Idaho high-school graduation requirements

Requires a standalone one-credit digital-literacy course aligned to digital citizenship, computational thinking, computer science, AI, cybersecurity, internet safety and media practices.

Digital literacy

Jurisdiction: Idaho · State / DC
Policy status: Enacted - not yet effective
Implementation phase: Upcoming
Requirement: Required
Grades: Grades9–12; students graduating after January 1, 2028.
Audience: Students
Learning evidence: Student instruction required
Instrument: State board rule / policy

Dates & implementation

Legal start

Jan 1, 2028

Required for students graduating after January 1, 2028. Standalone one-credit course may be taken during high school; it cannot be spread across a series of courses or pathways.

A legal effective date can precede school implementation. This record documents policy intent or requirements; it does not independently confirm delivery in every classroom.

Funding & support

Support provision; funding not confirmed

Department provides free curriculum resources and aligned online course options. The guidance does not guarantee a local cash award.

Read funding source

Evidence & source location

Legislative Overview and Course Description: IDAPA08.02.03.105.01.j; Graduation FAQ Digital Literacy section

Idaho Digital Literacy Course Guidance, 2025https://www.sde.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025-Digital-Literacy-Guidance.pdf ↗

Future graduation requirement; content spans CS, AI, cybersecurity and online literacy.

Review history

Reviewed against official sources

Source availability checked Oct 4, 2026: Source reopened. This is separate from verification of the policy claim below.

Source review date recorded in database: 2026-10-04

2026-10-03 — Carried forward from the source-linked baseline; topic, grade and evidence-type inventory reviewed. Individual source was not re-opened in this update. 2026-10-04 — Substantive source review: Reviewed official Idaho digital-literacy guidance and graduation FAQ indexed text: standalone one-credit requirement applies to graduates after January 1, 2028.

Record ID: ID-2025-DIGLIT-GRAD

Suggest a correction to this record