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Idaho Digital Learning Academy made a separate division; enrollment growth raises funding and fee questions
Summary
Lawmakers heard that IDLA enrollment rose to roughly 52,000 and that its appropriation is now tied to per‑course enrollments. IDLA leaders proposed reducing the $75 course fee to $40 and noted growth in driver‑education and elementary literacy offerings.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on March 4 heard that the Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA) is now budgeted as its own division and that rising enrollments are changing how the program is funded.
Jared Tetrault, Legislative Services Office, summarized the change enacted by last session’s House Bill 452: IDLA funding is now directly tied to the number of eligible student enrollments rather than a share of the broader public schools appropriation. Under current statute that funding level is $430 per eligible enrollment; Tetrault told the committee that if a pending statutory change (language in HB 251) is enacted the committee will need to amend Idaho Code to increase the per‑enrollment rate to $445.
Budget figures and growth: IDLA estimated 49,680 enrollments when its…
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