HOUSE BILL 112
RS29946C1 / H0112
The purpose of the Education Opportunity Resource Act is to establish a resource for Idaho’s education and library system in providing broadband, wireless local area network (LAN) and related services to students and establishes a committee in the Department of Education to focus on the broadband, wireless LAN and related services needs of all E-rate eligible entities. This program was established in 2016 along with the Broadband Infrastructure Improvement Grant Program. At the time, the K-12 portion of the state longitudinal data system was housed in the Department of Education and the Chief Information Officer has served as the Committee Chair. With the move of the data system to the Office of the State Board of Education there has been some disconnect on which is responsible for staffing this committee. The proposed legislation would clarify and align responsibilities for staffing the committee while at the same time maintaining the distribution of any eligible grant funds or e-rate reimbursement through the current process with the Department of Education.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 02/09 | Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing |
| 02/10 | Reported Printed and Referred to Education |
| 02/24 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading |
| 02/27 | Read second time; Filed for Third Reading |
| 02/28 | Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 69-0-1 AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley(Crawford), Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Mathias Floor Sponsor - Sauter Title apvd - to Senate |
| 03/01 | Received from the House passed; filed for first reading |
| Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education | |
| 03/03 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading |
| 03/06 | Read second time; filed for Third Reading |
| 03/13 | Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1 AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – Adams Floor Sponsor - Den Hartog Title apvd - to House |
| Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling | |
| 03/14 | Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate |
| Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker | |
| Signed by President; returned to House | |
| 03/15 | Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor |
| 03/16 | Delivered to Governor at 12:25 p.m. on March 15, 2023 |
| 03/20 | Reported Signed by Governor on March 16, 2023 Session Law Chapter 36 Effective: 07/01/2023 |