§ 33-2215 — ADDED COST FUNDING SUPPORT PROGRAM

(1) The state board of education, in its capacity as the state board for career technical education, shall administer an added cost funding support program for career technical education programs through the division of career technical education. For purposes of this section, "added cost funds" means funds distributed to local education agencies for operating and instructor expenses beyond those normally encountered for secondary-level career technical education programs.
(2) The funding for the added cost funding support program shall consist of moneys appropriated by the legislature to the division of career technical education in the secondary and general programs budget or an equivalent budget within the state department of education.
(3) Added cost funds shall be used only for expenses directly related to an approved career technical education program or a program that has received an Idaho career ready students program grant. The state board for career technical education shall develop the categories of eligibility for added cost funds.
(4) The superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the division of career technical education, shall develop an updated funding formula for added cost funding to account for programs receiving Idaho career ready students program grants and newly approved programs statewide. The updated formula must be approved by the state board for career technical education.
(5) The division of career technical education shall provide an annual report on added cost funding to the joint finance-appropriations committee and the senate and house of representatives education committees. Additionally, the division shall:
(a) Provide the state board for career technical education a review every three (3) years of programs receiving added cost funding;
(b) Determine the effectiveness of these programs; and
(c) Develop a prioritization of added cost funding.
(6) The state board for career technical education shall monitor the added cost funding support program and determine a method to measure the program’s effectiveness.

Legislative History

[33-2215, added 2023, ch. 231, sec. 2, p. 716.]