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Jimmy McAndrew, a Coeur d'Alene School District trustee, testified remotely in support and said the current two-year cycle consumes administration and board time and makes district budgeting and teacher recruiting more difficult. \"We're having our administration every couple of years spend a ridiculous amount of time on what if budgets and essentially campaigning where their time and resources could be better well spent,\" McAndrew said. He argued longer levies would provide staffing stability and reduce repeated voter outreach costs.

Quinn Perry, deputy director of the Idaho School Boards Association, said more than 80% of Idaho districts rely on supplemental levies for day-to-day operations and called the bill a compromise that preserves voter choice while providing more budget stability. Perry said six districts hold grandfathered perpetual levies and that the bill would bar future perpetual levies while allowing districts to choose the length and timing of levies. The committee voted to send SB 1094 to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Education Meeting February 20, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Senate Bill 1094 would allow school districts to run supplemental levies for up to six years (instead of two), permit boards to reduce levy amounts during the authorized period, and prevent new perpetual levies while grandfathering six existing perpetual levies; committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a due pass recommendation.","taxTitle","Education, SENATE, Committees, Legislative, Idaho","taxId",28585,"location","Idaho","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6303234,"Board of Education seeks technical correction to broadband appropriation language",179,2055280,2234460,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2473954-9d718ab856d1c2e2e8a3ecd3aabd1b38&start=2055&end=2234","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2473954-9d718ab856d1c2e2e8a3ecd3aabd1b38/thumbnail_2055280.jpg","/articles/6303234/Idaho/Board-of-Education-seeks-technical-correction-to-broadband-appropriation-language","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6303234-d44bc78ee36a9a5f971689cf0f786ec2/orig.mp4?Expires=1771045102&Signature=WV7niAi1bsU-djpwkcZG73pr~onqLOE3DTMlX5GlIRDNgMeQ9Ci1YASYd3ExsNgeZ0BIvv91U9CfoOtJ1bKZlR3uPqeYwYOJVZTBc8bIC8EX-icOS8X5tK6XwfW1Dide0jp2f6NElJZ1ovltyQoMTYZnbzz4a82u8N-67eRpaXd7MC5YqIfJmartPxXkhJDho6oC7ShwVoBMWvvSJC1s-Rl7G78SeiObAU8xOairzwb3cB0ciJLtt-~smXDAiTD7hd8ijBDO6nZ81mJzUtXC9Sav0sfSdUt1LCb-sd889AYBc5i1zP0HFWbKv~zb4XoFPWkubAj9jrMxjVwQK1HBDw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Matthew Ryber, appearing for the State Board of Education, described Senate Bill 1091 as a one-word technical correction to change \"department\" to \"board\" in statute, reflecting a prior budget transfer. Ryber said the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee last year moved about $5 million (a net-zero transfer) from the State Department of Education to the State Board of Education to fund broadband infrastructure at rural schools, and the bill corrects the statutory language to match that transfer. \"This is something we simply just forgot,\" Ryber said, calling it a routine, technical fix.

There was no public testimony recorded against the bill and no substantive policy debate; committee members moved the bill to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation by voice vote.","A brief technical bill from the State Board of Education would change a single word in statute to reflect a budget transfer last year that moved broadband funds to the State Board; the committee gave the bill a due-pass recommendation.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6303238,"Committee backs pilot to help adults earn accredited high-school diplomas; pilot seeks $1.5M",850,1146410,1996840,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2473954-9d718ab856d1c2e2e8a3ecd3aabd1b38&start=1146&end=1996","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2473954-9d718ab856d1c2e2e8a3ecd3aabd1b38/thumbnail_1146410.jpg","/articles/6303238/Idaho/Committee-backs-pilot-to-help-adults-earn-accredited-high-school-diplomas-pilot-seeks-15M","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6303238-83cb3bd39ac646dae419013ff5287998/orig.mp4?Expires=1771045102&Signature=WUUVoUWh5DJWMIfvV5vjs8NvorG75o7SMpldtCSXBdaPXjMNzBjBi0mFoaF6q9b9SIzAPtrcRjYDymGokJyeKwCl~tt~~2rFz4KLZnbweOA~MAyvsypUcGXM70wME8daAz7fL5UWfCwUPlxnOLrqBTr5pJLT6wWdDKnjtj9CGhBaLjGy0t-oHHrggRJFdoaFg0qi83BHvSeZLLJRAjUAnH5hAQydtNwOwXfL5xdrAlXj06FS92kizAgkdEhk39gGMUPLK1VZFMsScEKiW6we-NyBj3Ghn1ZgPphI0mvLkvxzX39r~JfHg6b6tbX-8Xu2ggQFBSYFq4MkoE103JUSWQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senator Lori Den Hartog said Senate Bill 1093 would create a pilot program to offer a regionally accredited high-school diploma and related workforce credentials to adults age 21 and older who lack a high-school credential. \"Right now in Idaho we have approximately 127,000 adults who do not have a high school credential,\" Den Hartog told the committee, and the pilot would fund outreach and credentialing through outcome-based, pay-for-performance contracts with private providers.

