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Senate rejects bill to create $3 million high-need student fund
Summary
The Idaho Senate voted 17-18 to defeat House Bill 2 91, a proposal to create a state reimbursement fund for school districts that face unusually high special-education costs.
The Idaho Senate voted 17 in favor and 18 against on March 25, 2025, defeating House Bill 2 91, which would have created a $3 million “high-need student fund” to reimburse school districts for unusually high special-education costs.
Supporters said the fund would reimburse districts only after they exhausted other funding sources. Senator Tara Blaylock, the bill’s sponsor, told senators the measure targets “students whose special education related costs exceed $15,000” and described real cases in her district in which districts absorbed costs for sign-language interpreters, behavioral interventionists, nursing…
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