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S1255......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS - Amends existing law to clarify the authority
of the State Board of Education to establish standards, procedures and
criteria governing certain postsecondary institutions.
03/04 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/05 Rpt prt - to Educ
03/10 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/11 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/12 3rd rdg - PASSED - 29-0-6
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Frasure, Geddes, Hawkins,
Ingram, Ipsen, King, Lee, Noh, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy,
Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Twiggs, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Branch, Dunklin, Keough, McLaughlin, Parry,
Wheeler
Floor Sponsor - Davis
Title apvd - to House
03/15 House intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/17 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/18 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/19 3rd rdg - PASSED - 61-0-9
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Bruneel, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney,
Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23),
Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton,
Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague,
Meyer(Duncan), Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle, Pischner, Pomeroy,
Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Smith,
Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tippets, Trail, Watson,
Wood
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Callister, Geddes, Gould, Limbaugh, Tilman,
Wheeler, Williams, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Boe
Title apvd - to Senate - to enrol
03/22 Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/23 To Governor
03/24 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 339
Effective: 07/01/99
S1255|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1255 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; REPEAL- 3 ING SECTIONS 2, 3 AND 5, CHAPTER 188, LAWS OF 1997; AND AMENDING SECTION 4 33-107, IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY POWERS OF THE BOARD REGARDING CERTAIN POST- 5 SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS. 6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 7 SECTION 1. That Sections 2, 3 and 5, Chapter 188, Laws of 1997, be, and 8 the same are hereby repealed. 9 SECTION 2. That Section 33-107, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 10 amended to read as follows: 11 33-107. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD. The state board 12 shall have power to: 13 (1) perform all duties prescribed for it by the school laws of the state; 14 (2) acquire, hold and dispose of title, rights and interests in real and 15 personal property; 16 (3) have general supervision, through its executive departments and offi- 17 ces, of all entities of public education supported in whole or in part by 18 state funds; 19 (4) delegate to its executive secretary, to its executive officer, or to 20 such other administrators as the board may appoint, such powers as said offi- 21 cers require to carry out the policies, orders and directives of the board; 22 (5) through its executive departments and offices; 23 (a) enforce the school laws of the state, 24 (b) study the educational conditions and needs of the state and recommend 25 to the legislature needed changes in existing laws or additional legisla- 26 tion; 27 (6) in addition to the powers conferred by chapter 24, title 33, Idaho 28 Code; 29 (a) maintain a register of courses and programs offered anywhere in the 30 state of Idaho by postsecondary institutions which are: (1) located out- 31 side the state of Idaho and are offering courses or programs for academic 32 credit or otherwise; or (2) located within the state of Idaho but not 33 accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the 34 board and are offering coursesor programsfor academic 35 credit. The acceptance of academic or nonacademic credit, at public post- 36 secondary institutions in Idaho, is the prerogative of the state board of 37 education; provided however, credit transferred into Idaho public post- 38 secondary institutions from nonaccredited postsecondary institutions can 39 be accepted only upon positive review and recommendation by 40 the individual postsecondary institutions and with the approval of the 41 state board of education. A nonaccredited postsecondary institution is one 42 which is not accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the 1 state board or the United States department of education, 2 (b) require compliance by institutions which desire to offer courses or 3 programs in Idaho with the standards and procedures established in chapter 4 24, title 33, Idaho Code, or those standards, procedures and crite- 5 ria set by the board, 6 (c) violation of the provisions of this act will be referred to the 7 attorney general for appropriate action, including, but not limited to, 8 injunctive relief. 9 (7) prescribe the courses and programs of study to be offered at the pub- 10 lic institutions of higher education, after consultation with the presidents 11 of the affected institutions; 12 (8) approve new courses and programs of study to be offered at community 13 colleges organized pursuant to chapter 21, title 33, Idaho Code, when the 14 courses or programs of study are academic in nature and the credits derived 15 therefrom are intended to be transferable to other state institutions of 16 higher education for credit toward a baccalaureate degree, and when the 17 courses or programs of study have been authorized by the board of trustees of 18 the community college.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 09136 C1
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the sunset provision on
the authority of the State Board of Education to accept credit
from non-accredited proprietary institutions. The State Board has
developed by rule a system of standards that a non-accredited
institution would have to comply with before credits will be
accepted. This bill will continue the Board's already existing
authority in that area and continue standards set by the Board.
FISCAL NOTE
None.
CONTACT: Dr. Robin Dodson, Chief Academic Officer
State Board of Education
334-2270
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE S1255