Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Empowering Parents Grant Program.
EDUCATION -- Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Empowering Parents Grant Program.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
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The Education Choice & Competition Act is designed to improve education in Idaho by making changes that are fair, responsible, transparent, and accountable, while also keeping government costs in check. The law builds on the existing Empowering Parents program, which will now expand to provide grants for tuition, along with other eligible education expenses, for students in pre-kindergarten through high school. These grants are prioritized for families earning less than $80,000 per year.
FISCAL NOTE
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Expanding Empowering Parents will require additional funding of up to $20,000,000 per year from the general fund for a total program budget of $50,000,000 ongoing per year. Empowering Parents resides with the State Board of Education, and their current annual budget to run the program is $600,000.
SOP revised: 02/14/2025, 9:42 AM
HOW THEY VOTED
Senate Third Reading
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YEA (6)
NAY (28)
ABSENT / NOT VOTING (1)
LATEST ACTION
Filed in Office of the Secretary of Senate
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2025
- Chamber
- senate
- Status date
- Jan 23, 2025
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