Title 33, EDUCATION

33-1001. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Administrative schools" means and applies to all elementary schools and kindergartens within a district that are situated ten (10) miles or less from both the other elementary schools and the principal administrative office of t…

33-1002. Educational support program. The educational support program is calculated as follows: (1) State Educational Support Funds. Add the state appropriation, including the moneys available in the public school income fund, together with all miscellaneous revenues to determine…

33-1002B. Pupil tuition-equivalency allowances. 1. Districts which educate pupils placed by Idaho court order in licensed homes, agencies, institutions or juvenile detention facilities shall be eligible for an allowance equivalent to forty-two percent (42%) of the previous year’s…

33-1002C. Summer and night school program support units — Alternative school — Juvenile detention facility. (1) Alternative summer or night school programs of not less than two hundred twenty-five (225) hours of instruction, which shall be included in the educational support unit…

33-1002E. Pupils attending school in another state. In any school district which abuts upon the border of another state, the resident pupils of said district may attend schools in the other state as provided in section 33-1403, Idaho Code.

33-1002F. Alternative school report. Annually, prior to the tenth legislative day, the department of education shall file with the legislature a report detailing the alternative school programs within the state. On July 1 of each year, or as soon thereafter as feasible, each scho…

33-1002G. career technical center funding and eligibility. (1) School districts, public charter schools, and eligible cooperative service agencies may establish career technical centers that qualify for funding appropriated for the specific purpose of supporting the added cost of…

33-1003. special application of educational support program. (1) Decrease in Average Daily Attendance. — For any school district that has a decrease in total average daily attendance of three percent (3%) or more of its average daily attendance in the current school year from the…

33-1003A. Calculation of average daily attendance. In computing the average daily attendance the entire school year shall be used except that the twenty-eight (28) weeks having the highest average daily attendance, not necessarily consecutive, may be used. When a school is closed…

33-1003C. Special application — Technological instruction. In order to acquire and maintain technology for individualized computer and/or distance learning programs, a school district may use students’ documented contact hours on individualized computer education or distance lear…

33-1004. Staff allowance. For each school district, a staff allowance shall be determined as follows: (1) Using the daily attendance reports that have been submitted for computing the February 15 apportionment of state funds as provided in section 33-1009, Idaho Code, calculate t…

33-1004A. Experience and education multiplier. (1) Each administrative staff position shall be assigned an appropriate multiplier based upon the following table: EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION MA MA + 12 MA + 24 MA + 36 Years BA BA + 12 BA + 24 BA + 36 BA + 48 BA + 60 ES/DR 0 1.00000 1…

33-1004B. career ladder. School districts shall receive an allocation for instructional staff and pupil service staff based on their staffs’ position on the career ladder as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, instructional staff and pupil service staff who…

33-1004C. Base and minimum salaries — Education and experience index. (1) The following shall be reviewed annually by the legislature: (a) The base salary figures pursuant to subsections (6) and (7) of section 33-1004E, Idaho Code; and (b) The minimum instructional and pupil serv…

33-1004D. Reporting — Idaho basic educational data system. For each employee of the school district, a report shall be made in a format prescribed by the state superintendent of public instruction, which shall include sufficient identifying information to provide individual verif…

33-1004E. District’s salary-based apportionment. Each district shall be entitled to a salary-based apportionment calculated as provided in this section. (1) To determine the apportionment for instructional staff, take the amounts indicated on the career ladder table plus the amou…

33-1004F. Obligations to retirement and social security benefits. Based upon the actual salary-based apportionment, as determined in section 33-1004E, Idaho Code, and the master educator premiums distributed pursuant to section 33-1004I, Idaho Code, there shall be allocated that …

33-1004H. Employing retired teachers and administrators. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33-514, 33-1271 or 33-1273, Idaho Code, school districts may employ school resource officers, certificated schoolteachers, persons qualified to drive school buses, and administr…

33-1005. Districts receiving federal funds. In school districts which receive moneys for the maintenance and operation of the schools from agencies of the federal government, the educational support program shall be computed on the basis of the average daily attendance of pupils …

33-1006. Transportation support program. (1) The state board of education shall determine what costs of transporting pupils, including maintenance, operation and depreciation of basic vehicles, insurance, payments under contract with other public transportation providers whose ve…

33-1007. Exceptional education program report. The state department of education shall report annually to the legislature the status of the exceptional education support program. The report shall include, but not be limited to, data concerning the number of students with disabili…

33-1007A. Feasibility study and plan for school closures and/or school district consolidation. (1) The state superintendent of public instruction shall determine the reimbursable costs to any school district which are incurred under the provisions of section 33-310B, Idaho Code. …

