Administrative Rules
The State Department of Education (SDE) encourages public involvement during the rulemaking process. Comments can be sent directly to SDE, or given orally or written at scheduled hearings. Upon approval by the State Board of Education, promulgated rules will be listed below.
The Idaho Administrative Procedures Act and Idaho Administrative Bulletins can be found on the Department of Administration website.
Promulgated Rules 2017-2018
PROPOSED RULES
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Title/Description Status Information Contact Alternate Assessment Achievement Standards
Docket No. 08-0203-1711In 2011, Idaho joined the National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) to implement a new alternate assessment for special education students. The alternate assessment was developed to ensure that all students with significant cognitive disabilities are able to participate in an assessment that is a measure of what they know and can do in relation to the grade-level Idaho Content Standards. This rule maintains alternate assessment achievement levels and corresponding performance level descriptors established by the NCSC. The NCSC achievement levels 1, 2, 3, and 4 are the same as the achievement levels on the Idaho Standards Achievement Test authored by Smarter Balanced. This rule is necessary to be in compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The Idaho State Board of Education approved this proposed rule on June 15, 2017.
Proposed Rule
Public Comment: Submit your public comment by August 23
Rulemaking Documents
Supporting Documents
Dr Charlie Silva
Director of Special Education
(208) 332-6806
csilva@sde.idaho.gov
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Title/Description Status Information Contact Revisions to Certification of Professional School Personnel
Docket No. 08-0202-1701The Professional Standards Commission (PSC) follows a strategic plan of annually reviewing twenty percent (20%) of the Idaho Standards for Initial Certification of Professional School Personnel, the incorporated by reference document, as well as the certification and endorsement language within IDAPA rule that corresponds to the preparation standards. The following preparation standards were reviewed by committees of content experts: administrator, audiology, bilingual/English as a new language (ENL), computer science, core teaching standards, Career Technical Education (CTE), engineering, speech-language pathologist (SLP), and world languages. The suggested changes will be recommended by the PSC for approval by the State Board of Education.
Revisions to the Code of Ethics will be proposed to include language regarding donations solicited by classroom teachers for classroom use. There may also be revisions to background checks as a result of possible statute change to 33-130, Idaho Code. Additionally, revisions may be made to certificate reinstatement requirements, Mathematical Thinking for Instruction (MTI) and the Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Course (ICLC) renewal requirements, and MTI and ICLC Interim certificate requirements.
Negotiated Rulemaking
Public Comment: The public comment period closed April 26, 2017.
Public Meetings:
April 11, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
CSI Herrett Center for the Arts & Science
Rick Allen Room
315 Falls Avenue
Twin Falls, Idaho
April 12, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Shoshone Bannock Hotel
Chief Racehorse A Room
I-15 Exit 80 Simplot Road
Fort Hall, Idaho
April 13, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Hilton Garden Inn
Board Room
700 Lindsay Boulevard
Idaho Falls, Idaho
April 18, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Red Lion Downtowner
Selway Meeting Room
1800 West Fairview Avenue
Boise, Idaho
April 19, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Lewis-Clark State College
Clearwater River Meeting Room
500 8th Avenue
Lewiston, Idaho
April 20, 2017 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Coeur d’Alene Resort
Bay One Meeting Room
115 South Second Street
Coeur d’Alene, IdahoRulemaking Documents
Public Comments Received
Supporting Documents
Lisa Colón
Director of Certification and Professional Standards
(208) 332-6886
lcolondurham@sde.idaho.gov
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Title/Description Status Information Contact College Entrance Exams
Docket No. 08-0203-1702This rule amends College Entrance Exam requirements to allow students who took the Compass exam before the final November 2016 test administration to use the Compass to meet the graduation requirement. This rule will also add language to update the college entrance exam graduation requirements for students on an Individualized Learning Plan (IEP). Additionally, rule language will be added to give students another option if they were unable to participate in the ACT or the statewide test day administration of the SAT.
Proposed Rule
Public Comment: Submit your public comment by August 23
Rulemaking Documents
- Administrative Rules Request Form
- Notice of Negotiated Rulemaking
- Notice of Rulemaking - Proposed Rule with Proposed Rule Text
Public Comments Received
Supporting Documents
Karlynn Laraway
Director of Assessment
(208) 332-6976
klaraway@sde.idaho.gov
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Title/Description Status Information Contact Idaho Content Standards
Docket No. 08-0203-1705Idaho Content Standards describe what Idaho students should know and be able to do at each grade level in certain content areas. These proposed rule changes reflect the standard practice and expectation that the Idaho State Department of Education will convene a review committee of Idaho educators to review and make revisions when needed to the Idaho Content Standards on a rotating basis every six (6) years. This helps ensure that these standards remain the most effective and up to date available because they form common leaning expectations. Instruction meeting these expectations as a minimum is the responsibility of each local public school district. The changes proposed in each of the content areas up for review reflect the work of the review committees with input from Idaho stakeholders.
