Goldie Bishop — Identified as the program manager.
Ms. Hall — Was thanked for presenting and asked about correlations shown on a slide.
Director Hall — Explained that having an account starts family conversations about higher education and noted lower-income families valued the program highly.
Christy Zito — Moved to introduce RS 33205.
Janie Ward-Engelking — Representative Nelson asked a technical question about a district supervisor appointed by the state board, specifically who would pay the supervisor’s salary and whether the district would have any input into who they work with or how the appointment is handled.
Ken Burgess — Identified himself as representing Veritas Advisors and the Idaho Press Club's First Amendment Committee.
Mr. Burgess — The committee addresses Mr. Burgess after his testimony and continues questioning him about possible alternatives, with the chair and members directing remarks to him in the same exchange.
Mrs. Hall — Introduced as the next speaker/testifier.
Dawn Hall — Introduces herself as the executive director of IDEAL, Idaho's 529 education savings program.