House Bill 745 Summary

• Revises facilities fund distribution to public charter schools by changing eligibility from "enrolled students" to "attending students" in average daily attendance (ADA) at physical charter school facilities, effective state fiscal year 2025.

• Establishes $400 per attending student as the facilities funding calculation amount based on statewide average bond and plant facility funds levied by Idaho school districts pursuant to section 33-1003A.

• Allows charter schools to request exemptions from physical facility requirements upon formal state board of education approval if students would have attended a physical facility except for a stated emergency.

• Eliminates the provision for provisional charter renewal, removing language that automatically provisionally renewed charters when authorizers took no action on renewal applications.

• Declares an emergency clause, making the act effective immediately upon passage and approval.