Idaho Bills
38 bills · 2023 Regular Session
Amends existing law to revise eligibility and other provisions regarding Armed Forces and public safety officer scholarships.
This legislation makes the following amendments to the Armed Forces and Public Safety Officer Scholarship. • Codifies current and past practice for how Idaho residency is determined. • Increases the allowance for books, equipmentandsuppliesfrom$500to$750persemester. Thisamountwaslastincreased21yearsagofrom$200 to $500. • Extends the time period for eligibility from 10 years to 19 years after occurrence of the qualifying event, and makes the effective date retroactive to July 1, 2022. • Makes a technical correction regarding the determination of disability for members of the Armed Forces. Currently, the statute references disability determinations made by the United States Social Security Administration (SSA) and determinations made by the Idaho Division of Veterans Services. However, the Idaho Division of Veterans Services does not make disability determinations, so the proposed amendment would remove that reference. Disability determinations made by the Veterans Affairs Administration (VA) apply a different standard from that used by SSA and PERSI (which applies to public safety officers). Under SSA and PERSI determinations of disability, the individual is preventedfromengaginginanyoccupationoremployment. RemovingthereferencetotheDivisionofVeterans Services ensures that disability determinations are internally consistent when applied to Armed Forces and Public Safety Officer applicants.
69 – 0
Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the Public School Endowment Income Facilities Fund.
In January 2022, the Office of Performance Evaluations released a report on public K-12 buildings. The report detailed that school districts were struggling to keep up with routine maintenance in buildings, leading to an estimated maintenance backlog of over $800 million. Moreover, the report found that both charter schools and districts struggled to acquire new buildings, either to replace old buildings that needed to be phased out or to meet the rising number of students. This legislation redirects revenues from Idaho Endowment Lands to specifically be used for Idaho K-12 school facilities. A distribution formula based on square footage and school population is used to disperse funding. See Attached.
Adds to existing law to provide for eduation savings accounts.
Cindy Carlson · SD-007
12 – 23
Amends and adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Launch Grant Program and to revise provisions regarding the In-Demand Careers Fund.
Repeals existing law relating to contract requirements for certain medical students.
This legislation repeals the requirement for WWAMI students to have to sign a contract to return the financial aid they received if they don’t practice medicine in Idaho after graduation.
Steve Berch · HD-015A
Adds to existing law to provide for the display of the national motto in certain circumstances.
Ben Adams · SD-012
Adds to existing law to require financial literacy courses in certain grades.
This bill would make it a requirement for all high schools in the state of Idaho to teach a class in financial literacy. The class should teach students the basics of real-world personal finance and how to make sound financial decisions in their everyday lives. This class will fulfill a graduation requirement for financial literacy.
Scott Grow · SD-014
34 – 0
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding classroom behavior management.
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding elections for a school board of trustees.
Amends existing law to provide that, effective in 2024, school board trustees will be elected to two-year terms at general elections.
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding advanced opportunities.
65 – 0
Amends existing law to provide that school boards shall have the authority to adopt policies and procedures regarding student clubs and organizations.
Amends existing law to provide for State Board of Education member elections.
This legislation establishes that members of the State Board of Education be elected by region rather than appointed by the Governor. It also makes the elected Superintendent of Public Instruction the Chair of the State Board of Education.
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding school attendance and to provide for homeschooling.
Idaho law recognizes public, parochial, private, and homeschool as legitimate forms of education. This legislation clarifies the definition of homeschool as education provided by the parent or guardian wherein all costs associated with home schooling are the responsibility of the parent or guardian.
Adds to existing law to establish the Career Ready Students Program and the Added Cost Funding Support Program.
24 – 10
Adds to existing law to establish career exploration courses.
52 – 16
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding sex education.
Amends existing law to provide for State Board of Education member elections.
This legislation establishes that members of the State Board of Education be elected and outlines the procedure and qualifications for election. It also makes the elected Superintendent of Public Instruction the Chair of the State Board of Education as the only statewide elected member of the board. It also provides that petitions may be filed lieu of a filing fee.
Amends and adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Education Opportunity Program.
Amends existing law to provide that a levy for a community college may not be made if the college's accreditation has been revoked and is not restored within two years.
Relates to the appropriation to the State Department of Education and the Division of Career Technical Education for fiscal year 2024.
28 – 6
Amends existing law to exempt certain public charter schools from having to demonstrate strong academic results to qualify for the Public Charter School Facilities Program and to revise a limitation on issuing bonds under the Public Charter School Facilities Program.
Tammy Nichols · SD-010
68 – 1
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding levies.
This legislation revises the parameters in Idaho Code §33-802A regarding school district voter approved bond repayments. Currently, school board trustees can levy between 12 months and 21 months for annual bond payments from property taxpayers. This legislation adjusts those levy parameters down to between 12 months and 14 months.
Adds to existing law to establish privacy and safety standards in public schools.
Thelegislationensuresthatpublicschoolsmaintainseparatebathrooms, lockerrooms, showers, dressingareas, and overnight accommodations for biological boys and biological girls. Additionally, the school would need to provide reasonable accommodations for any student who is unwilling or unable to use a multi-occupancy facility designated for his or her sex. Express exemptions are provided for certain situations, including when a person of the other biological sex needs to enter the facility to provide medical assistance, clean the facility, or in cases of ongoing safety emergency or natural disaster.
59 – 10
Amends existing law to revise the definition of “authorized chartering entity.”
This legislation removes the prohibition on sectarian higher-ed institutions from being an authorized chartering entity for public charter schools. It also clarifies what accreditation requirements a college or university must possess to be an authorized chartering entity for a public charter school.