Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding student enrollment counts.

LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Sixty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2026 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 846 BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE AN ACT1 RELATING TO EDUCATION; AMENDING SECTION 33-1027, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE PRO-2 VISIONS REGARDING STUDENT ENROLLMENT COUNTS AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL3 CORRECTION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.4

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

SECTION 1. That Section 33-1027, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby6 amended to read as follows:7 33-1027. STUDENT ENROLLMENT COUNTS AND RULEMAKING. The state board of8 education shall promulgate rules that set forth the procedures for determin-9 ing student enrollment counts by school, school district, and statewide, and10 the process for reporting such counts. Such rules shall be consistent with11 the following:12 (1) Full-time enrollment (FTE) shall be based on enrollment in any13 school district or public charter school;14 (2) A student shall not exceed a total of one (1.0) unweighted FTE in a15 single school year, except as provided in subsection (4) of this section;16 (3) A kindergarten student shall not exceed a total of one-half (0.5)17 unweighted enrollment in a single school year;18 (4) A student attending a summer school or night school program shall19 not exceed a total of one-fourth (0.25) unweighted enrollment. Such student20 may be counted pursuant to both this subsection and subsection (2) of this21 section;22 (5) A fractional enrollment count schedule shall be specified for any23 student enrolled less than one (1.0) FTE in a given school district or public24 charter school;25 (6) FTE is based on the courses a student is enrolled in at the time of26 the official count, as specified in board rule, except that a student may be27 counted as enrolled if the term for which such student is enrolled begins af-28 ter the time of the official count;29 (7) Each school district or public charter school shall conduct an of-30 ficial count of enrolled students in the district or school on the first day31 of October, the first day of December, the first day of February, and the32 first day of April, or the previous school day if those dates do not fall on33 a school day; and34 (8) A school district or public charter school may shall not count as35 enrolled any student who has unexcused absences totaling eleven (11) or more36 consecutive school days immediately prior to and including the official37 count date.38 (9) A school district or public charter school shall not count as en-39 rolled any student who has unexcused absences for the first ten (10) consecu-40 tive days of the school year. If a student attends at a later date, the school41

2 district or public charter school may count the student as enrolled as of the1 date of attendance.2

SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby3 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after4 July 1, 2026.5