Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Jan 22nd, 2026

Senate Education Committee

Key Moments

  • Janie Ward-Engelking — The chair says Senator Ward-Engelking would like to sponsor Jennifer White.
  • Brandon Wolfe — Brandon Wolfe was invited to present and then introduced himself to the committee, identifying himself as the Idaho State Controller. He began his testimony by opening his discussion of Transparent Idaho and education data, including a brief introduction to the history of Transparent Idaho and its launch in 2013.
  • Kevin Cook — The speaker makes a playful series of remarks directed at Senator Kevin Cook, joking that he would want to put the data into a spreadsheet and then continuing the banter with a comment about the spelling of Wolfe/Wolf, noting it has two O's.
  • Kevin Cook — Senator Cook is called on and asks about the figures labeled IRS in the Bonneville transactional detail, specifically whether they represent taxes paid to the IRS. The chair then suggests that any follow-up on the IRS question be sent to Senator Cook and forwarded to the rest of the committee.
  • Mr. Wolfe / Brandon Wolfe — He responds that the data is not currently broken out by funding source, but he would like to add that in the future.
  • Janie Ward-Engelking — Made the motion to send the gubernatorial appointments forward.
  • Janie Ward-Engelking — Janie Ward-Engelking first asks whether questions are allowed, then follows up by asking if the data can be broken out to distinguish federal money from state money.
  • Dave Lent — The transcript appears to mishear a name as 'Senator Brackett'; no clear member-list match is available, so this is not tagged as a member mention.