Title 33, EDUCATION

33-1201. Certificate required. (1) Every person who is employed to serve in any elementary or secondary school in the capacity of teacher, supervisor, administrator, or pupil service staff shall be required to have and to hold a certificate issued under authority of the state boa…

33-1201A. Idaho professional endorsement — eligibility. (1) Any instructional staff employee or any pupil service staff employee will receive mentoring as outlined in such employee’s individualized professional learning plan during the initial three (3) years of holding such cert…

33-1201B. grandfather rights for specific endorsements. (1) Individuals who held a specific endorsement issued or recognized by the state board of education or state department of education prior to July 1, 2020, which specific endorsement is no longer issued or recognized by the…

33-1202. Eligibility for certificate. Each applicant for a certificate must: 1. Have attained the age of eighteen (18) years; 2. Have completed specific minimum requirements in college training as specified in rules of the state board of education; 3. Be free from contagious dise…

33-1203. Accredited teacher training requirements. Except in the limited fields of trades and industries and specialists certificates of school librarians and school nurses, the state board shall not authorize the issuance of any standard certificate premised upon less than four …

33-1204. Validity, duration, renewal, and lapse of certificates — lifetime instructional and lifetime ADMINISTRATOR certificates. (1) The state board of education shall by rule provide for the validity, duration, renewal, and lapse of certificates. In addition, rules promulgated …

33-1204A. alternative authorization program — administrators. (1) An individual who does not otherwise hold an administrator certificate required for employment as a school principal or superintendent may satisfy the standards of employment for such positions, or similar position…

33-1205. Certificate records and fees. (1) The state board of education shall cause to be maintained a record of all certificates issued, showing names, dates of issue and renewal, and if revoked, the date thereof and the reason therefor. A nonrefundable fee shall accompany each …

33-1207. Endorsement and registration of certificates. The board of trustees of each school district shall cause the certificates of each holder thereof to be endorsed (a) prior to beginning service for the first time with the district, or (b) in the first year after a new or ren…

33-1207A. Teacher preparation. (1)(a) Higher Education Institutions. The state board shall review teacher preparation programs at the institutions of higher education. (b) Nonpublic Teacher Preparation Programs. (i) The state board shall grant teaching certificates to graduates o…

33-1208. Revocation, suspension, denial, or place reasonable conditions on certificate — Grounds. (1) The professional standards commission may deny, revoke, suspend, or place reasonable conditions on any certificate issued or authorized under the provisions of section 33-1201, I…

33-1208A. Reporting requirements and immunity. The board of trustees of a school district, through its designee, shall, within ten (10) days of the date the employment is severed, report to the chief officer of teacher certification the circumstances and the name of any educator …

33-1209. Proceedings to revoke, suspend, deny or place reasonable conditions on a certificate — Letters of reprimand — Complaint — Subpoena power — Hearing. (1) The professional standards commission may conduct investigations on any signed allegation of unethical conduct of any t…

33-1210. information on past job performance. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Applicant" means an applicant for employment in a certificated or noncertificated position who is currently or was previously employed by a school district. (b) "Employer" means a school district empl…

33-1211. Privileged communication or publication. Any publication or communication made by any member of the state board of education, or by any person delegated by the said state board to hold or conduct any hearing, or by any certification officer of the state board of educatio…

33-1212. school counselors. (1) In recognition of the diverse and complicated demands upon students, their families and the public school system, the legislature finds that counseling offered at Idaho public schools should be flexible and responsive. For purposes of counselor ser…

33-1212A. COLLEGE and CAREER ADVISORS AND STUDENT MENTORS. (1) College and career advising and student mentoring are essential components of students’ educational experience. Such advising and mentoring provide all students with an early opportunity to identify academic strengths…

33-1216. Sick and other leave. (a) At the beginning of each new employment year and thereafter as necessary during the employment year, each noncertificated employee of any school district, including charter districts, who regularly works twenty (20) hours or more per week or cer…

33-1217. accrued unused sick leave — Transfer. Unused sick leave shall accrue from year to year as long as an employee remains continuously in the service of the same school district, including charter districts. Termination of employment in any district shall terminate sick leav…

33-1218. Sick leave in excess of statutory minimum amounts — Proof of illness. The board of trustees may fix and establish for the district a period of annual sick leave and accumulation of sick leave in excess of the amounts provided herein, in sections 33-1216 and 33-1217, Idah…

