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Alex Williamson, budget and policy analyst, told members the correction adds routine language covering indirect support services and licensing and certification and that there is no substantive change from the originally intended bill. Representative Price requested unanimous consent to accept the language, and the committee approved the request with no objections.

The language will be forwarded with the department’s bill packet; the transcript records the insertion as a technical correction rather than a policy change.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Agricultural Affairs March 28, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Legislative Services added standard federal funding-restriction language to Department of Health and Welfare budget language; committee accepted the addition by unanimous consent with no change to substantive provisions.","taxTitle","2025 Legislative Sessions, Idaho","taxId",77671,"location","Idaho","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6100067,"Committee accepts language allowing military division pay adjustments to maintain federal parity",227,1576000,1803000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2814672-97488f967cfad63071fb3f93de84e0cf&start=1576&end=1803","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2814672-97488f967cfad63071fb3f93de84e0cf/thumbnail_1576000.jpg","/articles/6100067/Idaho/Committee-accepts-language-allowing-military-division-pay-adjustments-to-maintain-federal-parity","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6100067-5c1c60b7e5b7af77e665006e1b68c0a2/orig.mp4?Expires=1770549047&Signature=o31W0VlV4ZQbwfd~F7KnZqIfPN3-vdwhJZ7tl57NEOlomUyCcdH-~Ol4jr12JEoppvfHhLXf73A3vWSjDDi8ibX7AvLgbkIq1Zwhl19ejCYexIYDQWwU0IcKKsX9creiF74VhNJARfw5iYU7ClhmpbBDQJU~HLqMk0lQtpZuuDF-THC3VzlaaSZrVomfFtZA19R-3EJjd7HyD3ABS8XsY5aZuAVZkths3sxJgR4FWEPwJSeg9vwQHUi~WVjKO80bYfBEWlL-~-aDwTQ1nXNaWi~PKQ-oIRlsNDbqE110y8eZKc032AN1Qnn~qS81IZF8t1c1qgXKDJ7I2Th6ZaaEbA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The committee accepted language Wednesday to allow the military division to implement employee compensation changes necessary to maintain parity with federal pay schedules for National Guard personnel.

Frances Lippitt, budget and policy analyst with Legislative Services, told the committee the military division is statutorily required to maintain parity with the federal general schedule pay scale for National Guard administration compensation. She explained restrictions in current language could prevent implementing needed state pay changes. Lippitt said the requested language would provide an exemption so the division can align state compensation changes with federal adjustments.

Committee members discussed the analogy to other state salary adjustments and affirmed the need to maintain consistent pay grades for enlisted and officer ranks. A unanimous-consent request to accept the language was made and no members objected; the language was approved and will proceed with a due-pass recommendation.","JFAC accepted language to permit the military division to implement compensation changes that keep state National Guard pay aligned with federal pay scales; members approved the language by unanimous consent.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6100070,"Committee green-lights $600,000 pilot for student bus-routing software; districts to report savings",587,961000,1548000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2814672-97488f967cfad63071fb3f93de84e0cf&start=961&end=1548","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2814672-97488f967cfad63071fb3f93de84e0cf/thumbnail_961000.jpg","/articles/6100070/Idaho/Committee-green-lights-600000-pilot-for-student-bus-routing-software-districts-to-report-savings","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6100070-607ce353526bd9e00324d22a96de6aff/orig.mp4?Expires=1770549047&Signature=MnD2NSnav0HR7QlbiZUVZi23MAHnfs2h68I7dz2rCvRQbWGDlYR5aev99xXVhDCseP2C9A042vS7-04e3VnMUrlcZYworio66fGGL7efssYHdqXkKS05MOK5A5R-53NKoeHFuJBRJxGk9ZB9AfsL47YTWIdvdksnsakK0EMpgVWLTQ6gY1DDmvk-jEPZ6CAm3-IBbPCAd1GfrI4JIfJLo3u~Ct3Xi3mW96j~NHq4NawobUnBZJpnxh9b43QZn3QG-PlvbmT3Dx12ESdPA7~4vTgbZo9A0LOQw~LAxNfri8LtGiRmutinLhUbcGEfNYdvyQ3hxLhOcHaHfcZVPAo2AA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee recommended a due-pass motion Wednesday to fund a one-time $600,000 pilot for student transportation routing software.

Jared Tetro, budget analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told members the central services division request originally sought larger funding but that the current motion funds a pilot. Senator Woodward moved the FY2026 program-maintenance motion to add a one-time $600,000 from the general fund to support a student-transportation routing software pilot; Representative Petzke seconded the motion.

