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H 416 Idaho House · 68th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to provide that funds appropriated to public schools shall be used for the purposes identified in statute or in an appropriation.

H 416 requires Idaho public schools and charter schools to use state education funds *only* for the specific purposes designated in law or budget appropriations. If funds are misused, schools must reimburse the state, and the state may deduct the amount from future payments. This directly affects school districts and charter schools receiving state education funding. The bill takes effect July 1, 2025, to ensure funds are spent as intended by lawmakers.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesMandates strict use of allocated education funds per statute, promoting fiscal accountability and preventing misallocation in state budget execution.95% confidence
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 19, 2025 Last action Mar 24, 2025
Floor votes · House Mar 21, 2025

How they voted

48–17
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 66
Mar 21, 2025
D Democratic9
8 Nay 1
88% Nay
R Republican57
48 Yea 9 Nay
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
0
Mar 24, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education
upper
Mar 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended: Ayes 64 Nays 5 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 52-17-1AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Furniss, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Hill), Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raymond, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, T
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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