33-1220. In-service training — Halting service increments. The board of trustees of any school district may establish for the district, uniform requirements for in-service training of certificated personnel; and the board may upon notice halt teaching service increments otherwise…

33-1221. Sales of services or merchandise limited. No person employed by any public school district shall, either as a principal or as an agent, sell or offer to sell to pupils attending school in the district, or to a parent or guardian of any such pupil, any services or merchan…

33-1222. Freedom from abuse. Certificated employees of every school district shall be free from abuse by parents or other adults, as provided in section 18-916, Idaho Code.

33-1224. Powers and duties of teachers. (1) For purposes of this section: (a) "Corporal punishment" means knowingly and purposely inflicting physical pain on a pupil as a disciplinary measure. (b) "Physical escort" means a temporary touching or holding of the hand, wrist, arm, sh…

33-1225. Threats of violence — Limitation on liability. (1) A communication by any person to a school principal, or designee, or a communication by a student attending the school to the student’s teacher, school counselor or school nurse, and any report of that communication to t…

33-1228. Severance allowance at retirement. (1) Upon separation from public school employment by retirement in accordance with chapter 13, title 59, Idaho Code, an employee’s unused sick leave shall be determined based on accumulated sick leave earned subsequent to July 1, 1976, …

33-1251. Professional standards — Title of act. This act shall be known and cited as the "public schools professional standards act."

33-1252. Professional standards commission — Members — Appointment — Terms. (1) A professional standards commission is hereby created in the department of education, consisting of eighteen (18) members, one (1) of whom shall be a member of the staff of the state department of edu…

33-1253. Chairman and vice-chairman — Secretary — Rule making. At the first meeting of the commission, after the appointment of its members, it shall organize itself and name from among its members a chairman and vice-chairman who shall act in the absence of the chairman; it shal…

33-1254. Professional codes and standards — Adoption — Publication. The commission shall have authority to adopt recognized professional codes and standards of ethics, conduct and professional practices which shall be applicable to teachers in the public schools of the state, and…

33-1258. Recommendations to improve professional standard. The commission may make recommendations to the state board of education in such areas as teacher education, teacher certification and teaching standards, and such recommendations to the state board of education or to boar…

33-1271. School districts — Professional employees — Negotiation agreements. (1) The board of trustees of each school district, including specially chartered districts, or designated representatives of such district, is hereby empowered to and shall, upon its own initiative or up…

33-1272. Definitions. As used in this act: (1) "Affiliate" means: (a) Any organization subject to the constitution, bylaws, or similar governing documents of a teachers union; (b) Any organization with a constitution, bylaws, or similar governing documents that a teachers union i…

33-1273. School districts — Professional employees — Negotiations. The local education organization shall be the exclusive representative for all professional employees in that district for purposes of negotiations pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The individual or ind…

33-1274. Appointment of mediators — Compensation. In the event the parties in negotiations are not able to come to an agreement upon items submitted for negotiations under a negotiations agreement between the parties, one or more mediators may be appointed. The issue or issues in…

33-1275. terms of agreements. (1) All agreements, by any name or title, entered into pursuant to the provisions of this act, shall have a one (1) year duration of July 1 through June 30 of the ensuing fiscal year. The parties shall not have the authority to enter into any agreeme…

33-1276. Intent of act. Nothing contained herein is intended to or shall conflict with, or abrogate the powers or duties and responsibilities vested in the legislature, state board of education, and the board of trustees of school districts by the laws of the state of Idaho. Each…

33-1277. TAXPAYER FUNDING OF TEACHERS UNIONS PROHIBITED. (1) No school district, including a specially chartered district, or its agents or representatives, may use or authorize the use of taxpayer funds to support teachers unions by: (a) Deducting dues, fees, assessments, fines,…

33-1279. Released time for service on state committees and commission. (1) Each certificated employee of any school district, including specially chartered districts, shall be entitled to and be allowed released time for service on committees and commissions established by the st…

33-1280. American Indian languages teaching authorization. (1) As used in this section, "Indian tribe" is as defined in section 67-4001, Idaho Code. (2) It is the policy of the state of Idaho to preserve, protect and promote the rights of Indian tribes to use, practice and develo…