Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the State Board of Education for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.
APPROPRIATIONS -- OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION -- Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the State Board of Education for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
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This bill provides a supplemental appropriation of $20,000 for the Credit Mobility Grant in FY 2025 (table 2; line 1). This bill also provides enhancements to the Office of the State Board of Education maintenance budget that includes a database engineer (line 2), software support for the See Tell Now tipline (line 5), funding for a cybersecurity testing contract (line 6), funding for marketing of the See Tell Now tipline (line 11), appropriation of the Credit Mobility Grant in FY 2026 (line 13), replacement vehicles for the School Safety and Security Program (line 14), and replacement of OITS hardware (line 15). This bill does not include the IT Systems and Infrastructure Engineer (line 1), the Education Effectiveness Program Manager (line 3), the Education Policy Analyst (line 4), College Applications Outreach (line 7), the Empowering Parents Specialist (line 8), Base Funding for Independent Study Idaho (line 9), Grant Administrator for the Firearms Safety Program (line 10), and the Behavioral Threat Assessment (line 12) as requested by the agency and recommended by the Governor.
FISCAL NOTE
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This appropriation provides an additional $360,700 to the maintenance appropriation provided to the Office of the State Board of Education in House Bill 341. Table 1 shows incremental adjustments to the budget found in the bill, of which the ongoing increase is $179,200 and there are $181,500 of onetime appropriations. Table 2 shows the supplemental appropriation in FY 2025 for the Credit Mobility Grant, and all the adjustments leading to the FY 2026 Total. The total budget for the Office of the State Board of Education is $56,454,800. Table 1 FTP Gen Ded Fed Total 1. IT Systems and Infrastructure Engineer 0.00 0 0 0 0 2. Database Engineer 1.00 144,200 0 0 144,200 3. Education Effectiveness Program Mgr. 0.00 0 0 0 0 4. Policy Analyst 0.00 0 0 0 0 5. Software Support for See Tell Now 0.00 10,000 0 0 10,000 6. Cybersecurity Testing Contract 0.00 35,000 0 0 35,000 7. College Applications Outreach 0.00 0 0 0 0 8. Empowering Parents Specialist 0.00 0 0 0 0 9. Base Funding Independent Study
HOW THEY VOTED
House Third Reading
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YEA (40)
NAY (27)
ABSENT / NOT VOTING (3)
Senate Third Reading
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YEA (22)
LATEST ACTION
Reported Signed by Governor on April 14, 2025 Session Law Chapter 327 Effective: 04/14/2025 SECTION 7; 07/01/2025 SECTION 1-6 & 8
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2025
- Chamber
- house
- Status date
- Apr 4, 2025
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