EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding Idaho Digital Learning Academy funding.

LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
622
BY
EDUCATION
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
EDUCATION;
AMENDING
SECTION
33
-
1020,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
REVISE
PRO
-
2
VISIONS
REGARDING
IDAHO
DIGITAL
LEARNING
ACADEMY
FUNDING;
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
-
1020,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
33
-
1020.
IDAHO
DIGITAL
LEARNING
ACADEMY
FUNDING.
8
(1)
(a)
An
amount
of
four
hundred
forty
-
five
dollars
($445)
four
hundred
9
twenty
-
seven
dollars
($427)
per
enrollment
shall
be
distributed
to
sup
-
10
port
the
Idaho
digital
learning
academy,
created
pursuant
to
chapter
1
1
55,
title
33,
Idaho
Code.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
an
"enroll
-
12
ment"
shall
be
counted
each
time
an
Idaho
school
age
child
enrolls
in
13
an
Idaho
digital
learning
academy
class
and
continues
to
be
enrolled
in
14
such
class
past
the
deadline
to
withdraw,
where
such
withdrawal
would
15
not
result
in
the
class
appearing
on
such
child's
transcript
in
any
way.
16
A
single
child
enrolled
in
multiple
classes
shall
count
as
multiple
en
-
17
rollments
may
be
counted
for
only
up
to
three
(3)
enrollments
per
school
18
year,
not
including
summer
enrollments
.
Summer
enrollments
shall
be
19
included
in
the
fiscal
year
that
begins
that
summer.
An
enrollment
20
shall
be
eligible
for
state
funding
only
if:
21
(i)
The
student
is
enrolled
full
time
in
an
Idaho
school
district
22
or
public
charter
school
that
is
not
entirely
virtual;
23
(ii)
The
student
is
in
grades
6
through
12;
24
(iii)
The
class
is
not
a
driver's
education
class;
and
25
(iv)
The
student
is
not
enrolled
in
a
public
school
or
public
char
-
26
ter
school
that
is
located
in
a
city
with
a
population
of
more
than
27
fifty
thousand
(50,000)
and
is
not
enrolled
in
a
custom
section.
A
28
"custom
section"
means
an
Idaho
digital
learning
academy
class
in
29
which
all
enrollments
are
from
one
(1)
school
district.
30
(b)
If
a
student
wants
to
enroll
in
an
Idaho
digital
learning
academy
31
class
that
does
not
meet
the
criteria
for
state
funding
under
this
sec
-
32
tion,
such
student
may
enroll
in
such
class
if
the
school
district
or
33
public
charter
school
pays
the
fees
for
the
class
as
set
by
the
Idaho
34
digital
learning
academy.
35
(2)
The
state
department
of
education
shall
make
an
estimated
distri
-
36
bution
of
funds
to
the
Idaho
digital
learning
academy
by
no
later
than
July
37
31
of
each
fiscal
year,
consisting
of
eighty
percent
(80%)
of
the
estimated
38
funding
for
the
fiscal
year.
The
balance
of
all
remaining
funds
to
be
dis
-
39
tributed,
pursuant
to
the
calculations
in
this
section,
shall
be
distributed
40
by
no
later
than
May
15
of
the
same
fiscal
year.
The
state
department
of
41
education
shall
reconcile
the
enrollments
prior
to
the
May
15
payment
and
42

2
withhold
or
recover
any
costs
necessary
to
align
the
funding
with
verified
1
enrollments.
The
joint
finance
-
appropriations
committee
shall
consider
2
adjusting
the
per
enrollment
amount
each
legislative
session
by
a
percent
-
3
age
increase
equal
to
the
percentage
increase
approved
for
salary
increases
4
for
instructional
and
pupil
service
staff
pursuant
to
section
33
-
1004B,
5
Idaho
Code,
and
for
administrative
and
classified
staff
pursuant
to
section
6
33
-
1004E,
Idaho
Code.
7
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
8
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
9
July
1,
2026.
10