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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1358
BY
STATE
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
EDUCATION;
AMENDING
SECTION
33
-
1004B,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
REVISE
2
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
THE
CAREER
LADDER;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
3
PROVIDING
RETROACTIVE
APPLICATION.
4
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
5
SECTION
1.
That
Section
33
-
1004B,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
33
-
1004B.
CAREER
LADDER.
School
districts
shall
receive
an
allocation
8
for
instructional
staff
and
pupil
service
staff
based
on
their
staffs'
posi
-
9
tion
on
the
career
ladder
as
follows:
10
(1)
Instructional
staff
and
pupil
service
staff
who
are
in
their
first
1
1
year
of
holding
an
Idaho
certificate
shall
be
placed
in
the
first
cell
of
the
12
residency
compensation
rung
and
shall
move
one
(1)
cell
on
the
residency
com
-
13
pensation
rung
for
each
year
they
hold
an
Idaho
certificate
and
are
employed
14
in
an
Idaho
public
school
thereafter
for
up
to
three
(3)
years,
at
which
point
15
they
will
remain
in
the
third
cell
of
the
residency
rung
until
they
earn
a
16
professional
endorsement.
17
(2)
Instructional
staff
and
pupil
service
staff
in
their
first
year
of
18
holding
a
professional
endorsement
shall
be
placed
in
the
first
cell
of
the
19
professional
compensation
rung.
20
(3)
Instructional
staff
and
pupil
service
staff
on
the
professional
21
compensation
rung
with
four
(4)
years
of
experience
shall
move
one
(1)
cell
22
on
the
professional
compensation
rung
unless
they
have
failed
to
meet
the
23
professional
compensation
rung
performance
criteria
for
three
(3)
of
the
24
previous
four
(4)
years.
Instructional
staff
and
pupil
service
staff
on
the
25
professional
compensation
rung
who
meet
the
performance
criteria
for
three
26
(3)
of
the
previous
five
(5)
years,
one
(1)
of
which
must
be
during
the
fourth
27
or
fifth
year,
shall
move
one
(1)
cell.
Allocations
for
instructional
staff
28
and
pupil
service
staff
who
do
not
meet
the
professional
compensation
rung
29
performance
criteria
for
three
(3)
of
the
previous
five
(5)
years,
one
(1)
of
30
which
must
be
during
the
fourth
or
fifth
year,
shall
remain
at
the
previous
31
fiscal
year
allocation
level.
This
also
applies
to
the
educational
alloca
-
32
tion.
33
(4)
Instructional
staff
and
pupil
service
staff
in
their
first
year
of
34
holding
an
advanced
professional
endorsement
shall
be
placed
in
the
first
35
cell
of
the
advanced
professional
compensation
rung.
36
(5)
Instructional
staff
and
pupil
service
staff
on
the
advanced
profes
-
37
sional
compensation
rung
who
met
the
performance
criteria
for
the
advanced
38
professional
rung
in
the
previous
year
shall
move
one
(1)
cell
on
the
ad
-
39
vanced
professional
compensation
rung.
Allocations
for
instructional
staff
40
and
pupil
service
staff
who
do
not
meet
the
advanced
professional
compensa
-
41
2
tion
rung
performance
criteria
shall
remain
at
the
previous
fiscal
year
al
-
1
location
level.
This
also
applies
to
the
additional
education
allocation.