Idaho Content Standards up for review include Science, Driver Education, and Information and Communication Technology. The incorporated by reference documents will be updated and will reflect the new approval date by the State Board of Education.
In 2017, the Idaho Legislature approved new science standards as temporary by concurrent resolution. The State Department of Education is going to use the new approved standards as a baseline for permanent science standards to be taken to the legislature in 2018. This will allow the standards to be opened up for negotiated rulemaking for further public comment to amend the rejections by the legislature.
Negotiated Rulemaking
Public Comment: The public comment period closed April 26, 2017.
Public Meetings:
April 11, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
CSI Herrett Center for the Arts & Science
Rick Allen Room
315 Falls Avenue
Twin Falls, Idaho
April 12, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Shoshone Bannock Hotel
Chief Racehorse A Room
I-15 Exit 80 Simplot Road
Fort Hall, Idaho
April 13, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Hilton Garden Inn
Board Room
700 Lindsay Boulevard
Idaho Falls, Idaho
April 18, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Red Lion Downtowner
Selway Meeting Room
1800 West Fairview Avenue
Boise, Idaho
April 19, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Lewis-Clark State College
Clearwater River Meeting Room
500 8th Avenue
Lewiston, Idaho
April 20, 2017 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Coeur d’Alene Resort
Bay One Meeting Room
115 South Second Street
Coeur d’Alene, IdahoRulemaking Documents
Public Comments
Supporting Documents
- Draft Science Standards
- Idaho Science Standards White Paper
- Draft Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Standards
- ICT Crosswalk
- Idaho ICT Standards White Paper
- Draft Driver Training Standards
- Idaho Driver Education Standards White Paper
Scott Cook
Director of Academics
(208) 332-6927
scook@sde.idaho.gov
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Title/Description Status Information Contact Extended Content Standards
Docket No. 08-0203-1703The Idaho Extended Content Standards, which are the standards aligned with the alternate assessment, were adopted in 2008 and are currently not aligned with the Idaho Content standards adopted in 2010 and updated in 2017. This proposed rule will replace the English Language Arts (ELA) and Math extended standards with the Idaho Content Standards Core Content Connectors. To ensure these standards remain the most effective and up-to-date and remain in alignment to Idaho Content Standards as required by the Every Student Succeeds Act, the State Department of Education will convene a committee of Idaho Educators to review and make changes for revisions to the Core Content Connectors – following updates to, or in conjunction with, Idaho Content Standards in ELA and Math.
This rule will replace the Extended Content Standards with the Idaho Content Standards Core Content Connectors. Core Content Connectors identify the most basic grade-level, core academic content in ELA and Mathematics found in the Idaho Content Standards.
Negotiated Rulemaking
Public Comment: The public comment period closed April 26, 2017.
Public Meetings:
April 11, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
CSI Herrett Center for the Arts & Science
Rick Allen Room
315 Falls Avenue
Twin Falls, Idaho
April 12, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Shoshone Bannock Hotel
Chief Racehorse A Room
I-15 Exit 80 Simplot Road
Fort Hall, Idaho
April 13, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Hilton Garden Inn
Board Room
700 Lindsay Boulevard
Idaho Falls, Idaho
April 18, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Red Lion Downtowner
Selway Meeting Room
1800 West Fairview Avenue
Boise, Idaho
April 19, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Lewis-Clark State College
Clearwater River Meeting Room
500 8th Avenue
Lewiston, Idaho
April 20, 2017 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Coeur d’Alene Resort
Bay One Meeting Room
115 South Second Street
Coeur d’Alene, IdahoRulemaking Documents
Public Comments Received
No public comments were received on this docket.
Dr. Charlie Silva
Director of Special Education
(208) 332-6806
csilva@sde.idaho.gov
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Title/Description Status Information Contact Standards for Idaho School Buses and Operations
Docket No. 08-0202-1702The Standards for Idaho School Buses and Operations (SISBO), the incorporated by reference document, was last adopted by the State Board of Education on June 23, 2011. Since then, there have been updates to transportation specifications and procedures at the national and state level that need to be reflected in the SISBO manual. Other changes may include reformatting the manual and increasing clarification to manufacturing or operational procedures, among other topics that will be discussed during negotiated rulemaking. This rule will reflect a new approval date of the Standards for Idaho School Buses and Operations by the State Board of Education.
Negotiated Rulemaking
Public Comment:
The public comment period closed April 26, 2017.
