Idaho Bills
13 bills · 2022 Regular Session
Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Operations for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
This is the FY 2023 original appropriation and FY 2022 supplemental appropriation bill for the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Operations Division. This division provides state and federal funding in support of the operation of Idaho's school districts and charter schools, grades K-12. This division includes pupil transportation, salaries and benefits for classified staff, technology, and discretionary funds that can be used for any educational support services or general operations. Adjustments to the division include a 7% equivalent funding increases for classified staff; $105,431,500 for increased health insurance and health benefit plans funding; $9.1 million for pupil transportation, $11.1 million for increased discretionary and health benefits funding based on 374 additional support units; and $3.9 million for 374 additional mid-term support units. For FY 2022, the bill provides additional onetime funding from the General Fund for costs related to the temporary rule approved by State Board of Education to count students using enrollment instead of average daily attendance (ADA).
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Adds to existing law to prohibit evaluations, questionnaires, surveys, and data collection on a student's behavioral well-being without the approval of the school board and a parent or guardian.
Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Administrators for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
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Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Teachers for fiscal year 2023.
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Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
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Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Facilities for fiscal year 2023.
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Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program for the Divisions of Administrators and Operations and to the Idaho Legislature for fiscal year 2023.
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Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program for the Division of Administrators, the Division of Teachers, and the Division of Operations for fiscal year 2022.
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Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Central Services for fiscal year 2023.
This is the FY 2023 original appropriation bill for the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Central Services Division. This division includes programs and funds that are spent at the state level by the Department of Education for the benefit of all school districts and charter schools. Funds are primarily used to contract for services and for program oversight and evaluation. This bill restores $200,000 for previously reduced remediation funds and $300,000 for previously reduced content and curriculum funds. The bill also includes $270,000 for Adobe and Microsoft certification programs for Jr.. high and high school students. Finally, this bill includes a cash transfer of $75,500,000 from the General Fund to the Public School Health Insurance Participation Fund that was established in H443.
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Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Children's Programs for fiscal year 2023.
This is the FY 2023 original appropriation bill for the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Children's Programs. This division includes programs that provide direct educational or material benefits to children, where funding doesnotprimarilygotopayingcertificatedteachersandadministrators. Italsoincludesprogramsthatprimarily and specifically provide funding for the separate instruction of identified subgroups of children outside the normal classroom of an Idaho public school. Funding is provided from both state and federal funds. This bill includes adjustments for advanced opportunities, the Idaho Digital Learning Academy, border contracts, and exceptional contracts and tuition equivalents. From federal COVID-19 relief funds, this bill includes funding for ESSER I, II, and III; support for homeless children; and special education support. This bill also includes funding for child nutrition programs and literacy related funding.
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Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Teachers and Division of Children's Programs for fiscal year 2022.
This is an FY 2022 supplemental appropriation bill for the Public Schools Educational Support Program. The bill includes additional funding for the Teachers Division and the Children's Programs Division. Teachers Division: Funding from the General Fund is provided to 1) fulfill the statutory requirements for the Career Ladder (see Section 33-1004B, Idaho Code) and 2) to account for added costs with counting students with enrollment instead of by attendance as was approved in the temporary State Board of Education rule. Children'sProgramsDivision: FundingfromtheGeneralFundisprovidedtoaccountforincreasedenrollments at the Idaho Digital Learning Academy. Funding from Federal Grant Fund is provided to account for the increased costs to provide meals to all Idaho students throughout the remainder of the 2021-2022 school year and for the 2022 summer programs.
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Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Teachers for fiscal year 2023.
This is a trailer appropriation bill for the Public School Support Program for the Division of Teachers for FY 2023. The bill provides ongoing funding for the fiscal impacts of H656 that amends teacher placement on the Career Ladder based on experience outside of Idaho.
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Amends existing law to allow for certain employees to continue to receive master educator premiums.
In 2015 the Career Ladder was created to provide a new teacher state appropriation policy. This policy was phased in over 5 years. It was originally recognized that the first Career Ladder was more favorable to young teachers at the expense of veterans. Within that bill Section 10 of the HB292 bill established Master Teacher Premiums,whatbecameknownastheMasterEducatorPremium(MEP).Section33-1004IdahoCodeprovided veteran teachers to apply for the Master Educator Premium. The process was complex and time consuming. It requiredtremendouseffortbythecandidateandmanyreviewersacrossthestate. ThoseeducatorsontheCareer Ladder would then qualify for a premium appropriation of $4,000 per year, renewable every three years. In 2020 the Career Ladder was revised to add a new rung “Advanced Professional” to address the complexity created by the Master Educator Premium and address the salary appropriation for our veteran teachers. In that bill, the Master Educator Premium was set to sunset on July 1, 2024, after two cohorts of teachers qualified. It has been noted that there was an inequity for veteran teachers, who had been patient with the original career ladder and ultimately qualified. Some teachers saw their education career grow over the past seven years and serve our Idaho students in their schools with a different role. Teachers have invested many hours and personal dollars to qualify to become a school administrator, like a principal or vice-principal. Unfortunately, legislative foresight did not provide for this contingency. Administrators are not covered by the Career Ladder and accordingly, teachers who had applied and been approved for the Master Educator Premium and were subsequently offered an administrator position, found themselves outside the career ladder, yet still serving Idaho Students. Thislegislationwouldauthorizeanestimated23schooladministratorstoreceivetheirfullthreeyearsofMaster Educator Premium as scheduled. They may have one, two or three premiums remain
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