Committee witnesses said the Department of Education surveyed districts and charters and received responses from about 70 districts and charters; members later cited 43 districts that had expressed interest in participating. The office described the pilot funding at $1,500 per bus, which equates to support for about 400 buses under the $600,000 appropriation. Tetro said, if contracts are issued and implemented by July, participating districts could generate roughly four months of data in the first school year and approximately six to seven months by the start of the next legislative session.

Representative Petzke said the motion includes language requiring any district or charter that participates in the pilot to track necessary data to demonstrate effectiveness, including costs and savings, and to report results back to the legislature after one full year of data. The committee approved the motion and later accepted the related language; the transcript records the committee’s recommendation to advance the pilot with a due-pass vote and specifies that the department will report back to the committee following collection of one full year of data.

Committee roll-call totals recorded a split vote across chambers: the transcript shows the Senate voting 8 ayes and 2 nays and the House voting 7 ayes and 3 nays, producing a combined committee recommendation to move the pilot forward with a due-pass recommendation.","A JFAC motion approved $600,000 one-time to pilot student transportation routing software for roughly 400 buses; participating districts must report cost and savings to the legislature after a full year of data.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6100076,"Joint committee advances State Board of Education budget changes, including credit-mobility grant and removal of a $5 million item",869,60000,929000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2814672-97488f967cfad63071fb3f93de84e0cf&start=60&end=929","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2814672-97488f967cfad63071fb3f93de84e0cf/thumbnail_60000.jpg","/articles/6100076/Idaho/Joint-committee-advances-State-Board-of-Education-budget-changes-including-credit-mobility-grant-and-removal-of-a-5-million-item","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6100076-aeb06043e290826affe553731de5b84f/orig.mp4?Expires=1770549047&Signature=BceDuhe0w~Rt1DaZXWm1KqvXCuciU8VqaI9ep1n0cQmICu6Pk~uG0J3KM-nVvbgTLDUKgKmNBxbfnBmRDmFD5-uoIJzbmUAvp5u3CGZvhfDJGOKxgqzyNZeW8S0yUdOUnduVFN0hg093wXBpzmxmedELI3grqbNXTtZ8G6ClCWn~sNtBQN5CmSyoMueo7SHT5ULkEcbKP8dU8NHRXJGYrfRymHn~xILkKlrg7Kf1~AnEbWE1QG6w8lZbpylOmxwt~Fnt9ozOubAEF2E07ENwuJP-L3pmgp7WVWEKbBJ~9AAtl9IhFyrzt2Mer1uYhLbJDNN1GDfmawAUQt5nRI537g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee (JFAC) voted Wednesday to approve supplemental and FY2026 budget changes for the Office of the State Board of Education, including a credit-mobility grant and other program adjustments.

The committee accepted a supplemental for the FY2025 portion of a credit-mobility grant. Kevin Campbell, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the committee, “The credit mobility grant … is a $40,000 grant, which extends over from January 2025 to January 2026.” Senator Ward Engelking moved the FY2025 supplemental to add $20,000 from the miscellaneous revenue fund; the motion passed with unanimous recorded ayes in both chambers and carried a due-pass recommendation.

The committee next considered a larger FY2026 package for the Office of the State Board of Education that included one full-time position (1.0 FTP) and line items totaling $360,700 across the general and dedicated funds. Representative Petzke moved the FY2026 package, which adds 1 FTP and $229,200 from the general fund and $131,500 from dedicated funds. Committee debate focused on a separate $5,000,000 item that had previously been proposed for in-demand workforce grants. Representative Petzke said the FY2026 motion “removes entirely the $5,000,000 that was going towards, in-demand grama that were at wait list capacity.” Several members expressed disappointment at the removal, citing workforce and student impacts; others said the change was pragmatic to preserve other budget priorities. The motion passed on the committee floor with a recorded tally of 17 ayes and 3 nays and will proceed with a due-pass recommendation.

Committee members then approved language associated with the FY2026 motion in a separate roll-call vote. An analyst told members the only change from prior language was removal of language tied to the use of appropriated funds; otherwise the language matched the version the committee had previously approved on March 11. The committee approved that language, 18 ayes to 2 nays, and the motion and language will be forwarded with the committee’s recommendation.

The committee record shows the budget adjustments include the credit-mobility grant covering January 2025–January 2026 and the FY2026 additions described above; the transcript does not specify implementation details beyond the amounts and the requirement that the package go forward with a due-pass recommendation.

The committee adjourned the item after hearing from the Legislative Services analyst; the office’s adjustments will proceed to the next steps in the legislative process.","A joint finance committee approved supplemental and fiscal-year motions for the Office of the State Board of Education, including a credit-mobility grant supplement and a FY2026 package that removes a previously proposed $5 million in-demand grant. The committee approved related language by roll call.","actionData","errors"]

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