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Idaho Freedom Foundation president Wayne Hoffman issued the following statement regarding Gov. Brad Little signing House Bill 71, the Vulnerable Child Protection Act: This is the culmination of a long fight to protect children from dangerous, barbaric, and in many cases irreversible drugs and surgeries that are promoted in the name of the transgender ideology. […]
The Idaho Spending Index serves to provide a fiscally conservative perspective on state budgeting while providing an unbiased measurement of how Idaho lawmakers apply these values to their voting behavior on appropriations bills. Each bill is analyzed within the context of the metrics below. They receive one (+1) point for each metric that is satisfied […]
Bill Description: House Bill 226 establishes that any member of a community college district may notify the State Board of Education, attorney general or prosecuting attorney that a member of the community college’s board of trustees does not reside in the district. The State Board of Education, attorney general or prosecuting attorney shall have the […]
Bill Description: House Bill 321 gives unelected bureaucrats in the State Board of Education emergency governing authority over a community college if the required accreditation organization, the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), issues a sanction of show cause concerning the college’s accreditation, or suspends or revokes its accreditation.The bill requires that before the […]
Bill Description: House Bill 315 would establish that if a community college loses accreditation or ceases to operate, control of its property and assets shall be assumed by the unelected officials in the State Board of Education, who would hold the assets in trust until the college resumes operation or it is replaced with a […]
Bill Description: House Bill 320 revokes a community college district’s property tax levy if the college loses accreditation and it is not restored within two years. Accreditation is the foremost barrier to entry in higher education. This bill would impose an unjust funding penalty on any community college that loses accreditation and therefore force colleges […]
Bill Description: House Bill 285 would require people who get paid for gathering signatures for an initiative or referendum to register with the Secretary of State. Rating: 0 Does it create, expand, or enlarge any agency, board, program, function, or activity of government? Conversely, does it eliminate or curtail the size or scope of government? […]
Bill Description: House Bill 246 would limit the kinds of properties that are exempt from taxation because they are owned by a nonprofit hospital. Rating: +1 NOTE: House Bill 246 is similar to House Bill 109, introduced earlier this session, but House Bill 246 would not be as beneficial to taxpayers as the original version. Does […]
Bill Description: Senate Bill 1042 would expand the cap on a program that enables charter schools to obtain lower interest rates on bonds for facility construction or improvements. It would also remove a provision that requires proof of above-average proficiency on the Idaho Standards Achievement Test (ISAT), which reportedly prevented some schools serving 100% at-risk […]
Bill Description: Senate Bill 1104 would require the governor to seek legislative approval to extend a declaration of a 30-day disaster emergency beyond the single 30-day extension permitted by law. Rating: +1 Does it violate the spirit or the letter of either the U.S. Constitution or the Idaho Constitution? Examples include restrictions on speech, public assembly, […]
Bill Description: House Bill 149 would permit certain criminal records to be sealed under specific circumstances. Rating: +1 NOTE: House Bill 149 is very similar to House Bill 104, introduced earlier this session. Compared to its predecessor, House Bill 149 adds five additional misdemeanors that could never be sealed. Does it directly or indirectly create or […]
Bill Description: Senate Bill 1043 would create a revolving loan fund to help new public charter schools obtain loans to construct buildings and make facility improvements at lower interest rates. Rating: +3 Does the bill expand the existing government monopoly on education and shrink family and student choice or agency? (-) Conversely, does the bill […]