Sarah Betweiser, representing Graduation Alliance, said private providers can find and enroll adults who have left school and that the pilot focuses on combining an accredited diploma with career and technical skills. \"There are some barriers,\" Betweiser said, \"a GED or a high school equivalency certificate can be a barrier to promotion in an organization. With the military, we know through research while you can enter service with a GED those are considered tier 2.\" She cited outcome data from a similar program in Kansas showing hourly wages rising on average from $15.32 to $18.73 and reported a lifetime estimated return on investment of about $600,000 per graduate.

Den Hartog said the pilot is subject to a fiscal note requesting a $1.5 million appropriation to the State Board of Education to administer the program and reimburse providers when participants earn credentials. She added that marketing and lead-generation by private providers is separate from the appropriation; Graduation Alliance testified that it covers marketing for its enrollments.

Committee members asked whether existing GED and equivalency programs already meet the need; Betweiser replied that existing pathways serve many individuals but that some employers and branches of the military treat an accredited diploma differently than a GED. After discussion, the committee voted to send SB 1093 to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation.","Senate Bill 1093 would create a pilot for an accredited high-school diploma program for adults 21 and older, using pay-for-performance contracts between private providers and the State Board of Education; the committee recommended the bill be sent to the floor with a \"due pass\" recommendation.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6303243,"Senator introduces bill to grant lifetime teaching certificates after 25 years of service",1105,30470,1136240,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2473954-9d718ab856d1c2e2e8a3ecd3aabd1b38&start=30&end=1136","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2473954-9d718ab856d1c2e2e8a3ecd3aabd1b38/thumbnail_30470.jpg","/articles/6303243/Idaho/Senator-introduces-bill-to-grant-lifetime-teaching-certificates-after-25-years-of-service","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6303243-a2b7f6eefe383543d8e1b2623b7f491b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771045102&Signature=odiumpeSI5oTQPMuM1FFMZeA-X7ix7PlErn7SRKIYNLBIseXwGLcihntzLIjWO42AH3DSNS~5Q3zcButdLaQaHHrMg5ewf9hi1sBAZtDxkBrUdT5oMZpFnBmSavLGuE06nMgMjoJsKSsjomWxCqb2G4Sk8Urpfqy6lzg3lUDJ1laILTd9JtqcmAHSUUeNyNYBQ-~PWxfVbsNedZVlcaFIuF~rwzXM-qo74zp7Oep-~N7zIvdE51VIEWDBuIdOEOaONwNQBR~fVzWiS534Q-5Dmw5MapZEM6hAlZkQvwLSalb4O7zvgSVJymfXiXpz2aCpUuYEiETW69~QmqhY34ZZw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senator Lori Den Hartog, R–District 22, told the Senate Education Committee that Senate Bill 1092 would allow teachers and administrators who have accumulated at least 25 years of service to receive a lifetime certificate and be exempt from periodic continuing-education recertification tied to their certificate. \"The idea is to honor our teachers and administrators who have been in the profession,\" Den Hartog said. \"We put it at 25 years to honor them by saying you don't have to come back.\"

The bill directs the State Board of Education to establish rules that would define how combined years of teaching and administration count, how \"experience\" is defined, and whether certificated or credentialed terminology should be used. Den Hartog told the committee she and governor's staff worked through whether the proposal belonged in statute or rule and left technical definitions to the board. She emphasized the measure would not require local school boards or districts to hire someone who holds the lifetime certificate. \"This doesn't mean that any particular school or school board would have to hire a teacher or administrator that would receive a lifetime certificate,\" she said.

Testimony in support came from Andy Grover, executive director of the Idaho Association of School Administrators, who said members across regions strongly back the concept as a tool to retain experienced educators and called it \"a pretty simple way\" to reward long service. Grover said the measure \"costs us nothing\" in direct state expenditures and noted continuing local hiring authority: if a district requires professional development for employees under contract, that requirement would remain.

Committee members asked whether the State Board should define experience (classroom vs. other education roles) and whether administrative years could combine with teaching years toward the 25-year threshold. Den Hartog said the bill's rulemaking provision is intended to let the State Board set those specifics, including whether time spent in higher education, at the Department of Education, or in administrative positions would count. The bill also specifies that a lifetime certificate could be revoked for future professional misconduct.

After questions and public testimony, the committee voted to send Senate Bill 1092 to the fourteenth order for possible amendments.","Sen. Lori Den Hartog introduced Senate Bill 1092 to allow teachers and administrators with at least 25 combined years of experience to receive a lifetime certificate, with the State Board of Education to set implementing rules; committee advanced the bill to the fourteenth order for possible amendment.","actionData","errors"]

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