Title 33, EDUCATION

33-501. Board of trustees. (1) Each school district shall be governed by a board of trustees. The board of trustees of each elementary school district shall consist of three (3) members, and the board of trustees of each other school district shall consist of five (5) members. Pr…

33-502. Declarations of candidacy for trustees. Any person legally qualified to hold the office of school trustee may file a declaration of candidacy for the office, each of which shall bear the name of the candidate, state the term for which declaration of candidacy is made, and…

33-502B. Board of trustees — One nomination — No election. In any election for trustees, if, after the expiration of the date for filing written nominations for the office of trustee, it appears that only one (1) qualified candidate has been nominated for a position to be filled …

33-503. Election of trustees — Uniform date. (1) The election of school district trustees including those in charter districts shall be on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November in odd-numbered years. Notice and conduct of the election, and the canvassing of the retur…

33-504. Vacancies on boards of trustees. (1)(a) A vacancy shall be declared by the board of trustees when any nominee has been elected but has failed to qualify for office, or within thirty (30) days of when any trustee: (i) Dies; (ii) Resigns as trustee; (iii) Removes himself fr…

33-505. Board of trustees, district newly created. (1) Within ten (10) days after the entry of any order creating a new school district by the consolidation of districts or parts thereof, the trustees of all school districts involved in the consolidation shall meet at the call of…

33-506. Organization and government of board of trustees. (1) Each board of school district trustees shall organize at its first regular meeting in January and elect a chairman, a vice chairman, a clerk and a treasurer. The clerk and the treasurer may be members of the board of t…

33-507. Limitation upon authority of trustees. (1) It shall be unlawful for any trustee to have pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly, in any contract or other transaction pertaining to the maintenance or conduct of the school district or to accept any reward or compensation…

33-508. Duties of clerk. The clerk of the board of trustees shall have such duties as shall be prescribed by the board. He shall attend all meetings of the board of trustees, shall keep the record of the proceedings, and shall enter in said record all matters required by law, or …

33-509. Duties of the treasurer. The treasurer elected by the board of trustees of a school district shall have such duties as the board may prescribe. The treasurer shall be placed under fidelity bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business in the state of Idaho, in…

33-509A. Assistant treasurers. A board of trustees of a school district may elect one (1) or more assistant treasurers who shall have such duties as the board of trustees may prescribe. Assistant treasurers shall be subject to the control, supervision and direction of the treasur…

33-510. Annual meetings — Regular meetings — Boards of trustees. (1) The annual meeting of each school district shall be on the date of its regular January meeting in each year. Notice of the annual meeting of elementary school districts shall be given as provided in section 33-4…

33-511. Maintenance of schools. The board of trustees of each school district shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Each elementary school district shall maintain at least one (1) elementary school, and each other school district shall maintain at least one (1) elementa…

33-512. Governance of schools. [effective until January 1, 2028] The board of trustees of each school district shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To fix the days of the year and the hours of the day when schools shall be in session. However: (a) Each school district …

33-512A. District curricular materials adoption committees. The board of trustees of each school district shall appoint a curricular materials adoption committee to advise the board on selection of curricular materials, as defined in section 33-118A, Idaho Code, for use within th…

33-512B. Suicidal tendencies — Duty to warn. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33-512(4), Idaho Code, neither a teacher nor a school district shall have a duty to warn of the suicidal tendencies of a student absent the teacher’s knowledge of direct evidence of such su…

33-512C. encouragement of gifted students. If a student completes any required high school course with a grade of C or higher before entering grade 9, if that course meets the same standards that are required in high school, if the course is taught by a properly certified teacher…

33-512D. self-directed learner designation. (1) A student attending public school in Idaho shall be eligible to be designated as a self-directed learner. For the purposes of this section, a "self-directed learner" means a full-time student: (a) Who demonstrates mastery of content…

33-512E. Inappropriate online behavior — disciplinary measures. (1) Any student who engages in inappropriate online behavior as defined in this section toward a public school employee or other person as defined in this section shall be reported to the school district board of tru…

33-513. Professional personnel. The board of trustees of each school district, including any specially chartered district, shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To employ professional personnel, on written contract in a form approved by the state superintendent of publi…

