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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.
656
BY
EDUCATION
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
EDUCATION;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
1,
TITLE
33,
IDAHO
CODE,
BY
THE
AD
-
2
DITION
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
33
-
144,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
ESTABLISH
PROVISIONS
RE
-
3
GARDING
THE
COLLECTION
OF
AGGREGATED
STUDENT
DATA
REGARDING
IMMIGRA
-
4
TION
STATUS
AND
NATIONALITY
FOR
STUDENTS
ENROLLED
IN
IDAHO
PUBLIC
EDU
-
5
CATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EF
-
6
FECTIVE
DATE.
7
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
8
SECTION
1.
That
Chapter
1,
Title
33,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
9
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
10
ignated
as
Section
33
-
144,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
1
1
33
-
144.
STUDENT
IMMIGRATION
STATUS
AND
NATIONALITY
IN
IDAHO
PUBLIC
12
EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS
-
-
DATA
COLLECTION.
(1)
It
is
the
intent
of
the
leg
-
13
islature
to
collect
aggregated
immigration
data
for
Idaho
students
to
enable
14
the
legislature
to
estimate
more
accurately
the
cost
of
educating
Idaho
stu
-
15
dents
and
to
illustrate
the
financial
impact
that
federal
immigration
policy
16
has
on
the
state
of
Idaho.
17
(2)
As
used
in
this
section:
18
(a)
"Aggregated
data"
has
the
same
meaning
as
that
term
is
defined
in
19
section
33
-
133,
Idaho
Code.
20
(b)
"Immigration
status"
means
an
individual's
legal
status
in
the
21
United
States
as
governed
by
the
United
States
immigration
and
nation
-
22
ality
act,
including:
23
(i)
An
individual
who
is
a
lawful
permanent
resident
who
is
"law
-
24
fully
admitted
for
permanent
residence"
as
that
term
is
defined
in
25
8
U.S.C.
1101(20);
26
(ii)
An
individual
who
is
a
"national
of
the
United
States"
as
that
27
term
is
defined
in
8
U.S.C.
1101(22);
28
(iii)
An
individual
who
is
a
"qualified
alien"
as
that
term
is
de
-
29
fined
in
8
U.S.C.
1641;
and
30
(iv)
An
individual
who
is
a
non
-
qualified
alien.
For
purposes
31
of
this
section,
"non
-
qualified
alien"
means
an
individual
who
is
32
unauthorized
and
not
lawfully
admitted
into
the
United
States.
33
(c)
"Public
institution
of
higher
education"
means
any
state
univer
-
34
sity,
college,
or
community
college
in
the
state
of
Idaho.
35
(d)
"School
district"
has
the
same
meaning
as
that
term
is
defined
in
36
section
33
-
133,
Idaho
Code.
37
(3)
The
Idaho
state
board
of
education
shall
collect
from
all
public
38
institutions
of
higher
education,
charter
schools,
and
school
districts
39
aggregated
data
regarding
the
immigration
status,
nationality,
and
primary
40
language
of
all
enrolled
students.
Such
data
shall
be
subject
to
the
data
41
2
protection
and
privacy
requirements
provided
for
in
section
33
-
133,
Idaho
1
Code.
2
(4)
The
collection
of
aggregated
student
data
regarding
immigration
3
status,
nationality,
and
primary
language
provided
for
under
the
provisions
4
of
this
section
shall
be
for
the
purpose
of
analyzing
data
only.
Such
student
5
data
shall
not
be
used
to
discriminate
against
any
student
in
any
manner.
6
All
student
data
collected
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
this
section
and
7
reported
to
the
state
board
of
education
shall
be
aggregated
data.
8
(5)
The
state
board
of
education
shall
submit
an
annual
report
to
the
9
legislature
including
the
aggregated
data
collected
pursuant
to
the
provi
-
10
sions
of
this
section.
1
1
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
12
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
13
July
1,
2026.
14