Title 33 — EDUCATION

33-101. Creation of board. For the general supervision, governance and control of all state educational institutions, to wit: University of Idaho, Idaho State University, Boise State University, Lewis-Clark State College, the School for the Deaf and the Blind and any other state …

33-102. Membership — Appointment — Geographical regions — Term of office — Qualifications — Place of office. (1) The state board of education shall consist of the state superintendent of public instruction, who shall be an ex officio voting member and who shall serve as executive…

33-102A. Office of the state board — Executive officer — Appointment — Compensation — Duties and powers. (1) There is hereby created as an executive agency of the state board of education the office of the state board of education. The governor is hereby authorized to appoint an …

33-103. Removal of members — Cause. The governor is empowered to remove from membership on the state board any member who has been proved guilty of gross immorality, malfeasance in office or incompetency, and shall fill the vacancy thus created by appointment as hereinbefore prov…

33-104. Meetings of the board — Honorarium — Expenses — Organization. (1) The state board shall hold no less than four (4) regular meetings annually at such time and place as may be directed by the board. Special meetings may be called by the president at any time and place desig…

33-105. Rules — Executive department. (1) The state board shall have power to make rules for its own government and the government of its executive departments and offices; and, upon recommendations of its executive officers, to appoint to said departments and offices such specia…

33-106. Budget. The state board shall prepare a budget of necessary expenditures of its executive department, and shall have control of all moneys appropriated for said purposes.

33-107. General powers and duties of the state board. The state board shall have power to: (1) Perform all duties prescribed for it by the school laws of the state; (2) Acquire, hold and dispose of title, rights and interests in real and personal property; (3) Have general superv…

33-107A. Board may establish an optional retirement program. (1) The state board of education may establish an optional retirement program under which contracts providing retirement and death benefits may be purchased for nonclassified staff, pursuant to section 67-5303, Idaho Co…

33-107B. Board may establish an optional retirement program for community colleges. (1) The state board of education may establish an optional retirement program under which contracts providing retirement and death benefits may be purchased for members of the teaching staff and o…

33-107C. BOARD MAY ESTABLISH additional RETIREMENT PLANS. (1) The state board of education and the board of regents of the university of Idaho may establish one (1) or more retirement plans as described herein for members of the teaching staff and officers of the university of Id…

33-107D. Campus Access for Religious students. (1) No state postsecondary educational institution shall take any action or enforce any policy that would deny a religious student group any benefit available to any other student group based on the religious student group’s requirem…

33-108. Prepare and publish reports. The state board shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and publish such reports, statistical tables and studies as may be a contribution to the general educational welfare of the state.

33-109. Annual report. The state board shall cause to be prepared a report of its actions and expenditures for each year ending on the thirtieth day of June with such recommendations as it shall deem proper for the good of the state educational institutions and public schools of …

33-110. Agency to negotiate, and accept, federal assistance. The state board is designated as the state educational agency which is authorized to negotiate, and contract with, the federal government, and to accept financial or other assistance from the federal government or any a…

33-111. Budget for educational institutions. The state board shall submit to the budget director of the state, at a time set by said director, a budget for each state educational institution under its government and control, showing the financial needs of said institutions for th…

33-112. Plans and specifications — Equipment, appliances and supplies. The state board shall authorize and approve all plans and specifications for the construction or alteration of buildings at the state educational institutions under its government and control; and shall direct…

33-113. Limits of instruction. The state board, in the interests of efficiency, shall define the limits of all instruction in the educational institutions supported in whole or in part by the state, and, as far as practicable, prevent wasteful duplication of effort in said instit…

33-114. Certification — Courses of study — Accreditation. Supervision and control of the certification of professional education personnel is vested in the state board. The board shall approve the program of education of such personnel in all higher institutions in the state, bot…

33-114A. adoption of standards for the initial certification of professional school personnel. [effective until june 30, 2027] Effective July 1, 2022, the Idaho standards for initial certification of professional school personnel shall be the standards prepared by the 2020-2021 e…

33-115. Teachers’ register. The state board shall keep in its department of education, a register of persons qualified to teach in Idaho, or of any persons otherwise qualified but not having received a teaching certificate, upon the request of such person. Information concerning …

33-116. School districts under board supervision. All school districts in Idaho, including specially chartered school districts, shall be under the supervision and control of the state board.

33-117. Public school financial requirements. The state board shall submit to the budget director the financial requirements for appropriation to the public school income fund, for the foundation program of public school districts.

