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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1339
BY
STATE
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
EDUCATION;
REPEALING
SECTION
33
-
320,
IDAHO
CODE,
RELATING
TO
2
CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT
PLANS
AND
TRAINING;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
3,
TITLE
3
33,
IDAHO
CODE,
BY
THE
ADDITION
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
33
-
320,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
4
PROVIDE
FOR
STRATEGIC
PERFORMANCE
PLANS
AND
TRAINING;
AND
DECLARING
AN
5
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
6
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
7
SECTION
1.
That
Section
33
-
320
,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
8
repealed.
9
SECTION
2.
That
Chapter
3,
Title
33,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
10
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
1
1
ignated
as
Section
33
-
320,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
12
33
-
320.
STRATEGIC
PERFORMANCE
PLANS
AND
TRAINING.
(1)
Each
school
13
district
and
public
charter
school
in
Idaho
shall
develop
and
submit
to
the
14
state
department
of
education
a
strategic
performance
plan
that
has
a
con
-
15
tinuous
focus
on
innovating
and
improving:
16
(a)
Student
academic
proficiency;
17
(b)
Student
academic
growth;
18
(c)
College
and
career
readiness
at
the
high
school
level;
19
(d)
Outcomes
of
at
-
risk
and
economically
disadvantaged
students
as
de
-
20
fined
in
section
33
-
1001,
Idaho
Code;
and
21
(e)
Local
school
board
performance
and
stewardship
of
monitoring
stu
-
22
dent
performance,
including
compliance
with
all
applicable
laws,
reg
-
23
ulations,
and
any
terms
of
a
public
charter
school's
performance
cer
-
24
tificate.
25
(2)
The
local
governing
board
and
the
school
district
superintendent
26
or
charter
administrator
shall
collaborate
to
develop
the
strategic
perfor
-
27
mance
plan
by
coordinating
outreach
to
students,
parents,
educators,
local
28
industry
partners,
and
the
business
community,
as
appropriate.
29
(3)
The
strategic
performance
plan
shall:
30
(a)
Set
clear
and
measurable
goals
for
student
outcomes
and
postsec
-
31
ondary
achievements,
including
key
indicators
for
monitoring
perfor
-
32
mance,
and
consider
student
growth
and
proficiency
goals
established
by
33
the
state
board
of
education;
34
(b)
Include
strategies
based
on
evidence
-
based
research
to
meet
each
35
goal;
36
(c)
Be
data
-
driven
and
include
student
outcomes
and
growth
data
in
lit
-
37
eracy,
math,
graduation
rates,
achievement
of
individual
postsecondary
38
goals,
and
any
other
metric
required
by
the
state
board
of
education;
39
(d)
Include
a
clearly
developed
and
articulated
vision
and
mission;
40
2
(e)
Outline
a
plan
for
the
local
governing
board's
continued
learning
1
regarding
school
board
and
leadership
development
in
monitoring
stu
-
2
dent
performance;
3
(f)
Utilize
a
template
developed
by
the
state
department
of
education
4
or
submit
required
data
points
in
a
manner
consistent
with
the
state
5
template;
and
6
(g)
At
the
local
governing
board's
direction,
include
other
areas
of
7
strategic
performance
that
may
be
necessary
to
achieve
other
goals
of
8
the
school
district
or
public
charter
school.
9
(4)
A
school
district
or
public
charter
school
may
apply
to
use
alterna
-
10
tive
student
success
measures
if
it
demonstrates
that
a
combined
twenty
-
five
1
1
percent
(25%)
or
greater
of
its
students
include
special
education
students,
12
homeless
students,
economically
disadvantaged
students,
students
enrolled
13
in
an
alternative
high
school,
or
English
language
learners.
14
(5)
Beginning
with
the
2027
-
2028
school
year,
the
local
governing
board
15
shall
adopt
and
submit
its
strategic
performance
plan
to
the
state
depart
-
16
ment
of
education
no
later
than
October
1
of
each
year.
In
each
subsequent
17
year,
the
strategic
plan
shall
include
an
annual
progress
report
on
all
18
established
goals.
The
plan
shall
cover
a
period
of
no
less
than
four
(4)
19
years,
including
the
fiscal
year
in
which
the
plan
is
submitted,
and
shall
be
20
updated
annually
each
summer.
21
(6)
The
state
board
of
education
shall
adopt
a
matrix
to
be
used
by
the
22
state
department
of
education
to
evaluate
a
school
district's
or
public
23
charter
school's
progress
toward
the
student
-
outcome
goals
in
its
strategic
24
performance
plan.
The
matrix
shall
give
determinative
weight
to
locally
ap
-
25
proved
goals
and
alternative
success
measures.
