STATE FUNDING GUIDE

Idaho

Idaho is one of the strongest states for dedicated intervention funding: the state appropriated $72,812,000 in FY24 for K-3 reading instruction and intervention, distributed to every district and charter on a per-K-3-student basis plus a performance component tied to Idaho Reading Indicator growth. Districts must run extended literacy intervention programs — at least 60 hours of additional instruction for students scoring below basic and 30 hours for basic — using evidence-based interventions covering phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, which is exactly the spend category a Tier 2/3 curriculum purchase fits.

Idaho Literacy Achievement and Accountability Act (Idaho Code Title 33, Chapter 18)

How schools fund reading intervention in Idaho

The state-level programs below are the streams Idaho districts most often use for evidence-based reading intervention purchases, alongside the federal streams available everywhere.

Idaho Literacy Intervention Funding (Idaho Code Title 33, Ch. 18)

Annual state appropriation (~$72.8M in FY24) distributed to all districts/charters per K-3 student plus a performance-based share tied to IRI growth; must fund the district’s K-3 literacy intervention plan, which can include evidence-based intervention curriculum, materials, staffing, and PD.

K-3 literacy coaching funds (2025)

The 2025 Legislature approved $5 million for literacy coaching for K-3 teachers; relevant if an intervention purchase bundles coaching or implementation PD.

Approved-list note: Idaho maintains a state-reviewed curricular materials adoption list, but its use is optional — districts may select any evidence-based materials aligned to Idaho standards, so an intervention does not need to be on a state list to be purchased with literacy funds.

Official state resource →