H0846 • 2026

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding student enrollment counts.

Education

Enacted

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Sponsor: EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-30
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-07-01

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EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding student enrollment counts.

What This Bill Does

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding student enrollment counts.

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Bill History

2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2026 Session Law Chapter 175 Effective: 07/01/2026
2026-03-26 Idaho State Legislature
Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
2026-03-26 Idaho State Legislature
Delivered to Governor at 12:58 p.m. on March 26, 2026
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by President; returned to House
2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – Bjerke(Bjerke) Floor Sponsor - Nichols Title apvd - to House
2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-03-11 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-03-11 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education
2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature
Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 70-0-0 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson(Larsen), Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, 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, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – None Floor Sponsor - Ehardt Title apvd - to Senate
2026-03-09 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
2026-03-06 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding student enrollment counts.

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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.
846
BY
EDUCATION
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
EDUCATION;
AMENDING
SECTION
33
-
1027,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
REVISE
PRO
-
2
VISIONS
REGARDING
STUDENT
ENROLLMENT
COUNTS
AND
TO
MAKE
A
TECHNICAL
3
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
hereby
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
33
-
1027.
STUDENT
ENROLLMENT
COUNTS
AND
RULEMAKING.
The
state
board
of
8
education
shall
promulgate
rules
that
set
forth
the
procedures
for
determin
-
9
ing
student
enrollment
counts
by
school,
school
district,
and
statewide,
and
10
the
process
for
reporting
such
counts.
Such
rules
shall
be
consistent
with
1
1
the
following:
12
(1)
Full
-
time
enrollment
(FTE)
shall
be
based
on
enrollment
in
any
13
school
district
or
public
charter
school;
14
(2)
A
student
shall
not
exceed
a
total
of
one
(1.0)
unweighted
FTE
in
a
15
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
shall
19
not
exceed
a
total
of
one
-
fourth
(0.25)
unweighted
enrollment.
Such
student
20
may
be
counted
pursuant
to
both
this
subsection
and
subsection
(2)
of
this
21
section;
22
(5)
A
fractional
enrollment
count
schedule
shall
be
specified
for
any
23
student
enrolled
less
than
one
(1.0)
FTE
in
a
given
school
district
or
public
24
charter
school;
25
(6)
FTE
is
based
on
the
courses
a
student
is
enrolled
in
at
the
time
of
26
the
official
count,
as
specified
in
board
rule,
except
that
a
student
may
be
27
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
day
31
of
October,
the
first
day
of
December,
the
first
day
of
February,
and
the
32
first
day
of
April,
or
the
previous
school
day
if
those
dates
do
not
fall
on
33
a
school
day;
and
34
(8)
A
school
district
or
public
charter
school
may
shall
not
count
as
35
enrolled
any
student
who
has
unexcused
absences
totaling
eleven
(11)
or
more
36
consecutive
school
days
immediately
prior
to
and
including
the
official
37
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
school
41

2
district
or
public
charter
school
may
count
the
student
as
enrolled
as
of
the
1
date
of
attendance.
2
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
3
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
4
July
1,
2026.
5