Some families enrolled in the Idaho Home Learning Academy public virtual charter school used state funding to pay for virtual reality headsets, hoverboards, hunting equipment, video games and video game controllers, paddleboards, smart watches, admission tickets to water parks and subscriptions to streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, according to a new state watchdog report released Tuesday.

The nonpartisan Idaho Office of Performance Evaluations, which is commonly referred to as OPE, released the 129-page Idaho Home Learning Academy evaluation report Tuesday at the Idaho State Capitol after the release was authorized by the Idaho Legislature’s Joint Legislative Oversight Committee.

OPE released the evaluation report after multiple Idaho legislators signed a March 5 letter requestin

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