Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Children's Programs for fiscal year 2021.

This is the FY 2021 original appropriation bill for the Division of Children's Programs of the Public Schools Educational Support Program. It appropriates $321,752,600. This budget includes nondiscretionary adjustments from the General Fund of $2,580,700, which includes increases of $2,000,000 for the Advanced Opportunities Program, $224,200 for the Idaho Digital Learning Academy, $284,100 for Border Contracts, and $72,400 for Exceptional Contracts and Tuition Equivalents. Also included are the following line items: line item 1 for an increase of $3,156,500 for Literacy Proficiency, to make the onetime appropriation for that purpose ongoing; and line item 3 for a reduction of $10,115,000 from the Federal Grant Fund to align the federal appropriation with actual expenditures. This line item does not impact the amount of federal funding the state will receive, rather it more closely aligns the appropriation with estimated federal expenditures. This appropriation is a 2.3% decrease from FY 2020.