Bill > H0762

This bill appropriates additional funds to the State Department of Education for fiscal years 2024 and 2025, totaling over $27.5 million, and authorizes additional full-time equivalent positions. * **Administration:** $1,017,800 is appropriated for administrative costs, funded by the General Fund, Indirect Cost Recovery Fund, and Public Instruction Fund. * **Student Services:** $26,542,900 is appropriated for student services, funded by various sources including the General Fund, Idaho Career Ready Students Program Fund, Driver's Training Fund, American Rescue Plan Fund, and Federal Grant Fund. * **Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Positions:** An increase of 2.50 FTE positions is authorized for the State Department of Education for fiscal year 2025. * **Suicide Prevention Report:** The Department of Education is required to submit a report on the utilization and implementation of funds for suicide prevention by December 1, 2024. * **Standards Review and Adoption Limitation:** No more than $150,000 from the Driver Training Fund can be used for standards review and adoption programs. * **Career Ready Students Program Reappropriation:** Unexpended balances from the Career Ready Students Fund for fiscal year 2024, up to $39,000,000, are reappropriated for nonrecurring expenditures related to the Career Ready Students Program for fiscal year 2025. * **Student Services Program (FY2024):** An additional $2,000,000 is appropriated from the Federal Grant Fund for the Student Services Program for fiscal year 2024.