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Yes: 104 • No: 0
IdahoH 03382025 regular legislative sessionHouse
EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Public School Facilities Cooperative Fund and the School District Facilities Fund.
Sponsored By: EDUCATION COMMITTEE
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School repair votes and state oversight
Beginning July 1, 2025, districts must hold a bond or plant facility levy vote at the next election in two cases. One is when the review panel accepts or changes an application started by the state licensing administrator. The other is when approved funding is below the smallest levy amount previously rejected by voters. The proposed levy must equal the approved project cost. For approved projects over $5 million, the state superintendent must appoint a supervisor when the licensing administrator started the application or voters rejected the required project question.
More state help for unsafe schools
Beginning July 1, 2025, Idaho districts can seek state help when approved bonds or plant facility levies cannot cover unsafe-building repairs. Existing ways to qualify remain. The law requires a one-time $25 million transfer from the Bond Levy Equalization Fund to the Public School Facilities Cooperative Fund. That transfer takes effect upon passage and approval. Beginning July 1, 2025, investment interest stays in the cooperative fund instead of going to the school district building account.
Schools repay repair costs with interest
Beginning July 1, 2025, districts repay their share of approved unsafe-school projects through annual payments tied to School District Facilities Fund money applied to repayment. Repayment can last up to 20 years, with the initial annual payment set at the minimum needed for that period. The district's share cannot exceed its calculated share under the former bond levy equalization program. Unpaid balances earn interest at the state treasurer's annual idle-funds rate. The Department of Education recalculates payments each year.
State school money replaces local levies
Beginning July 1, 2025, school facility money first pays bonds issued before that date, then cooperative-project repayments, then newer bonds. Next come supplemental levies, excluding indefinite-term levies, followed by plant facility levies. Remaining money can support construction, repairs, maintenance, school sites, new facility bonds, or future facility needs. Distributions follow these priorities first, then use average daily student attendance. Districts must deduct state payments from property tax levies and cannot collect the same money twice. Each year, the state controller sends money to the Department of Education by August 1, and districts receive it by August 31.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Kelly Arthur Anthon
Republican • Senate
Douglas T. Pickett
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/19/2025
Senate Floor Vote
Yes: 34 • No: 0
House vote • 3/5/2025
House Floor Vote
Yes: 70 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Law without signature – March 28, 2025 Session Law Chapter 213 Effective: 03/29/2025 SECTION 3; 07/01/2025 SECTION 1 & 2
3/24/2025Delivered to Governor at 12:03 p.m. on March 24, 2025
3/24/2025Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
3/24/2025SenateSigned by President; returned to House
3/21/2025SenateReceived from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
3/21/2025SenateReported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
3/20/2025HouseReturned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
3/20/2025HouseRead third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1
3/19/2025SenateRetained on calendar
3/19/2025SenateRead second time; filed for Third Reading
3/17/2025SenateReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
3/14/2025SenateIntroduced, read first time; referred to: Education
3/6/2025SenateReceived from the House passed; filed for first reading
3/6/2025SenateRead Third Time in Full – PASSED - 70-0-0
3/5/2025HouseRead second time; Filed for Third Reading
3/4/2025HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
3/3/2025HouseReported Printed and Referred to Education
2/28/2025HouseIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
2/27/2025House
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