for the state of	15
Idaho. The administrator and such assistants shall together be known as the	16
division of career technical education.	17
(2) The administrator of career technical education shall also carry	18
into effect such rules as the state board for career technical education may	19
adopt, shall coordinate all efforts in career technical education approved	20
by the board with the executive secretary, and shall prepare such reports	21
concerning the condition of career technical education in the state as the	22
state board for career technical education may require.	23
(3) The division of career technical education may coordinate with	24
the Idaho digital learning academy to develop any statewide virtual career	25
technical education course delivery. Districts may choose to enroll in the	26
course offered by the Idaho digital learning academy or may use their own	27
curriculum providers.	28
(4) The division of career technical education shall maintain a list of	29
secondary career technical education pathways that can be delivered by tra-	30
ditional means or entirely online, or a combination of both methods. The	31
division of career technical education shall develop a methodology for the	32
funding of each pathway delivery type. For those pathways that are able to	33
be delivered entirely online, there shall be a presumption that they shall	34
receive the same funding as for traditional career technical education path-	35
ways; however, actual funding shall be based upon actual approved costs, not	36
to exceed the cost of delivering these pathways in a traditional setting.	37
(5) The division of career technical education may provide incentives	38
to Idaho public colleges and universities offering career technical pro-	39
grams that, in coordination with the division, align their foundational	40
courses that are required in the same or substantially similar programs of	41
study so as to achieve uniformity and transferability in the core program	42

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requirements at all such public colleges and universities. Postsecondary	1
credits earned by a student in a career technical education program shall	2
transfer at the full credit value to any public Idaho college or university	3
in a like program of study and such postsecondary credits will be treated by	4
any such public college or university as satisfying specific course require-	5
ments in such program of study.	6
(6) The board shall authorize the issuance of career technical educa-	7
tion certificates to individuals who seek to teach in career-related sub-	8
jects and who:	9
(a) Submit to a criminal history check as described in section 33-130,	10
Idaho Code, and meet at least one (1) of the following criteria:	11
(i) Hold or have held an approved industry certification in a	12
field closely related to the content area in which the individual	13
seeks to teach as defined by the division of career technical edu-	14
cation;	15
(ii) Demonstrate a minimum of six thousand (6,000) hours of	16
adequate professional experience in a field closely related to the	17
content area in which the individual seeks to teach, as determined	18
by the state board for career technical education; or	19
(iii) Hold a baccalaureate degree in a field closely related to	20
the content area in which the individual seeks to teach and demon-	21
strate two thousand (2,000) hours of adequate professional expe-	22
rience in a field closely related to the content area in which the	23
individual seeks to teach, as determined by the state board for ca-	24
reer technical education; and	25
(b) Complete an educator training program or courses approved by the	26
division of career technical education.	27
(7) The state board of education may promulgate rules to implement the	28
provisions of this section.	29
SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby	30
declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after	31
July 1, 2026.	32

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