H0905 • 2026

APPROPRIATIONS – OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION – Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2027.

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Sponsor: APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-26
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-07-01

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APPROPRIATIONS – OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION – Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2027.

What This Bill Does

APPROPRIATIONS – OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION – Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2027.

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Bill History

2026-03-26 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2026 Session Law Chapter 142 Effective: 07/01/2026
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Delivered to Governor at 12:10 p.m. on March 25, 2026
2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by President; returned to House
2026-03-23 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 23-11-1 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lakey, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward NAYS – Blaylock, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Shippy, Toews, Zito, Zuiderveld Absent and excused – Bjerke(Bjerke) Floor Sponsor - Galloway Title apvd - to House
2026-03-23 Idaho State Legislature
Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
2026-03-20 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Rules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – PASSED - 42-24-4 AYES – Bingham, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(13), Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Shirts, Tanner(14), Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. Speaker NAYS – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Crane(12), Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mendive, Price, Rasor, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug(Chadwick), Tanner(13), Thompson, Vander Woude, Wisniewski Absent – Berch, Dygert, Manwaring, Sauter Floor Sponsor - Petzke Title apvd - to Senate
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
2026-03-16 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

APPROPRIATIONS – OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION – Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2027.

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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.
905
BY
APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
THE
APPROPRIATION
TO
THE
OFFICE
OF
THE
STATE
BOARD
OF
EDUCATION;
2
APPROPRIATING
ADDITIONAL
MONEYS
TO
THE
OFFICE
OF
THE
STATE
BOARD
OF
ED
-
3
UCATION
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
2027;
REDUCING
THE
APPROPRIATION
TO
THE
OFFICE
4
OF
THE
STATE
BOARD
OF
EDUCATION
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
2027;
REDUCING
FULL
-
TIME
5
EQUIVALENT
POSITIONS;
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.
In
addition
to
any
other
appropriation
provided
by
law,
9
there
is
hereby
appropriated
to
the
Office
of
the
State
Board
of
Education
10
the
following
amounts
for
the
OSBE
Administration
Program
to
be
expended
1
1
according
to
the
designated
expense
classes
from
the
listed
funds
for
the
12
period
July
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
2027:
13
FOR
14
FOR
15
TRUSTEE
AND
OPERATING
16
BENEFIT
EXPENDITURES
17
PAYMENTS
TOTAL
FROM:
18
General
19
Fund
20
$998,400
$998,400
Federal
Grant
21
Fund
22
1,090,400
$2,909,600
4,000,000
TOTAL
23
$2,088,800
$2,909,600
$4,998,400
SECTION
2.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
24
the
appropriation
to
the
Office
of
the
State
Board
of
Education
for
the
OSBE
25
Administration
Program
from
the
General
Fund
is
hereby
reduced
by
the
fol
-
26
lowing
amounts
according
to
the
designated
expense
classes
for
the
period
27
July
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
2027:
28
FOR:
29
Personnel
Costs
30
$492,300
Operating
Expenditures
31
18,200
TOTAL
32
$510,500
SECTION
3.
FTP
AUTHORIZATION.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
33
law
to
the
contrary,
the
full
-
time
equivalent
position
authorization
pro
-
34
vided
to
the
Office
of
the
State
Board
of
Education
is
hereby
reduced
by
four
35
(4.00)
for
the
period
July
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
2027.
36

2
SECTION
4.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
1
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
2
July
1,
2026.
3