Idaho's 2026 Session: Every Education Appropriations Bill
Published August 9, 2026 · Idaho's 2026 legislative session adjourned April 2, 2026
Fourteen FY2027 education funding bills passed the 2026 session — the budget side of the policy bills covered in Tally Idaho's earlier education recap. Where those policy bills mostly passed with broad bipartisan support, the funding bills were noticeably more contested: every single one drew real opposition in at least one chamber, several dipping into the 60% range. Two throughlines run across multiple bills: partially restoring a prior year's 2% across-the-board budget rescission, and cutting Canvas Learning Management System funding across both community colleges and four-year institutions.
Notable bills
The four bills with the clearest individual stories — budget restorations, a specific technology cut, and a full agency consolidation.
Career Technical Education budget partially restores a 2% cut
Enhances the FY2027 Career Technical Education maintenance budget and partially restores an earlier 2% across-the-board budget rescission — one of several 2026 education bills undoing a prior year's cuts.
House 46–21 · Senate 23–11
Community colleges: Canvas cut, 2% restoration
Cuts $245,500 in Canvas Learning Management System funding for community colleges while adding $1,123,200 to restore the additional 2% budget reduction from a prior cycle. The closest vote in this recap.
House 40–27 · Senate 26–8
Colleges and universities: Canvas cut, risk-manager consolidation
The four-year institutions' version of the same Canvas LMS reduction ($752,900), plus centralizes risk-manager positions previously scattered across the Office of the State Board of Education into one consolidated function.
House 62–7 · Senate 30–4
STEM Action Center folded into Workforce Development Council
Consolidates the STEM Action Center into the Workforce Development Council, including an FY2026 rescission to close out the STEM Action Center's existing budget as a standalone agency.
House 69–1 · Senate 33–0
Every other education appropriations bill
Mostly maintenance-budget line items and Public School Support Program divisions. Full vote breakdown below.
| Bill | Purpose | House | Senate |
|---|---|---|---|
| H0876 | State Board of Education — FY27 maintenance (Ag Research & Extension, colleges, community colleges, OSBE) | 46–24 | 23–12 |
| H0905 | Office of the State Board of Education — centralized LMS funds transfer from institutions | 42–24 | 23–11 |
| H0920 | Health Education Programs (incl. 4 new EIRMC psychiatry residencies) | 47–22 | 22–11 |
| H0921 | State Department of Education — School Bus Camera Fund spending authority | 48–21 | 23–11 |
| S1362 | Public School Support Program maintenance (Teachers, Student Support, Digital Learning, Facilities, Central Services, Deaf/Blind) | 53–14 | 21–13 |
| S1408 | Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind — career-ladder teacher funding | 49–18 | 21–14 |
| S1438 | Idaho Digital Learning Academy — budget reduction + new reporting requirements | 38–28 | 28–6 |
| S1444 | Division of Student Support — FY26 supplemental + FY27 enhancement | 56–9 | 25–9 |
| S1447 | Division of Student Support — trailer bill funding the new Idaho High Needs Student Fund (from S1288) | 50–16 | 29–4 |
| S1452 | Public School Support Program — trailer to S1362 implementing H940's Digital Learning Academy policy changes | 61–3 | 29–6 |
Related Tally Idaho coverage
Every education policy bill that passed · Full 2026 Appropriations-subject bills list · Full 2026 session