2
(6)
Career
technical
education
instructional
staff
holding
an
occupa
-
3
tional
specialist
certificate
shall
be
placed
on
the
career
ladder
as
fol
-
4
lows:
5
(a)
Instructional
staff
new
to
working
in
an
Idaho
public
school:
6
(i)
With
two
(2)
or
three
(3)
years
of
industry
experience
in
a
7
field
closely
related
to
the
subjects
they
seek
to
teach
shall
be
8
placed
in
an
equivalent
cell
to
instructional
staff
who
have
been
9
on
the
career
ladder
and
met
the
movement
requirements
for
one
(1)
10
year;
1
1
(ii)
With
four
(4)
or
five
(5)
years
of
industry
experience
in
a
12
field
closely
related
to
the
subjects
they
seek
to
teach
shall
be
13
placed
in
an
equivalent
cell
to
instructional
staff
who
have
been
14
on
the
career
ladder
and
met
the
movement
requirements
for
two
(2)
15
years;
16
(iii)
With
six
(6)
or
seven
(7)
years
of
industry
experience
in
a
17
field
closely
related
to
the
subjects
they
seek
to
teach
shall
be
18
placed
in
an
equivalent
cell
to
instructional
staff
who
have
been
19
on
the
career
ladder
and
met
the
movement
requirements
for
three
20
(3)
years;
and
21
(iv)
With
eight
(8)
or
more
years
of
industry
experience
in
a
22
field
closely
related
to
the
subjects
they
seek
to
teach
shall
be
23
placed
in
an
equivalent
cell
to
instructional
staff
who
have
been
24
on
the
career
ladder
and
met
the
movement
requirements
for
four
(4)
25
years;
and
26
(b)
Existing
career
technical
education
instructional
staff
on
the
27
residency
compensation
rung
shall
have
their
placement
updated
con
-
28
sistent
with
the
provisions
of
paragraph
(a)
of
this
subsection
if
the
29
update
would
result
in
a
rung
higher
than
their
current
placement.
30
(7)
Instructional
staff
or
pupil
service
staff
entering
their
first
31
year
on
the
career
ladder,
but
with
prior
certificated
instructional,
pupil
32
service,
administrative,
or
equivalent
elementary
or
secondary
school
ex
-
33
perience,
including
in
an
accredited
private
or
parochial
school,
shall
be
34
placed
on
the
career
ladder
as
follows:
35
(a)
Instructional
staff
and
pupil
service
staff
who
have
been
awarded
a
36
professional
endorsement
shall
be
placed
as
follows:
37
(i)
Those
with
four
(4)
years
of
certificated
experience
and
doc
-
38
umentation
from
the
hiring
school
district
or
charter
school
ad
-
39
ministrator,
attesting
the
individual
has
provided
evidence
that
40
the
individual
has
met
the
professional
compensation
rung
perfor
-
41
mance
criteria
in
two
(2)
of
the
previous
four
(4)
years,
shall
be
42
placed
in
an
equivalent
cell
on
the
career
ladder
to
instructional
43
staff
or
pupil
service
staff
who
have
met
the
movement
criteria
for
44
four
(4)
years;
or
45
(ii)
Those
with
five
(5)
or
more
years
of
certificated
experi
-
46
ence
and
documentation
from
the
hiring
school
district
or
charter
47
school
administrator,
attesting
the
individual
has
provided
ev
-
48
idence
that
the
individual
has
met
the
professional
compensation
49
rung
performance
criteria
in
three
(3)
of
the
previous
five
(5)
50
3
years,
with
one
(1)
year
being
the
fourth
or
fifth
year,
shall
be
1
placed
in
an
equivalent
cell
on
the
career
ladder
to
instructional
2
staff
or
pupil
service
staff
who
have
met
the
movement
criteria
for
3
the
equivalent
number
of
years
as
they
have
verified
experience.
4
(b)
Instructional
staff
and
pupil
service
staff
who
have
been
awarded
5
an
advanced
professional
endorsement
with
nine
(9)
or
more
years
of
cer
-
6
tificated
experience
and
documentation
from
the
hiring
school
district
7
or
charter
school
administrator,
attesting
the
individual
has
provided
8
evidence
that
the
individual
has
met
the
professional
compensation
rung
9
performance
criteria
in
three
(3)
of
the
previous
five
(5)
years,
with
10
one
(1)
year
being
the
fourth
or
fifth
year,
shall
be
placed
in
an
equiv
-
1
1
alent
cell
on
the
career
ladder
to
instructional
staff
or
pupil
service
12
staff
who
have
met
the
movement
criteria
for
the
equivalent
number
of
13
years
as
they
have
verified
experience.
14
(8)
In
addition
to
the
allocation
amount
specified
for
the
applicable
15
cell
on
the
career
ladder,
school
districts
shall
receive
an
additional
al
-
16
location
amount
for
career
technical
education
instructional
staff
holding
17
an
occupational
specialist
certificate
in
the
area
for
which
they
are
teach
-
18
ing
in
the
amount
of
three
thousand
dollars
($3,000),
which
shall
be
des
-
19
ignated
for
career
technical
education
staff
and
included
as
part
of
their
20
salary.
