Office of Performance Evaluations

Idaho Home Learning Academy (IHLA) and other virtual schools operate in a policy gray area.

Governance and funding concerns threaten Idaho’s transition to NG911. The current system relies on outdated technology that is expensive and prone to failure. NG911 replaces outdated technology with a modern system.

The entities responsible for keeping children safe in residential care face coordination and process challenges that impede safety.

Idaho’s public school funding model does not provide significant adjustments to support districts with elevated student needs.

The Controller’s Office’s insufficient focus on end-user involvement made Luma less efficient, less functional, and more frustrating than expected. Centering the end-user is essential to the system’s success.

Idaho Code provides little direction for coroners on many of their duties, creating an inconsistent death investigation system across the state.

Idaho Medicaid paid for inpatient hospital services at a higher rate than comparison states, but not for all service types.

The state created the Idaho Health Data Exchange as a nonprofit corporation without enough transparency and formal oversight.

Limited capacity, unknown program effects, and insufficient metrics impede reentry success in Idaho.

Idaho has a shortage of direct care workers that is worse than the national average because pay is capped by Medicaid rates.

The state salary-based apportionment formula covers about 60 percent of wages for qualifying classified employees.

The state salary-based apportionment formula covers about 60 percent of wages for qualifying classified employees.

A statewide facility condition assessment of K-12 public school buildings is needed. The last assessment was done in 1993.

Idaho faces EMS funding and staffing challenges that could affect patient care, especially in rural communities.