HOUSE BILL 422
Law
Public charter schools
CHARTER SCHOOLS – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish the Accelerating Public Charter Schools Act to provide for public charter schools that operate independently from traditional schools.
RS30982 / H0422
The Accelerating Public Charter Schools Act updates Idaho’s Charter School laws. In 1998, the Idaho Legislature passed the Idaho Charter School law to allow charter schools to operate in Idaho. Idaho now has 74 charter schools serving 10% or approximately 30,000 children. While there have been several amendments to the charter school laws over the years, nothing substantial has been introduced to incorporate the majority of what we have learned in the past 26 years. This legislation does that.
There is no negative fiscal impact as the legislation can be implemented with existing programs and current personnel.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 01/23 | Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing |
| 01/24 | Reported Printed and Referred to Education |
| 01/26 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading |
| 01/29 | Read second time; Filed for Third Reading |
| 01/30 | Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 66-3-1 AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Wilson), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, 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 – Berch, Nash(Coberly), Necochea Absent – Holtzclaw Floor Sponsor - Boyle Title apvd - to Senate |
| 01/31 | Received from the House passed; filed for first reading |
| 01/31 | Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education |
| 02/08 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading |
| 02/09 | Read second time; filed for Third Reading |
| 02/16 | Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-1-2 AYES – Adams, 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, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Zuiderveld NAYS – Wintrow Absent and excused – Anthon, Toews Floor Sponsor - Den Hartog Title apvd - to House |
| 02/19 | Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling |
| 02/20 | Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate |
| 02/21 | Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker |
| 02/21 | Signed by President; returned to House |
| 02/22 | Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor |
| 02/23 | Delivered to Governor at 11:50 a.m. on February 22, 2024 |
| 02/28 | Reported Signed by Governor on February 27, 2024 Session Law Chapter 9 Effective: 02/27/2024 |