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Read. Follow. Verify.Idaho House Bill 778 Reifies Dual Enrollment and Nonacademic Activity Standards
Last action · February 26, 2026: Reported Printed and Referred to Education
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What This Bill Proposed
Idaho House Bill 778 revises provisions and academic eligibility standards for nonpublic, charter, and public school students participating in nonacademic public school activities, taking effect July 1, 2026.
Nonpublic and charter school students seeking to join public school sports or extracurriculars must meet specific academic proficiency thresholds, and schools may include dually enrolled students for state funding.
- Idaho House Bill 778 originates from the House Education Committee during the 2026 Second Regular Session of the Sixty-eighth Idaho Legislature. context
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.
Nonpublic school students
Nonpublic school students participating in dual enrollment must meet specific academic proficiency standards to take part in nonacademic public school activities.
Public charter school students
Public charter school students gain clear rules regarding dual enrollment, attendance boundaries, and participation in interscholastic sports at other public schools.
School districts
School districts must adopt enrollment procedures, provide testing opportunities for nonpublic students, and manage dual enrollment funding allocations.
Key Facts
- Parents or guardians of children in nonpublic or public charter schools may enroll students in any public school or charter school for dual enrollment purposes.
- Full-time public school students receive priority if enrollment in a specific program reaches maximum capacity.
- Dually enrolled students do not count toward public charter school maximum enrollment restrictions, and dual enrollment cannot circumvent charter school lottery requirements.
- Nonpublic or public school students must demonstrate composite grade-level academic proficiency on recognized tests, portfolios, or nationally normed tests to participate in nonacademic public school activities requiring academic eligibility.
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- Students unable to maintain academic eligibility are ineligible to participate in nonacademic public school activities for the remainder of the school year and the following academic year.
- Nonpublic or public school students participating in nonacademic public school activities must reside within the attendance boundaries of the school for which they participate.
- Students enrolled in public charter schools or nonpublic settings may participate in interscholastic sports at the public school within their residential attendance boundaries if the activity is not offered at their school of enrollment.
- Schools may include dually enrolled nonpublic and public school students for state funding to the extent of their participation in public school programs.
- Dual enrollment includes the option of joint enrollment in a regular public school and an alternative public school program, as well as enrollment in postsecondary institutions for high school graduation credits.
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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 26, 2026CommitteeReported Printed and Referred to Education
- Feb 25, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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