House Bill No. 459 - Summary

• Revises barber instructor qualifications to require a current barber or barber-stylist license, a minimum six-month instructor course, and one year of practical barbering experience within the last three years.

• Creates a new barber-stylist instructor license category requiring a current Idaho barber-stylist or registered cosmetologist license, six-month instructor course, and one year of experience as an apprentice or practitioner within the last three years.

• Changes the instructor-to-student ratio requirement from one instructor per fifteen students to one instructor per twenty students, with one full-time barber instructor required per school.

• Updates barber college course requirements to specify 1,800 hours for barber-stylist training and 900 hours for barber training, including detailed curriculum components.

• References section 59-509(hn) for board member and assistant compensation rates instead of specifying amounts in statute.