S 1447

                    LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
 Sixty-eighth Legislature  Second Regular Session - 2026
                                 IN THE SENATE
                             SENATE BILL NO. 1447
                             BY FINANCE COMMITTEE
1AN ACT
2  RELATING TO THE APPROPRIATION TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
3      PROGRAM'S DIVISION OF STUDENT SUPPORT; APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL MONEYS
4      TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM'S DIVISION OF STU-
5      DENT SUPPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027; CLARIFYING THE ORIGINAL FUND SOURCE
6      FOR EXPENDITURES FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM'S
7      DIVISION OF STUDENT SUPPORT; TRANSFERRING MONEYS FROM THE IDAHO CAREER
8      READY STUDENTS PROGRAM FUND TO THE IDAHO HIGH NEEDS STUDENT FUND; TRANS-
9      FERRING MONEYS FROM THE DRIVER TRAINING ACCOUNT TO THE IDAHO HIGH NEEDS
10     STUDENT FUND; PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS;
11     AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
13     SECTION 1. In addition to any other appropriation provided by law,
14 there is hereby appropriated to the Public Schools Educational Support
15 Program's Division of Student Support $5,000,000 from the Idaho High Needs
16 Student Fund for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.
17      SECTION 2. Of the additional amounts appropriated in Section 1 of this
18 act for the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Student
19 Support, $5,000,000 shall be considered expended from the Idaho High Needs
20 Student Fund for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.
21      SECTION 3. CASH TRANSFER FROM THE IDAHO CAREER READY STUDENTS PROGRAM
22 FUND TO THE IDAHO HIGH NEEDS STUDENT FUND. There is hereby appropriated and
23 the Office of the State Controller shall transfer $1,000,000 from the Idaho
24 Career Ready Students Program Fund to the Idaho High Needs Student Fund as
25 soon as practicable for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.
26     SECTION 4. CASH TRANSFER FROM THE DRIVER TRAINING ACCOUNT TO THE IDAHO
27 HIGH NEEDS STUDENT FUND. There is hereby appropriated and the Office of the
28 State Controller shall transfer $4,000,000 from the Driver Training Account
29 to the Idaho High Needs Student Fund as soon as practicable for the period
30 July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.
31     SECTION 5. CONDITIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS. Appropriations
32 made pursuant to this act are subject to the conditions, limitations, and re-
33 strictions specified in this act.
34     SECTION 6. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
35 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after
36 July 1, 2026.