S 1408

                    LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
 Sixty-eighth Legislature  Second Regular Session - 2026
                                 IN THE SENATE
                             SENATE BILL NO. 1408
                             BY FINANCE COMMITTEE
1AN ACT
2  RELATING TO THE APPROPRIATION TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
3      PROGRAM'S DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND;
4      APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL MONEYS TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL
5      SUPPORT PROGRAM'S DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE DEAF AND
6      THE BLIND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027; APPROPRIATING GENERAL FUND MONEYS FOR
7      TRANSFER TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL INCOME FUND; CLARIFYING THE ORIGINAL FUND
8      SOURCE FOR EXPENDITURES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PRO-
9      GRAM'S DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND FOR
10     FISCAL YEAR 2027 FROM THE GENERAL FUND; CLARIFYING THE ORIGINAL FUND
11     SOURCE FOR EXPENDITURES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PRO-
12     GRAM'S DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND FOR
13     FISCAL YEAR 2027 FROM THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND ENDOWMENT
14     FUND; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
16     SECTION 1. In addition to any other appropriation provided by law,
17 there is hereby appropriated to the Public Schools Educational Support
18 Program's Division of Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind the
19 following amounts to be expended from the listed funds for the period July 1,
20 2026, through June 30, 2027:
21 FROM:
22 Public School Income Fund  $335,900
23 School for the Deaf and the Blind Endowment Fund  20,400
24   TOTAL  $356,300
25     SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated and the Office of the State Con-
26 troller shall transfer $335,900 from the General Fund to the Public School
27 Income Fund on July 1, 2026, or as soon thereafter as practicable for the pe-
28 riod July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.
29      SECTION 3. Of the additional amounts appropriated in Section 1 of this
30 act for the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Educa-
31 tional Services for the Deaf and the Blind $335,900 shall be considered ex-
32 pended from the General Fund for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30,
33 2027.
34      SECTION 4. Of the additional amounts appropriated in Section 1 of this
35 act for the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Educa-
36 tional Services for the Deaf and the Blind $20,400 shall be considered ex-
37 pended from the School for the Deaf and the Blind Endowment Fund for the pe-
38 riod July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.
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1     SECTION 5. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
2 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after
3 July 1, 2026.