The
matrix
shall
be
adopted
26
no
later
than
September
1,
2026.
27
(7)
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
"progress"
means
measurable
im
-
28
provement
toward
goals
identified
in
a
school
district's
or
public
charter
29
school's
strategic
performance
plan.
Demonstration
of
progress
may
include
30
but
is
not
limited
to
student
success
measures,
baselines,
benchmarks,
and
31
implementation
evidence
selected
by
the
school
district
or
public
charter
32
school.
Evidence
of
progress
may
include
but
is
not
limited
to:
33
(a)
Year
-
over
-
year
improvement
in
student
academic
growth,
profi
-
34
ciency,
graduation
rates,
or
postsecondary
readiness,
as
applicable;
35
(b)
Measurable
improvement
among
identified
student
subgroups,
in
-
36
cluding
at
-
risk
students
and
economically
disadvantaged
students;
37
(c)
Implementation
of
evidence
-
based
strategies
identified
in
the
38
strategic
performance
plan,
including
documented
changes
to
curricu
-
39
lum,
instruction,
assessment,
professional
development,
or
resource
40
allocation;
and
41
(d)
Demonstrated
improvement
toward
interim
benchmarks
or
milestones
42
established
in
the
strategic
performance
plan,
provided
that
long
-
term
43
outcome
targets
may
not
have
been
fully
achieved
yet.
44
(8)(a)
The
local
governing
board
shall,
at
least
quarterly,
review,
45
discuss,
and
approve
progress
reports
on
two
(2)
or
more
key
areas
of
the
46
strategic
performance
plan
at
a
regular
or
special
board
meeting.
47
(b)
The
state
department
of
education
shall
evaluate
the
progress
re
-
48
ports
to:
49
3
(i)
Identify
high
-
performing
school
districts
and
public
char
-
1
ter
schools
and
determine
best
practices
to
incorporate
into
2
statewide
professional
development
training;
and
3
(ii)
Identify
school
districts
and
public
charter
schools
that
4
are
not
demonstrating
improved
student
performance.
5
(9)
During
an
annual
evaluation
of
progress
reports,
the
state
de
-
6
partment
of
education
shall
recognize
the
top
ten
percent
(10%)
of
school
7
districts
and
public
charter
schools
that
meet
or
exceed
the
goals
of
the
8
respective
strategic
performance
plans
as
"schools
or
districts
of
educa
-
9
tional
excellence."
10
(10)
Flexibility
may
be
granted
within
the
accountability
framework
for
1
1
school
districts
and
public
charter
schools
that
demonstrate
sustained
high
12
levels
of
academic
achievement.
For
such
districts
or
charters,
account
-
13
ability
determinations
may
include
but
are
not
limited
to
multi
-
year
perfor
-
14
mance
trends
and
overall
performance
relative
to
established
goals,
recog
-
15
nizing
that
annual
growth
may
not
be
statistically
significant
when
achieve
-
16
ment
levels
are
consistently
high.
17
(11)
If
during
its
annual
evaluation
of
progress
reports
the
state
18
department
of
education
finds
that
a
school
district
or
public
charter
19
school
has
not
demonstrated
progress
in
achieving
a
majority
of
the
goals
20
identified
in
its
strategic
performance
plan,
the
superintendent
of
public
21
instruction
shall:
22
(a)
Support
the
local
governing
board
and
school
district
superinten
-
23
dent
or
charter
administrator
in
reassessing
and
adjusting,
if
neces
-
24
sary,
the
plan's
strategies
while
focusing
on
improved
student
perfor
-
25
mance;
26
(b)
Support
the
local
governing
board
and
school
district
superinten
-
27
dent
or
charter
administrator
in
reviewing
school
district
or
public
28
charter
school
performance,
including
in
the
areas
of
local
budget,
29
curricula,
and
professional
development,
to
identify
areas
hindering
30
student
performance;
31
(c)
Offer
recommendations
to
the
local
governing
board
and
school
dis
-
32
trict
superintendent
or
charter
administrator
intended
to
improve
the
33
areas
hindering
student
performance;
and
34
(d)
Provide
a
list
of
high
-
performing
school
districts
and
public
char
-
35
ter
schools
of
similar
size
and
student
demographics
to
offer
opportu
-
36
nities
for
mentorship
in
areas
of
evidence
-
based
practices,
peer
sup
-
37
ports,
or
locally
implemented
strategies
from
high
-
performing
school
38
districts
or
public
charter
schools
that
may
assist
in
the
development
39
of
revised
goals
or
strategies
for
improvement.
