House Bill 627 - Summary

• Replaces "average daily attendance" with "full-time equivalent enrollment" throughout Idaho Code Chapter 33 for calculating school funding, requiring students to be actively receiving instruction and participating in coursework with regular staff communication.

• Modifies educational support program funding formulas and support unit calculations for kindergarten, elementary, secondary, exceptional education, and alternative school programs based on enrollment rather than attendance metrics.

• Removes enrollment restrictions on certain students and establishes "local education agencies" as the operating entity (replacing "school districts" in some contexts) to include both traditional school districts and public charter schools.

• Updates provisions for technological instruction, blended learning, and distance education programs to reflect new enrollment-based funding while maintaining academic integrity standards.

• Declares an emergency effective date for immediate implementation of these education funding changes.