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Committee approves technical correction moving appropriation reference to State Board of Education (SB 1091)
Summary
The House Committee on Education approved Senate Bill 1091, a technical statutory correction that changes a reference from the Department of Education to the State Board of Education to reflect a prior net‑zero appropriation transfer handled by JFAC.
Senate Bill 1091, a technical correction aligning statute language with a prior budget transfer, was approved by the Idaho House Committee on Education and will go to the House floor with a due‑pass recommendation.
Matthew Reiber, representing the State Board of Education, described the bill as a one‑word technical correction to reflect that JFAC moved $5,330,000 from the State Department of Education to the State Board of Education last year and that the bill "just corrects the intent of where the money is actually coming from per how JFAC appropriated it." He told the committee the change is not a policy change but a drafting correction.
Representative Terrace moved that Senate Bill 1091 be sent to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation; the committee approved the motion by voice vote. Committee discussion noted the Board office expects to absorb the administrative responsibilities without adding staff, and Reiber (new to the office) said he would work on public responsiveness for rulemaking and related processes.
Because SB 1091 is a technical JFAC correction and not a policy shift, the committee recorded no extended debate or public testimony and advanced the bill to the floor.
