Amends existing law to provide that the names of the three finalists for college or university presidencies shall be made available to the public.

The proposed legislation would amend Section 74-106, Idaho Code to allow an exception for the public postsecondary institutions to the number of finalist names that are required to be released to the public when hiring for non-classified positions. The amendment would reduce the number of required applicant names that must be released from five to three. The requirement that the names of the five final applicants be released to the public has had a chilling effect on the applicants willing to apply for the President positions at the public postsecondary institutions. This caused some applicants to withdraw from the list of finalists during the recent presidential searches. Applicants were much more willing to be publicly announced if they were in the top three rather than the top five list of candidates.