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Last action · February 13, 2026: Reported Printed and Referred to Education
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What This Bill Proposed
Idaho public educational institutions, charter schools, and school districts must collect and report aggregated student data regarding immigration status, nationality, and primary language to the State Board of Education starting July 1, 2026. The legislation prohibits using this data to discriminate against students and requires an annual report to the legislature.
Idaho public educational institutions and school districts must establish new administrative data-collection procedures to report aggregated student demographics to state regulators, while students are explicitly protected from discrimination based on this data.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Idaho public institutions of higher education
State universities, colleges, and community colleges must collect and submit aggregated student immigration, nationality, and primary language data.
Idaho school districts and charter schools
Local educational agencies must gather and report aggregated student demographic data to the State Board of Education.
Enrolled students in Idaho public educational institutions
Key Facts
- Idaho public institutions of higher education, charter schools, and school districts must collect aggregated data regarding student immigration status, nationality, and primary language.
- Collected data must remain subject to existing state data protection and privacy requirements under Section 33-133, Idaho Code.
- Student data collected under this section is restricted to data analysis only and cannot be used to discriminate against any student.
- The Idaho State Board of Education must submit an annual report containing the collected aggregated data to the legislature.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 13, 2026CommitteeReported Printed and Referred to Education
- Feb 12, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy75Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz50Current news / social attention level
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