TITLE 33

EDUCATION

CHAPTER 9

SCHOOL FUNDS

33-916.  ELIGIBILITY OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR SCHOOL MODERNIZATION FACILITIES FUND DISTRIBUTIONs. The state department of education shall not approve school district requests for annualized distributions or for distribution from the applicable bond proceeds until the following conditions are satisfied:

(1)  The school district has submitted a ten (10) year facilities plan in accordance with provisions of section 33-918, Idaho Code;

(2)  The school district attests that it meets the minimum student instructional day or hour requirements of the state board of education, which requirements shall be adopted no later than August 1, 2024, and implemented no sooner than July 1, 2025. The state board of education may phase in such requirements over a multi-year period; and

(3)  The school district attests compliance with the dignity and nondiscrimination in public education requirements specified in section 33-138, Idaho Code, and further attests that the school district does not require job applicants to sign written diversity statements.

History:

[33-916, added 2024, ch. 237, sec. 18, p. 832; am. 2024, ch. 302, sec. 3, p. 1013.]