21
(9)
In
addition
to
the
allocation
amount
specified
for
the
applicable
22
cell
on
the
career
ladder,
school
districts
shall
receive
an
additional
23
allocation
amount
for
instructional
staff
and
pupil
service
staff
holding
24
a
professional
or
an
advanced
professional
endorsement
who
have
acquired
25
additional
education
and
meet
the
professional
or
advanced
professional
26
compensation
rung
performance
criteria.
In
determining
the
additional
ed
-
27
ucation
allocation
amount,
only
transcripted
credits
and
degrees
on
file
28
with
the
teacher
certification
office
of
the
state
department
of
education,
29
earned
at
an
institution
of
higher
education
accredited
by
a
body
recognized
30
by
the
state
board
of
education
or
credits
earned
through
an
internship
or
31
work
experience
approved
by
the
state
board
of
education,
shall
be
allowed.
32
All
credits
and
degrees
earned
must
be
in
a
relevant
pedagogy
or
content
area
33
as
determined
by
the
state
department
of
education.
Additional
education
34
allocation
amounts
are
not
cumulative.
Instructional
staff
whose
initial
35
certificate
is
an
occupational
specialist
certificate
shall
be
treated
as
BA
36
degree
-
prepared
instructional
staff.
Credits
earned
by
such
occupational
37
specialist
instructional
staff
after
initial
certification
shall
be
cred
-
38
ited
toward
the
education
allocation.
Additional
education
allocations
39
are:
40
(a)
For
instructional
staff
and
pupil
service
staff
holding
a
profes
-
41
sional
or
an
advanced
professional
endorsement,
a
baccalaureate
degree
42
and
twenty
-
four
(24)
or
more
credits,
two
thousand
dollars
($2,000)
per
43
fiscal
year.
44
(b)
For
instructional
staff
and
pupil
service
staff
holding
a
profes
-
45
sional
or
an
advanced
professional
endorsement
and
a
master's
degree,
46
three
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
($3,500)
per
fiscal
year.
47
(c)
Effective
July
1,
2021,
the
allocation
shall
be:
48
4
Base
1
Allocation
2
1
2
3
4
5
Residency
3
$40,369
$40,990
$41,611
Professional
4
$42,991
$44,836
$46,681
$48,526
$50,370
Advanced
5
Professional
6
$52,734
$53,207
(d)
Effective
July
1,
2022,
the
allocation
shall
be:
7
Base
8
Allocation
9
1
2
3
4
5
Residency
10
$40,742
$41,486
$42,231
Professional
1
1
$43,488
$45,302
$47,116
$48,930
$50,743
Advanced
12
Professional
13
$53,478
$54,442
$55,389
(e)
Effective
July
1,
2023,
the
allocation
shall
be:
14
Base
15
Allocation
16
1
2
3
4
5
Residency
17
$41,118
$41,988
$42,860
Professional
18
$43,990
$45,773
$47,555
$49,337
$51,119
Advanced
19
Professional
20
$54,233
$55,705
$57,165
$58,613
(f)
Effective
July
1,
2024,
the
allocation
shall
be:
21
Base
22
Allocation
23
1
2
3
4
5
Residency
24
$41,500
$42,500
$43,500
Professional
25
$44,500
$46,250
$48,000
$49,750
$51,500
Advanced
26
Professional
27
$55,000
$57,000
$59,000
$61,000
$63,000
(10)
Effective
July
1,
2025,
the
educator
salary
-
based
apportionment
28
program
compensation
rung
cell
amounts
shall
be
adjusted
by
an
amount
equiv
-
29
alent
to
the
salary
-
based
apportionment
adjustment
for
administrative
and
30
classified
staff
positions.
31
(11)
A
review
of
a
sample
of
evaluations
completed
by
administrators
32
shall
be
conducted
annually
to
verify
such
evaluations
are
being
conducted
33
with
fidelity
to
the
state
framework
for
teaching
evaluation,
including
34
each
domain
and
identification
of
which
domain
or
domains
the
administrator
35
is
focusing
on
for
the
instructional
staff
or
pupil
service
staff
member
36
being
evaluated,
as
outlined
in
administrative
rule.
