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Idaho Digital Learning Academy becomes its own division as enrollments grow; governing board proposes $40 course fee
Summary
IDLA was established as a separate division and committee members were briefed on enrollment growth, per‑course funding tied to enrollments and a board proposal to cut the current $75 course fee to $40.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee heard March 4 that the Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA) will be budgeted as its own division for the first time and that recent enrollment growth is changing the academy’s state funding needs.
Jared Tetrault of the Legislative Services Office explained to the committee that House Bill 452 moved IDLA’s funding away from a fixed public‑school appropriation and instead ties its budget to the number of student enrollments in IDLA courses. “That is funded at $430 per eligible enrollment,” Tetrault said. The enrollment estimate used in the agency packet was 49,680; IDLA reported actual estimated enrollments closer to just over 52,000 during the hearing.
Why it matters: Because IDLA’s appropriation is now enrollment‑driven, higher enrollments trigger appropriation changes (withdrawals from the Public Education Stabilization Fund or supplemental appropriations as…
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