33-514. Issuance of annual contracts — Support programs — Categories of contracts — Optional placement. (1) The board of trustees shall establish criteria and procedures for the supervision and evaluation of certificated employees who are not employed on a renewable contract, as …

33-514A. Issuance of limited contract — Category 1 contract. After August 1, or pursuant to section 33-507(3), Idaho Code, the board of trustees may exercise the option of employing certified personnel on a one (1) year limited contract, which may also be referred to as a categor…

33-515. Issuance of renewable contracts. (1) During the third full year of continuous employment by the same school district, including any specially chartered district, each certificated employee named in subsection (24) [(25)] or (36) [(37)] of section 33-1001, Idaho Code, and …

33-515A. Supplemental contracts. (1) In addition to the provisions of sections 33-514, 33-514A and 33-515, Idaho Code, a board of trustees may enter into supplemental contracts to provide extra duty or extra day assignments for certificated employees. (2) An extra duty assignment…

33-516. Right to renewable contract when district is divided, consolidated or reorganized. If, by reason of the division of a school district, including any specially chartered district, or by reason of the consolidation of such a district with another district, or other district…

33-517. Noncertificated personnel. The board of trustees of each school district, including any specially chartered district and any Idaho public charter school, shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To provide that hiring and evaluation procedures for noncertificated p…

33-517A. School districts — Noncertificated employees — Group health insurance. The board of trustees of each school district, including any specially chartered district, shall provide the same group health insurance benefits to all noncertificated employees who work twenty (20) …

33-518. Employee personnel files. The board of trustees of each school district, including any specially chartered district, shall provide for the establishment and maintenance of a personnel file for each employee of the school district. Each personnel file shall contain any and…

33-519. Release for religious instruction. Upon application of his parent or guardian, or, if the student has attained the age of eighteen (18) years, upon application of the student, a student attending a public school in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) may be excused from s…

33-520. Policy governing medical inhalers, epinephrine delivery systems, insulin and blood glucose monitoring supplies. (1) The board of trustees of each school district, including charter districts, shall adopt a policy permitting the self-administration of medication administer…

33-520A. Life-threatening allergies in schools — guidelines, stock supply of epinephrine delivery systems and emergency administration. (1) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Administer" means the direct application of an epinephrine delivery sys…

33-521. Employee severance in consolidated district. The board of trustees of any school district newly formed within the last twelve (12) months through the consolidation of two (2) or more school districts may offer a one (1) time severance payment to a maximum of ten percent (…

33-522. financial emergency. (1) Prior to declaring a financial emergency, the board of trustees shall hold a public meeting for the purpose of receiving input concerning possible solutions to the financial problems facing the school district. (2) If the state department of educa…

33-522A. reduction in force defined. (1) A reduction in force may occur when there are: (a) Curriculum or program changes; (b) Negative changes in the financial conditions of the school district; (c) Decreases in student enrollment, including overall, by program, by grade or by s…

33-523. STEM DIPLOMA. (1) For purposes of this section, "STEM" means science, technology, engineering and mathematics. (2) A public school student who successfully completes all graduation requirements established by the state board of education may receive a high school diploma …

33-524. biliteracy diploma. (1) For purposes of this section, "world language" means a language other than English. (2) A public school student who successfully completes all graduation requirements established by the state board of education may receive a high school diploma bea…

33-525. advance enrollment for military dependents. Each school district shall establish a process under which a child may enroll in or register for courses at a school in the school district, regardless of where such child resides at the time of enrollment or registration, if th…

33-526. workforce readiness AND CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION diploma. (1) A public school student who successfully completes all graduation requirements established by the state board of education may receive a high school diploma designated as a workforce readiness and career tech…

33-527. Military Leave. (1) Any Idaho public school district or public charter school employee who is a member of the militia of this state or any other state, and who is ordered to active duty, training, or other duty by the governor, the adjutant general, or other lawful author…

33-528. Idaho state seal of excellence in civics program. (1) The legislature finds that a strong constitutional republic relies on citizens who possess civic knowledge, civic skills, civic values, and a commitment to constructive civic participation. It is the intent of the legi…