EDUCATION – Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to remove language allowing for the Legislature to require school attendance and to add language regarding the right of the people to educate their children without government regulation outside of public schools.

HJR 1 proposes a constitutional amendment to Idaho's education clause (Article IX, Section 9). It would remove the current provision allowing the legislature to require children aged 6-18 to attend public school unless educated "by other means," and instead add that "the right of the people to educate their children without government regulation outside of public schools shall not be infringed." This directly affects parents and guardians seeking educational alternatives to public schools, such as homeschooling or private education. If approved, the amendment would fundamentally shift the legal framework governing educational choices by limiting state authority over non-public school education.