H0599 • 2026

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Public School Digital Content and Curriculum Fund.

Education

Enacted

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Sponsor: EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-20
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-07-01

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EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Public School Digital Content and Curriculum Fund.

What This Bill Does

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Public School Digital Content and Curriculum Fund.

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Bill History

2026-03-20 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2026 Session Law Chapter 60 Effective: 07/01/2026
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Delivered to Governor at 4:22 p.m. on March 18, 2026
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by President; returned to House
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
2026-03-16 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), Woodward, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – None Floor Sponsor - Woodward Title apvd - to House
2026-03-06 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-05 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-02-25 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-02-25 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education
2026-02-24 Idaho State Legislature
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Galaviz, Sauter Floor Sponsor - Raymond Title apvd - to Senate
2026-02-23 Idaho State Legislature
U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
2026-02-20 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-02-19 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2026-02-06 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed and Referred to Education
2026-02-05 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Public School Digital Content and Curriculum Fund.

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
599
BY
EDUCATION
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
EDUCATION;
AMENDING
SECTION
33
-
4804,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
REVISE
PRO
-
2
VISIONS
REGARDING
THE
PUBLIC
SCHOOL
DIGITAL
CONTENT
AND
CURRICULUM
FUND
3
AND
TO
MAKE
TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PRO
-
4
VIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
5
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
6
SECTION
1.
That
Section
33
-
4804,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
7
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
33
-
4804.
PUBLIC
SCHOOL
DIGITAL
CONTENT
AND
CURRICULUM
FUND.
(1)
There
9
is
hereby
established
in
the
state
treasury
the
public
school
digital
con
-
10
tent
and
curriculum
fund,
to
be
administered
by
the
state
department
of
edu
-
1
1
cation,
which
shall
make
available
moneys
in
the
fund,
subject
to
appropri
-
12
ation,
for
schools
to
provide
Idaho
classrooms,
including
classrooms
at
the
13
Idaho
bureau
of
educational
services
for
the
deaf
and
the
blind,
with
digi
-
14
tal
content
and
curriculum
that
directly
impact
student
achievement
and
im
-
15
prove
performance.
Curriculum
programs
shall
be
designed
to
enhance
out
-
16
comes
for
students
in
career
technical
education,
character
education,
en
-
17
richment
activities,
reading
and
mathematics,
and
activities
that
increase
18
grade
-
to
-
grade
promotion
and
enhance
career
and
college
readiness.
Moneys
19
from
the
fund
may
also
be
spent
on
academic
text
support
systems
that
in
-
20
clude
authentic
fiction
and
nonfiction
books,
provide
reader
supports,
pro
-
21
vide
teaching
tools,
and
promote
parent
engagement.
Moneys
in
the
fund
shall
22
consist
of
legislative
appropriations
and
are
continuously
appropriated
for
23
the
purposes
identified
in
this
section.
Any
interest
earned
on
idle
moneys
24
in
the
fund
shall
be
returned
to
the
fund.
25
(2)
Subject
to
availability,
moneys
in
the
fund
shall
be
distributed
26
at
the
request
of
a
local
education
agency
(LEA)
and
shall
be
based
on
the
27
amount
requested.
A
single
request
must
shall
not
exceed
fifty
thousand
dol
-
28
lars
($50,000).
Distributions
from
the
fund
shall
be
made
on
a
first
-
come,
29
first
-
served
basis
to
LEAS
that
meet
the
criteria
outlined
in
this
subsec
-
30
tion.
If
an
LEA
meets
such
criteria
but
a
distribution
cannot
be
made
due
31
to
lack
of
available
moneys,
such
LEA's
request
shall
be
prioritized,
in
the
32
order
received,
once
moneys
become
available
to
LEAs
that
meet
the
require
-
33
ments
as
outlined
in
this
subsection
based
on
competitive,
needs
-
based
cri
-
34
teria
established
by
the
state
department
of
education.
If
distributions
35
cannot
be
made
due
to
lack
of
available
moneys,
requests
by
eligible
LEAs
36
shall
be
prioritized
according
to
the
competitive,
needs
-
based
criteria
es
-
37
tablished
by
the
state
department
of
education
pursuant
to
this
subsection
38
once
moneys
become
available
.
Two
(2)
or
more
LEAs
may
jointly
request
a
dis
-
39
tribution.
To
qualify
for
funding,
an
LEA
must
shall
:
40
(a)
Have
technology
infrastructure
in
place
to
facilitate
usage
of
the
41
digital
content
and
curriculum;
and
42

2
(b)
Submit
an
explanation
for
how
the
distribution
will
be
used
to
1
improve
performance
and
enhance
student
achievement.
Explanations
2
should
include:
3
(i)
The
amount
of
moneys
requested;
4
(ii)
The
type
of
content
or
curriculum
to
be
purchased;
5
(iii)
How
the
purchase
will
assist
the
LEA
in
meeting
its
identi
-
6
fied
measurable
targets
from
its
continuous
improvement
plan
as
7
described
in
section
33
-
320,
Idaho
Code;
and
8
(iv)
How
progress
toward
those
targets
will
be
measured.
9
(3)
Additional
distributions
shall
be
granted
to
an
LEA
only
if,
after
10
the
initial
distribution,
the
LEA
has
met
or
is
making
demonstrable
progress
1
1
toward
its
measurable
targets.
12
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
13
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
14
July
1,
2026.
15