33-1008. Support program — Elementary district reclassified. Should any elementary school district which has met the qualifications required by law for reclassification as a secondary school district propose to be so reclassified and begin the establishment and maintenance of a s…

33-1009. Payments from the public school income fund. 1. a. Payments of the state general account appropriation for public school support shall be made each year by the state department of education to the public school districts of the state in four (4) payments. Payments to the…

33-1013. County treasurer — County auditor — Duties. In addition to other duties required by this chapter, the county treasurer shall keep a separate account with each school district situate in whole or in part in his county, placing to the credit of each all moneys received thr…

33-1015. State revenue matching under the national school lunch act. In school districts where personnel are employed to operate a school lunch program partially funded under provisions of the national school lunch act, all employer paid contributions to the social security admin…

33-1016. Idaho High-Needs student fund. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Eligible costs" means individualized education program-related expenses incurred solely for providing special education and related services, including but not limited to nursing, interpreting, speech thera…

33-1017. School safety and health revolving loan and grant fund. (1) Fund created. There is hereby created a fund in the state treasury to be known as the school safety and health revolving loan and grant fund to which shall be credited all moneys that may be appropriated, apport…

33-1018. Public school discretionary funding variability. The legislature shall annually state in the appropriation for the educational support program/division of operations the estimate of the total discretionary funding provided per support unit. The department of education sh…

33-1018A. Other uses of public education stabilization fund. (1) If, in any fiscal year, general fund revenues are inadequate to sustain general fund appropriations made for that year by the legislature, then the board of examiners may transfer moneys from the public education st…

33-1018C. public education stabilization fund — replacement funds. In the event that moneys are withdrawn from the public education stabilization fund for the circumstances authorized pursuant to section 33-1018, Idaho Code, then the joint finance-appropriations committee shall c…

33-1020. Idaho digital learning academy funding. (1)(a) An amount of four hundred forty-five dollars ($445) per enrollment shall be distributed to support the Idaho digital learning academy, created pursuant to chapter 55, title 33, Idaho Code. For the purposes of this section, a…

33-1021. math and science requirement. In order to meet state graduation requirements regarding math and science courses, moneys shall be distributed to school districts to defray the cost of providing additional math and science courses. Moneys so distributed shall be used to hi…

33-1023. Moneys provided from unanticipated public charter school closure. In the event a public charter school closes and ceases to provide educational instruction during the course of a school year, the following provisions relating to funding shall apply: (1) A school district…

33-1024. online portals. (1) Of the moneys appropriated to the educational support program, up to one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) may be expended for the development and maintenance of an internet-based portal of available online, nonsectarian K-12 or dual credit co…

33-1026. mandatory public school funding formula review. The senate and house of representatives education committees shall conduct a comprehensive review of the public school funding formula at least once every five (5) years, with the first such review to occur by July 1, 2024.

33-1027. student enrollment counts and rulemaking. The state board of education shall promulgate rules that set forth the procedures for determining student enrollment counts by school, school district, and statewide, and the process for reporting such counts. Such rules shall be…

33-1028. reports to state board — report to legislature. (1) By December 15 each year, each school district and public charter school shall report to the state board of education or to the board’s designee the following information: (a) Total student enrollment as of October 1 an…

33-1029. statutory construction — nonpublic school students. [EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2028] Nothing in sections 33-1030 through 33-1034, Idaho Code, shall be construed to give the state authority to regulate the education of nonpublic school students.

33-1030. DEFINITIONS. [EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2028] As used in this section through section 33-1034, Idaho Code: (1) "Assessment" means an examination or another objective evaluation of a student’s academic performance, academic engagement, or college or career readiness. (2) "B…

33-1031. empowering parents grant program. [EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2028] (1) There is hereby established the empowering parents grant program, to be administered by the board according to the provisions of this section. The purpose of the program is to provide education grants f…

33-1032. parent advisory panel. [EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2028] (1) For purposes of this section: (a) "Executive director" means the executive director of the office of the state board of education. (b) "Program funds" means funds distributed to parents pursuant to section 33-1031…

33-1033. report and evaluation. [EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2028] (1) By December 15 of each year, the board shall report to the governor and the senate and house of representatives education committees: (a) The total funds appropriated for the empowering parents grant program in th…

33-1034. EMPOWERING PARENTS GRANT PROGRAM FUND. [EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2028] (1) There is hereby established in the state treasury the empowering parents grant program fund, to be administered by the board. Moneys in the fund shall: (a) Consist of the following: (i) Legislative…

33-1035. SCHOOL DISTRICT EARNED AUTONOMY. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a school district that satisfies the requirements set forth in this section may spend its allocated state funding, including but not limited to discretionary funds, categorical fun…