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ID S1086

Bill

Status

Passed

3/26/2015

Primary Sponsor

Education Committee

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Section 33-2205, Idaho Code to clarify provisions relating to the Division of Professional-Technical Education and grant rulemaking authority to the State Board of Education.

  • Requires the administrator of professional-technical education to coordinate with the Idaho digital learning academy to provide approved online professional-technical education courses to Idaho school districts.

  • Authorizes the division of professional-technical education to provide incentives to Idaho public colleges and universities to align foundational courses in the same or substantially similar professional-technical programs to achieve uniformity and transferability of credits.

  • Ensures that postsecondary credits earned by students in professional-technical education programs will transfer at full credit value to any public Idaho college or university in a like program and will satisfy specific course requirements in the student's program of study.

  • Grants the State Board of Education authority to promulgate rules to implement provisions related to online course coordination and credit transferability between postsecondary institutions.

Legislative Description

Amends existing law to provide duties and powers of the Division of Professional-Technical Education.

PROFESSIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Last Action

Signed by Governor on 03/26/15 Session Law Chapter 150 Effective: 07/01/2015

3/26/2015

Committee Referrals

Education3/3/2015
Education2/16/2015
Judiciary and Rules2/13/2015

Full Bill Text

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