House Bill 458 Summary

• Appropriates $1,061,492,200 to the State Board of Education and Board of Regents of the University of Idaho for fiscal year 2025 (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025) across multiple programs including colleges, universities, community colleges, career technical education, and vocational rehabilitation.

• Authorizes specific full-time equivalent positions for various programs with limits ranging from 1.35 to 146.00 positions, with higher education and career technical education positions exempted from limits.

• Exempts college/university appropriations and community college appropriations from expense class and program transfer limitations, allowing unlimited transfers between expense categories while prohibiting transfers between funds without legislative approval.

• Grants continuous appropriation authority to Idaho Public Television for Miscellaneous Revenue Fund from private donations and reappropriates unexpended balances from fiscal year 2024 health education programs for fiscal year 2025 nonrecurring expenditures.

• Requires the State Department of Education to report to the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee by December 1, 2024, on all contracts exceeding $25,000 and whether they were awarded through competitive or noncompetitive procurement processes.