The
review
shall
be
37
completed
prior
to
November
1
of
each
year.
The
state
board
of
education
38
shall
randomly
select
a
sample
of
administrators
throughout
the
state.
A
39
5
portion
of
such
administrators'
instructional
staff
and
pupil
service
staff
1
employee
evaluations
shall
be
independently
reviewed.
The
ratio
of
in
-
2
structional
staff
evaluations
to
pupil
service
staff
evaluations
shall
be
3
equal
to
the
ratio
of
the
statewide
instructional
staff
salary
allowance
to
4
pupil
service
staff
salary
allowance.
The
state
board
of
education,
with
5
input
from
the
Idaho
-
approved
teacher
preparation
programs
and
the
state
6
department
of
education,
shall
identify
individuals
and
a
process
to
conduct
7
the
reviews.
Administrator
certificate
holders
shall
be
required
to
par
-
8
ticipate
in
ongoing
evaluation
training
pursuant
to
section
33
-
1204,
Idaho
9
Code.
The
state
board
of
education
shall
report
annually
the
findings
of
10
such
reviews
to
the
senate
education
committee,
the
house
of
representatives
1
1
education
committee,
the
state
board
of
education
and
the
deans
of
Idaho's
12
approved
teacher
preparation
programs.
The
state
board
of
education
shall
13
promulgate
rules
implementing
the
provisions
of
this
subsection.
14
(12)
School
districts
shall
submit
annually
to
the
state
the
data
nec
-
15
essary
to
determine
if
an
instructional
staff
or
pupil
service
staff
member
16
has
met
the
performance
criteria
for
movement
on
the
applicable
compensation
17
rung.
Such
data
shall
include
the
individuals'
performance
on
each
of
the
18
performance
criteria
as
defined
in
section
33
-
1001,
Idaho
Code,
including
19
the
percentage
of
students
meeting
their
measurable
student
achievement
and
20
student
success
indicator
targets.
The
department
of
education
shall
calcu
-
21
late
whether
or
not
instructional
staff
and
pupil
service
staff
have
met
the
22
compensation
rung
performance
criteria
based
on
the
data
submitted
during
23
the
previous
five
(5)
years.
Individually
identifiable
performance
evalu
-
24
ation
ratings
submitted
to
the
state
remain
part
of
the
employee's
person
-
25
nel
record
and
are
exempt
from
public
disclosure
pursuant
to
section
74
-
106,
26
Idaho
Code.
27
(13)
Superintendents
and
building
-
level
administrators
entering
their
28
first
year
on
the
career
ladder,
but
who
have
prior
certificated
instruc
-
29
tional,
pupil
service,
administrative,
superintendent,
or
equivalent
ele
-
30
mentary
or
secondary
school
experience,
including
experience
in
an
accred
-
31
ited
private
or
parochial
school,
and
whose
hiring
school
district
or
pub
-
32
lic
charter
school
administrator
attests
that
the
individual
has
provided
33
evidence
of
meeting
the
performance
metrics
of
cumulatively
proficient
or
34
higher
in
their
administrative
or
superintendent
evaluation
for
three
(3)
of
35
the
previous
five
(5)
years,
one
(1)
of
which
shall
be
during
the
fourth
or
36
fifth
year,
shall
be
placed
in
an
equivalent
cell
to
instructional
staff
or
37
pupil
service
staff
on
the
career
ladder.
38
(14)
Superintendents
and
building
-
level
administrators
with
prior
39
placement
on
the
career
ladder
as
instructional
staff
or
pupil
service
40
staff
shall
return
to
an
instructional
staff
or
pupil
service
staff
place
-
41
ment
while
counting
years
of
experience
in
a
superintendent
or
building
42
administrator
role
toward
advancement
on
the
career
ladder,
provided
that
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the
individual
has
provided
evidence
of
meeting
the
performance
metrics
of
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cumulatively
proficient
or
higher
in
the
individual's
administrative
or
45
superintendent
evaluation.
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SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
47
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
its
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passage
and
approval,
and
retroactively
to
July
1,
2021.
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