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H 236 Idaho House · 68th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding denial of school attendance and denial of transfer enrollment applications.

This bill revises Idaho's school attendance and transfer enrollment rules. It requires parents to disclose certain criminal convictions (like firearm offenses) when enrolling a student, and mandates a minimum one-year expulsion for students possessing firearms on school property. School districts must now establish non-discriminatory transfer policies, prohibit bias based on factors like disability or race, and post these policies online. These changes apply directly to Idaho school districts, students, and parents, taking effect July 1, 2025.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 14, 2025 Signed Apr 1, 2025
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Bill Text → Engrossment 1 · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill amends Idaho's school attendance and discipline laws to add protections for students with disabilities and clarify firearm possession penalties. The changes ensure that disciplinary actions for students with disabilities comply with federal law and add specific expulsion requirements for firearm incidents.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of disciplinary protections to explicitly include students with disabilities and clarifies enforcement procedures for firearm-related offenses.
REQUIREMENT

Added new subsection requiring that discipline for students with disabilities must comply with federal law (IDEA Part B and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act).

Reorganized and renumbered subsections to insert the disability protections clause between existing provisions about expulsion and suspension procedures.

Adjusted numbering of subsequent subsections to accommodate the new disability protection requirement.

Added language clarifying that expulsion requirements for firearm possession can be modified on a case-by-case basis when reasonable conditions apply and the student's presence is not detrimental to other students.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 20, 2025 · House Feb 24, 2025

How they voted

35–0
Passed
Total votes 35
Mar 20, 2025
D Democratic5
5 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican30
30 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Amendments
3
Apr 1, 2025
Signed into law
Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2025 Session Law Chapter 220 Effective: 07/01/2025
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President; returned to House
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
lower
Mar 21, 2025
Committee
Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
lower
Mar 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Concurred in Senate Amendments
lower
Mar 21, 2025
Introduced
Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (35-0)
senate
Mar 18, 2025
Introduced
Amendments reported printed
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Introduced
Amendments ordered printed
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Placed in the Committee of the Whole
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 61-0-9AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Church, Crane(12), Dygert, Egbert, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Sauter, Scott,
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Committee
Reported Printed and Referred to Education
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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