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Overview
Senate
Members
2022 Rating
Republican
28
30%
Democrat
7
14%
House
Members
2022 Rating
Republican
58
76%
Democrat
12
34%
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2022
2021
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2019
2018
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2015
Top Rated
Vito Barbieri (R)
ID002
22
votes in
2022
100%
2022
rating
Chad Christensen (R)
ID032
22
votes in
2022
100%
2022
rating
Gregory Ferch (R)
ID021
22
votes in
2022
100%
2022
rating
Lowest Rated
Mark Nye (D)
ID029
-13
votes in
2022
6%
2022
rating
Melissa Wintrow (D)
ID019
-13
votes in
2022
6%
2022
rating
Janie Ward-Engelking (D)
ID018
-12
votes in
2022
10%
2022
rating
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Bill Name
Bill Score
Last Action Date
Stage
Yea
/ Nay
H0723
Adds to existing law to provide that enrollment shall replace average daily attendance in funding formulas for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 and to provide for a study committee on the public school funding formula.
0
2022-03-31
Passed
Passed
H0790
Amends and adds to existing law to provide funding for literacy intervention, to provide for a ballot disclosure on the purposes of levy funds, and to provide that supplemental levy revenues may be used only for the purposes identified in the disclosure.
-3
2022-03-31
Signed/Enacted
Passed
H0650
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding curricular materials adoption committees.
1
2022-03-31
Signed/Enacted
Passed
S1290
Adds to existing law to establish the Rural and Underserved Educator Incentive Program.
-2
2022-03-25
Signed/Enacted
Passed
H0685
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the postsecondary credit scholarship.
0
2022-03-24
Signed/Enacted
Passed
H0716
Adds to existing law to provide for the adoption of initial certification and content standards prepared by 2020-2021 work groups.
0
2022-03-24
Signed/Enacted
Passed
S1291
Amends existing law to provide alternative methods of obtaining certain certifications.
1
2022-03-23
Signed/Enacted
Passed
S1373
Amends existing law to provide for certain state funding distributions.
-4
2022-03-22
Dead/Failed
Failed
H0656
Amends existing law to provide for placement on the career ladder of certain previously certified staff.
0
2022-03-22
Signed/Enacted
Passed
S1374
Adds to existing law to provide for career exploration courses.
-1
2022-03-21
Dead/Failed
Failed
H0671
Amends existing law to provide for the filling of certain school board trustee vacancies.
1
2022-03-21
Dead/Failed
Failed
H0533
Amends existing law to allow for certain employees to continue to receive master educator premiums.
-2
2022-03-21
Passed
Passed
S1319
Amends existing law to provide an exception for certain contracts.
-1
2022-03-21
Signed/Enacted
Passed
H0545
Repeals and adds to existing law to remove the public charter school debt reserve fund and to provide for a revolving loan fund.
3
2022-03-14
Dead/Failed
Failed
H0684
Adds to existing law to provide for the protection of free speech in higher education.
3
2022-03-10
Dead/Failed
Failed
H0734
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding school-required actions to prevent the spread of infectious disease.
2
2022-03-10
Dead/Failed
Failed
H0733
Adds to existing law to prohibit evaluations, questionnaires, surveys, and data collection on a student's behavioral well-being without the approval of the school board and a parent or guardian.
2
2022-03-08
Dead/Failed
Failed
H0627
Amends existing law to provide for enrollment-based funding and to allow for alternative education programs.
0
2022-03-02
Dead/Failed
Failed
H0691
Amends existing law to provide for enrollment-based funding and to allow for alternative education programs.
0
2022-03-01
Dead/Failed
Failed
S1255
Adds to existing law to establish the Empowering Parents Grant Program, which provides funds to eligible students for certain education expenses.
0
2022-03-01
Signed/Enacted
Passed
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Senate Bills
Senate Bill 1226 — Self-directed learners
Senate Bill 1238 — Ed, self-directed learners
Senate Bill 1255 — Empowering parents grant program
Senate Bill 1290 — Rural, underserved ed program
Senate Bill 1291 — Charter schools, certifications
Senate Bill 1315 — Full-day kindergarten
Senate Bill 1316 — Full-day kindergarten
Senate Bill 1319 — School bus, contracts, fed funding
Senate Bill 1373 — Full-day kindergarten, funding
Senate Bill 1374 — Career exploration courses
House Bills
House Bill 437 — Ed, content standards, adoption
House Bill 438 — School trustees, elections
House Bill 505 — Postsecondary credit scholarship
House Bill 533 — Master educator premiums
House Bill 545 — Charter school revolving loan fund
House Bill 627 — Ed, enrollment based, alternative
House Bill 649 — Supplemental curriculum, approval
House Bill 650 — Curricular materials adoption cmtes
House Bill 656 — Career ladder
House Bill 671 — School board trustee vacancies
House Bill 680 — School clubs, permission
House Bill 684 — Higher ed, free speech
House Bill 685 — Postsecondary credit scholarship
House Bill 691 — Education, enrollment-based funding
House Bill 716 — Education, content standards
House Bill 723 — Pub sch funding, enrollment, cmte
House Bill 733 — Schools, data collection
House Bill 734 — Schools, masks, exemption
House Bill 790 — Literacy, kindergarten, levies
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