Amends and adds to existing law to provide for equivalency between high school graduation and graduation from a nonpublic school for licensing requirements.

This legislation ensures a homeschool high school diploma is legally recognized as the equivalent of a standard high school diploma or GED for the purpose of obtaining various professional and occupational licenses in Idaho. As high school graduation is a requirement for many licenses, this ensures homeschoolers stand on an equalplayingfieldwhenworkingtoearnthesequalifications. Anyprospectivelicenseeswouldremainrequired to meet the same required training and testing standards.