Public Meetings:
April 11, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
CSI Herrett Center for the Arts & Science
Rick Allen Room
315 Falls Avenue
Twin Falls, Idaho
April 12, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Shoshone Bannock Hotel
Chief Racehorse A Room
I-15 Exit 80 Simplot Road
Fort Hall, Idaho
April 13, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Hilton Garden Inn
Board Room
700 Lindsay Boulevard
Idaho Falls, Idaho
April 18, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Red Lion Downtowner
Selway Meeting Room
1800 West Fairview Avenue
Boise, Idaho
April 19, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Lewis-Clark State College
Clearwater River Meeting Room
500 8th Avenue
Lewiston, Idaho
April 20, 2017 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Coeur d’Alene Resort
Bay One Meeting Room
115 South Second Street
Coeur d’Alene, IdahoRulemaking Documents
Public Comments
Supporting Documents
Doug Scott
Director of Student Transportation
(208) 332-6856
ddscott@sde.idaho.gov
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Title/Description Status Information Contact Special Education Manual
Docket No. 08-0203-1704This change is an attempt to create a culturally sensitive definition that investigates the meaning of language, access, comprehension, and linguistic information when considering hearing status and its impact as it is a critical part of the discussion when teams make decisions. The changes will replace outdated terminology and clarify the components of this category, making a less subjective and more objective definition. The two separate and current definitions (hearing impaired and deafness) will become one, “Deaf or Hard of Hearing.” In this new category, the definition will include the language, access, comprehension and/or use of linguistic information needed for teams to consider when determining the applicability of this category for a student. This change will be made in the Special Education Manual to be approved by the State Board of Education.
Negotiated Rulemaking
Public Comment: The public comment period closed April 26, 2017.
Public Meetings:
April 11, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
CSI Herrett Center for the Arts & Science
Rick Allen Room
315 Falls Avenue
Twin Falls, Idaho
April 12, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Shoshone Bannock Hotel
Chief Racehorse A Room
I-15 Exit 80 Simplot Road
Fort Hall, Idaho
April 13, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Hilton Garden Inn
Board Room
700 Lindsay Boulevard
Idaho Falls, Idaho
April 18, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Red Lion Downtowner
Selway Meeting Room
1800 West Fairview Avenue
Boise, Idaho
April 19, 2017
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Lewis-Clark State College
Clearwater River Meeting Room
500 8th Avenue
Lewiston, Idaho
April 20, 2017 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Coeur d’Alene Resort
Bay One Meeting Room
115 South Second Street
Coeur d’Alene, IdahoRulemaking Documents
Public Comments Received
Supporting Documents
Dr. Charlie Silva
Director of Special Education
(208) 332-6806
csilva@sde.idaho.gov
TEMPORARY and PROPOSED RULES
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Title/Description Status Information Contact Idaho English Language Proficiency Assessment Standards
Docket No. 08-0203-1708This rule is needed to incorporate by reference the Idaho English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA) Achievement Standards. The assessment was administered in the Spring of 2017. This rule is necessary to recognize student scores on the assessment and for the inclusion of student results to meet federal accountability reporting requirements.
Temporary/Proposed Rulemaking
Public Comment: The public comment period closes June 28, 2017.
Rulemaking Documents
Supporting Documents
- WIDA ACCESS 2.0 Assessment Standards (Cut Scores) and Proficiency Levels
- WIDA Performance Definitions
Karlynn Laraway
Director of Assessment
(208) 332-6976
klaraway@sde.idaho.gov
TEMPORARY RULES
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Title/Description Status Information Contact Alternate Assessment Achievement Standards
In 2011, Idaho joined the National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) to build an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS) for students with significant cognitive disabilities. The NCSC AA-AAS was developed to ensure that all students with significant cognitive disabilities are able to participate in an assessment that is a measure of what they know and can do in relation to the grade-level Common Core State Standards (CCSS). NCSC’s AA-AAS is a component of a system of curriculum, instruction, and professional development that allows students with the most significant cognitive disabilities to access grade-level content aligned to the CCSS.
Idaho administered the operational assessment developed by the collaborative in the spring of 2015. Data from the 2015 test administration provided the necessary elements to establish and recommend achievement standards for state adoption. The adoption of the NCSC recommended standards were approved by the State Board of Education in September 2015. The same standards are being adopted to maintain consistency in assessment results for the 2016 and 2017 test administrations.
Temporary Rule
Effective October 20, 2016
Rulemaking Documents
Supporting Documents
Dr Charlie Silva
Director of Special Education
(208) 332-6806
csilva@sde.idaho.gov
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Title/Description Status Information Contact Idaho Science Content Standards
The Idaho Content Standards reflect statements of what students should know and do in various content disciplines and grades. Content standards are adopted statewide and reviewed every six (6) years by teams of educators and stakeholders. These standards provide a consistent foundational level of academic content needed to be successful at each grade level and to graduate from Idaho’s public schools.
Idaho Administrative Code requires that students meet locally established standards, with state standards as a minimum. Because of the age of the current science standards and the delay in adopting revised standards, many Idaho school districts have already adopted more rigorous science standards.
The science standards went through the negotiated rulemaking process in April 2016 but did not go to the State Board of Education for adoption with the other revised content standards to allow for additional deliberation. The science standards committee reconvened in October 2016 to address and consider additional public comments and to reformat the science standards document. The revised document is being incorporated by reference in this temporary rule.
Temporary Rule
Effective December 15, 2016
Idaho State Science Standards as Adopted by the State Board of Education 12/15/16 and Amended by the 2017 Idaho State Legislature
Rulemaking Documents
Supporting Documents
Scott Cook
Director of Academics
(208) 332-6927
scook@sde.idaho.gov