Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding student enrollment counts.

LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Sixty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2026
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 846
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
AN ACT	1
RELATING TO EDUCATION; AMENDING SECTION 33-1027, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE PRO-	2
VISIONS REGARDING STUDENT ENROLLMENT COUNTS AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL	3
CORRECTION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.	4
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:	5
SECTION 1. That Section 33-1027, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby	6
amended to read as follows:	7
33-1027. STUDENT ENROLLMENT COUNTS AND RULEMAKING. The state board of	8
education shall promulgate rules that set forth the procedures for determin-	9
ing student enrollment counts by school, school district, and statewide, and	10
the process for reporting such counts. Such rules shall be consistent with	11
the following:	12
(1) Full-time enrollment (FTE) shall be based on enrollment in any	13
school district or public charter school;	14
(2) A student shall not exceed a total of one (1.0) unweighted FTE in a	15
single school year, except as provided in subsection (4) of this section;	16
(3) A kindergarten student shall not exceed a total of one-half (0.5)	17
unweighted enrollment in a single school year;	18
(4) A student attending a summer school or night school program shall	19
not exceed a total of one-fourth (0.25) unweighted enrollment. Such student	20
may be counted pursuant to both this subsection and subsection (2) of this	21
section;	22
(5) A fractional enrollment count schedule shall be specified for any	23
student enrolled less than one (1.0) FTE in a given school district or public	24
charter school;	25
(6) FTE is based on the courses a student is enrolled in at the time of	26
the official count, as specified in board rule, except that a student may be	27
counted as enrolled if the term for which such student is enrolled begins af-	28
ter the time of the official count;	29
(7) Each school district or public charter school shall conduct an of-	30
ficial count of enrolled students in the district or school on the first day	31
of October, the first day of December, the first day of February, and the	32
first day of April, or the previous school day if those dates do not fall on	33
a school day; and	34
(8) A school district or public charter school may shall not count as	35
enrolled any student who has unexcused absences totaling eleven (11) or more	36
consecutive school days immediately prior to and including the official	37
count date.	38
(9) A school district or public charter school shall not count as en-	39
rolled any student who has unexcused absences for the first ten (10) consecu-	40
tive days of the school year. If a student attends at a later date, the school	41

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district or public charter school may count the student as enrolled as of the	1
date of attendance.	2
SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby	3
declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after	4
July 1, 2026.	5

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