40
(12)
If
the
state
department
of
education
finds
that
the
school
district
41
or
public
charter
school
has
not
demonstrated
progress
in
achieving
a
major
-
42
ity
of
the
goals
identified
in
its
strategic
performance
plan
after
two
(2)
43
consecutive
annual
evaluations
of
progress
reports,
the
superintendent
of
44
public
instruction
shall:
45
(a)
Support
the
local
governing
board
and
school
district
superinten
-
46
dent
or
charter
administrator
as
required
in
subsection
(11)(a)
of
this
47
section;
48
(b)
Direct
the
state
department
of
education
to
approve
ISAT
reme
-
49
diation
funds,
professional
development
and
literacy
budgets,
pro
-
50
4
fessional
development
plans,
and
curricular
materials
that
are
in
1
alignment
with
the
school
district's
or
public
charter
school's
student
2
performance
goals;
and
3
(c)
Assist
the
local
governing
board
and
school
district
superinten
-
4
dent
or
charter
administrator
with
formal
training
in
areas
directly
5
related
to
the
deficiencies
in
meeting
strategic
performance
plan
6
goals.
7
(13)
If
the
state
department
of
education
finds
that
a
school
district
8
or
public
charter
school
has
not
demonstrated
progress
in
achieving
a
major
-
9
ity
of
the
goals
identified
in
its
strategic
performance
plan
after
three
(3)
10
consecutive
annual
reviews
of
progress
reports,
the
superintendent
of
pub
-
1
1
lic
instruction
shall:
12
(a)
Support
the
local
governing
board
and
school
district
superinten
-
13
dent
or
charter
administrator
as
required
in
subsection
(11)(a)
and
(b)
14
of
this
section;
and
15
(b)
Direct
the
state
department
of
education
to
conduct
a
comprehensive
16
review
of
school
district
and
public
charter
school
operations,
includ
-
17
ing
a
review
of
instructional
calendars.
The
state
department
of
educa
-
18
tion
shall
have
final
approval
of
instructional
calendars
for
the
next
19
school
year.
20
(14)
Regarding
a
public
charter
school's
performance,
the
superinten
-
21
dent
of
public
instruction
shall
consult
with
the
charter
school's
autho
-
22
rizer
in
addition
to
the
local
governing
board.
23
(15)
Upon
request,
the
superintendent
of
public
instruction
shall
24
present
an
annual
report
to
the
house
of
representatives
and
senate
edu
-
25
cation
committees
regarding
school
districts
and
public
charter
schools
26
with
high
performance
based
on
the
respective
strategic
performance
plans
27
adopted
pursuant
to
this
section.
28
(16)
The
strategic
performance
plan
provided
for
in
this
section
shall
29
be
made
available
to
the
public
and
posted
on
the
school
district
or
public
30
charter
school
website.
31
(17)
Of
the
moneys
appropriated
in
the
public
school
educational
sup
-
32
port
program,
up
to
six
thousand
six
hundred
dollars
($6,600)
shall
be
dis
-
33
tributed
to
each
school
district
and
public
charter
school
to
be
expended
for
34
school
board
and
leadership
development
training.
Funds
utilized
for
ad
-
35
ministrator
mentorships
shall
be
capped
at
twenty
-
five
percent
(25%)
of
such
36
distribution.
Funds
shall
be
distributed
on
a
reimbursement
basis
based
on
a
37
process
prescribed
by
the
superintendent
of
public
instruction.
To
qualify
38
for
reimbursement,
training
shall
cover
strategic
performance
planning,
fi
-
39
nance,
ethics,
governance,
superintendent
evaluations,
and
public
charter
40
administrator
evaluations.
41
(18)
A
public
charter
school
may
use
its
performance
certificate
crite
-
42
ria
and
framework
toward
fulfilling
the
requirements
provided
in
subsection
43
(1)
of
this
section.
44
(19)
The
state
department
of
education
is
authorized
to
withhold
a
por
-
45
tion
of
funds
for
any
school
district
or
public
charter
school
that
does
not
46
submit
its
strategic
performance
plan
by
the
date
required
in
this
section.
47
The
amount
of
withheld
funds
shall
be
proportional
to
the
administrative
48
burden
and
state
resources
expended
due
to
the
noncompliance.
The
withheld
49
5
funds
shall
be
returned
to
the
school
district
or
public
charter
school
upon
1
the
submission
of
the
outstanding
strategic
performance
plan.
2
(20)
Any
reporting
requirements
for
school
districts
and
public
char
-
3
ter
schools
as
of
July
1,
2026,
that
are
not
federally
mandated,
necessary
4
for
public
school
finance
purposes,
or
related
to
the
professional
standards
5
commission
shall
be
eliminated.
6
SECTION
3.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
7
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
8
July
1,
2026.
9