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Idaho Digital Learning Academy reports enrollment growth; board to consider lowering per-course fee
Summary
IDLA told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee it is seeing enrollment growth (about 9% year-to-date), that its funding was moved to an enrollment-based formula, and that the board is considering reducing the statutory $75 course fee to $40
Jared Tetrault told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on March 4 that the Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA) is now appropriated on a per-enrollment basis after 2024 changes to statute and is experiencing enrollment growth that will affect its appropriation.
"They are now tied to the number of students that enroll in their courses," Tetrault said, explaining the 2024 change (House Bill 452) that set IDLA funding at $430 per eligible enrollment. He said estimated enrollments for the current year had been budgeted at 49,680, with updated counts closer to 52,000 and a statutory mechanism that could increase the rate to $445 per enrollment if the committee adopts the maintenance estimate in a pending bill.
Jeff Simmons, superintendent for IDLA, appeared before the committee and described program growth and…
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