Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding career technical education certificates.

LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Sixty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2026 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 832 BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE AN ACT1 RELATING TO EDUCATION; AMENDING SECTION 33-2205, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE PRO-2 VISIONS REGARDING CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATES; AND DECLAR-3 ING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.4

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:5

SECTION 1. That Section 33-2205, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby6 amended to read as follows:7 33-2205. STATE BOARD TO APPOINT ADMINISTRATOR -- DESIGNATION OF AS-8 SISTANTS -- DIVISION OF CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION -- DUTIES AND POWERS. (1)9 The state board of education shall appoint a person to serve as an adminis-10 trator to the state board for career technical education, who shall be known11 as the administrator of career technical education. The administrator shall12 designate, by and with the advice and consent of the state board for career13 technical education, such assistants as may be necessary to properly carry14 out the provisions of the federal acts and this chapter for the state of15 Idaho. The administrator and such assistants shall together be known as the16 division of career technical education.17 (2) The administrator of career technical education shall also carry18 into effect such rules as the state board for career technical education may19 adopt, shall coordinate all efforts in career technical education approved20 by the board with the executive secretary, and shall prepare such reports21 concerning the condition of career technical education in the state as the22 state board for career technical education may require.23 (3) The division of career technical education may coordinate with24 the Idaho digital learning academy to develop any statewide virtual career25 technical education course delivery. Districts may choose to enroll in the26 course offered by the Idaho digital learning academy or may use their own27 curriculum providers.28 (4) The division of career technical education shall maintain a list of29 secondary career technical education pathways that can be delivered by tra-30 ditional means or entirely online, or a combination of both methods. The31 division of career technical education shall develop a methodology for the32 funding of each pathway delivery type. For those pathways that are able to33 be delivered entirely online, there shall be a presumption that they shall34 receive the same funding as for traditional career technical education path-35 ways; however, actual funding shall be based upon actual approved costs, not36 to exceed the cost of delivering these pathways in a traditional setting.37 (5) The division of career technical education may provide incentives38 to Idaho public colleges and universities offering career technical pro-39 grams that, in coordination with the division, align their foundational40 courses that are required in the same or substantially similar programs of41 study so as to achieve uniformity and transferability in the core program42

2 requirements at all such public colleges and universities. Postsecondary1 credits earned by a student in a career technical education program shall2 transfer at the full credit value to any public Idaho college or university3 in a like program of study and such postsecondary credits will be treated by4 any such public college or university as satisfying specific course require-5 ments in such program of study.6 (6) The board shall authorize the issuance of career technical educa-7 tion certificates to individuals who seek to teach in career-related sub-8 jects and who:9 (a) Submit to a criminal history check as described in section 33-130,10 Idaho Code, and meet at least one (1) of the following criteria:11 (i) Hold or have held an approved industry certification in a12 field closely related to the content area in which the individual13 seeks to teach as defined by the division of career technical edu-14 cation;15 (ii) Demonstrate a minimum of six thousand (6,000) hours of16 adequate professional experience in a field closely related to the17 content area in which the individual seeks to teach, as determined18 by the state board for career technical education; or19 (iii) Hold a baccalaureate degree in a field closely related to20 the content area in which the individual seeks to teach and demon-21 strate two thousand (2,000) hours of adequate professional expe-22 rience in a field closely related to the content area in which the23 individual seeks to teach, as determined by the state board for ca-24 reer technical education; and25 (b) Complete an educator training program or courses approved by the26 division of career technical education.27 (7) The state board of education may promulgate rules to implement the28 provisions of this section.29

SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby30 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after31 July 1, 2026.32