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S1349..........................................................by EDUCATION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION - SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION - Amends
and adds to existing law to provide that the State Board of Education is
the agency designated to negotiate, contract with and accept financial and
other assistance from the federal government for all such matters as
pertain to higher education; and to provide that the state Superintendent
of Public Instruction is the agent designated to negotiate, contract with,
and accept financial and other assistance from the federal government for
all such matters as pertain to early public education through grade twelve.
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]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1349
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUB-
3 LIC INSTRUCTION; AMENDING SECTION 33-110, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE
4 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS THE AGENCY DESIGNATED TO NEGOTIATE, CONTRACT
5 WITH, AND ACCEPT FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
6 MENT FOR ALL SUCH MATTERS AS PERTAIN TO HIGHER EDUCATION; AND AMENDING
7 CHAPTER 15, TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION
8 67-1505, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
9 INSTRUCTION IS THE AGENT DESIGNATED TO NEGOTIATE, CONTRACT WITH, AND
10 ACCEPT FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR ALL
11 SUCH MATTERS AS PERTAIN TO EARLY PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH GRADE TWELVE.
12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
13 SECTION 1. That Section 33-110, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
14 amended to read as follows:
15 33-110. AGENCY TO NEGOTIATE, AND ACCEPT, FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. The state
16 board is designated as the state educational agency which is authorized to
17 negotiate, and contract with, the federal government, and to accept financial
18 or other assistance from the federal government or any agency thereof, under
19 such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by congressional enactment
20 designed to further the cause of education for all such matters as pertain to
21 higher education.
22 SECTION 2. That Chapter 15, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
23 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
24 ignated as Section 67-1505, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
25 67-1505. SUPERINTENDENT DESIGNATED AS STATE AGENT. The state superintend-
26 ent of public instruction is designated as the state educational agent who is
27 authorized to negotiate, and contract with, the federal government, and to
28 accept financial or other assistance from the federal government or any agency
29 thereof, under such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by congressional
30 enactment designed to further the cause of education for all such matters as
31 pertain to early public education through grade twelve (12).
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 13883
This measure proposes to clarify and define the roles of the State Board
of Education and the State Department of Education, providing that the
Board of Education is the agency with authority over certain matters
pertaining to higher education and the Department of Education is the
agency with authority over certain matters pertaining to early public
education through grade twelve.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the state general fund.
Contact Name:
Senator Clint Stennett
Senator Mike Burkett
Senator Edgar Malepeai
Senator Bert Marley
Senator Elliot Werk
Senator Marti Calabretta
Senator Fred Kennedy
Phone: 332-1351
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1349