33-118. Courses of study — Curricular materials. (1) The state board shall prescribe the minimum courses to be taught in all public elementary and secondary schools, and shall cause to be prepared and issued, such syllabi, study guides and other instructional aids as the board sh…

33-118A. Curricular materials — Adoption procedures. All curricular materials adoption committees appointed by the state board of education shall contain at least two (2) persons who are not public educators or school trustees. All meetings of curricular materials adoption commit…

33-118B. CURRICULAR MATERIALS — adoption of content standards. [effective until june 30, 2027] (1) Effective July 1, 2022, the Idaho content standards for English language arts and literacy, mathematics, and science shall be the content standards prepared by the 2020-2021 standar…

33-119. Accreditation of secondary schools — Standards for elementary schools. The state board shall establish standards for accreditation of any secondary school and set forth minimum requirements to be met by public, private and parochial secondary schools, and those in charter…

33-120. Uniform reporting. (1) The state superintendent of public instruction shall prescribe forms and format for uniform accounting for financial and statistical reports and performance measurements to provide consistent and uniform reporting by school districts. (2) The state …

33-121. Examination of books at instance of the state board. Whenever in its judgment the public welfare demands it, the state board may direct the trustees of any school district to cause an examination of the books and accounts, and the assets and liabilities of their district,…

33-122. Sanitation — Safety — Cooperation with other state agencies. The state board shall cooperate with the board of health and welfare in establishing regulations covering school building sanitation, sewage disposal, water supply, or other matters affecting the public health, …

33-123. Education for inmates under jurisdiction of department of correction. The state board for career technical education, in cooperation with the state board of correction, shall have prepared suitable courses of study, including career technical training, for prisoners held …

33-124. Special vocational education programs. Any school district, or combination of school districts, within the state of Idaho, including charter districts, may submit to the state board of education a plan for the operation of a program providing instruction and training for …

33-125. State department of education — Creation — Duties. There is hereby established as an executive agency of the state board of education a department known as the state department of education. The state superintendent shall serve as the executive officer of such department …

33-125A. Duties of the state superintendent of public instruction and the state department of education. Under the direction of the state superintendent of public instruction, the state department of education shall: (1) Coordinate with the Idaho digital learning academy as provi…

33-125B. Pay for success contracting — DUTIES OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. (1) The state department of education may enter into contracts for approved services. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 92, title 67, Idaho Code, the department may issue a request for inf…

33-126. Organization of department. The state department of education shall be organized in a manner as determined by the state board of education acting on the recommendations of the executive secretary.

33-127. Employees. Employees of the department shall be appointed by the superintendent of public instruction in accordance with the provisions of chapter 16, title 59, and chapter 53, title 67, Idaho Code.

33-128. Statement of public purpose. The Idaho constitution established a system of free common schools recognizing that "the stability of a republican form of government depends mainly upon the intelligence of the people." The legislature finds that there is a need for expanded …

33-129. Matching grants for science education programs — Grant criteria. The state department of education shall administer a program of matching grants to encourage the expansion or maintenance of science education programs in the state of Idaho. Matching grants shall only be ma…

33-130. Criminal history checks for school district employees or applicants for certificates or individuals having contact with students — Statewide list of substitute teachers. (1) The department of education, through the cooperation of the Idaho state police, shall establish a …

33-130A. Criminal history checks for private or parochial school employees or contractors. If requested by the principal or governing board of a private or parochial school, the department of education, through the cooperation of the department of law enforcement, shall establish…

33-131. definitions — tribal school — tribal education authority. (1) "Tribal school" means an institution with an educational program that has as its primary purpose providing education in any grade or grades from kindergarten to twelfth grade and that is controlled by the elect…

33-132. Local School Boards — Internet filtering required. (1) As a condition for receiving moneys from the state general fund, each local school district and public charter school shall have internet content filters that shall be included as part of any wireless internet access …

33-133. definitions — STUDENT DATA — use and limitations — penalties. (1) As used in this act, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Agency" means each state board, commission, department, office or institution, educational or otherwise, of the state of Idah…

33-134. assessment item review committee. (1) (a) The state board of education shall establish a committee consisting of thirty (30) individuals, representing each of the six (6) education regions of the state established by the state board of education, to review all summative c…

33-135. Teachers — classroom size — reporting. (1) Definitions. The following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Teacher" means an individual holding a teaching certificate issued by the state department of education. (b) "Classroom" means a place where groups of students me…

33-136. suicide prevention in schools. (1) The state board of education shall adopt rules supporting suicide awareness and prevention training each year for public school personnel. This training may be provided within the framework of existing in-service training programs offere…

33-138. dignity and nondiscrimination in public education. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that administrators, faculty members, other employees, and students at public schools, including public charter schools and institutions of higher education, respect the dignity of …

33-139. prohibition on the expenditure of moneys for certain purposes. No moneys shall be expended by the state board of education, any entity under the state board of education’s jurisdiction, or any school district, public charter school, or public institution of higher educati…

33-140. report — high-performing schools and teachers. In the first week of the regular legislative session in 2022, the state board of education shall present to the legislature a statewide strategy for defining and rewarding high-performing schools and teachers for growth in st…