| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
|
 At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
to governor 02/2013 |
P-12 | Repeal DARE program
S.B. 73
Repeals the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E) Program. Abolishes the D.A.R.E. Trust Fund Account, the Voluntary Income Tax Checkoff,...
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Finance--District |
to governor 02/2013 |
P-12 | Investment of Extracurricular Funds Cash
S.B. 32
Allows trustees to receive and expend extracurricular money collected, invest any excess money in the extracurricular fund and
for pupil ex...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
to governor 02/2013 |
Postsec. | Eliminates Student Loan Advisory Council
S.B. 87
Eliminates the student loan advisory council. The Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education (OCHE) has had difficulties finding individ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 02/2013 |
Community College | Community College Funding
H.B. 25
Revises the community college state appropriation calculation to eliminate duplicate funding (by both levies and state appropriations) in ex...
| More... |
Accountability--Accreditation |
Adopted 10/2012 |
P-12 | Accreditation, Including Teacher Evaluation
ARM 10.55.601-1003
Modifies accreditation. One modification deletes old section on teacher evaluation and replaces with new. Requires that evaluation system fo...
| More... |
Accountability--Accreditation |
Adopted 10/2012 |
P-12 | Assessment Required for Accrediation
ARM 10.56.101
Chapter 55 Accreditation Standards provide a framework to ensure the constitutional right of every Montana student to a basic system of free...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 | License Renewal
10.57.217
Allows for decisions on renewal of licensure to be appealed to the superintendent of public instruction.
http://www.mtrules.org/gateway/rul...
| More... |
Curriculum--Mathematics |
Adopted 11/2011 |
P-12 | Mathematics Content Standards and Performance Descriptors
ARM 10.54.4010-4013; 4020-4023; 4030-4033; 4040-4043; 4101-4112
Adopts college and career ready content standards for mathematics and repeals previous standards and performance descriptors.
http://www.m...
| More... |
Standards--Common Core State Standards |
Adopted 11/2011 |
P-12 | College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards - Language Arts & Literacy
ARM 10.54.3610-3613; 3620-3623; 3630-3633; 3640-3643; 3650-3653; 3701-3712
Repeals previous standards and establishes College and Career Readiness anchor standards for language arts and literacy.
http://www.mtrules....
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Revenues, Shared Services, Reporting
S.B. 329
Excerpts from the fiscal note: SB 329, as amended, increases the basic and per-ANB entitlements for K-12 public schools by 1.1% in FY 2012 a...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Passed 05/2011 |
P-12 | Interim Study of Performance-Based Funding for K-12
S.J.R. 28
A Joint resolution requesting an interim study of performance-based funding for K-12 education, the development of a performance-based fundi...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Organizations That Can Administer Adult Basic Education Programs
H.B. 421
Expands the range of organizations that are allowed to administer adult basic education programs to include a district, community college di...
| More... |
Curriculum--Sex Education |
Vetoed 04/2011 |
P-12 | Parental Control Over Student Participation
H.B. 456
Allows parental control over student participation in courses of instruction, assemblies, etc. that involve human sexual education. Requires...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 | School District Trustee Elections
H.B. 327
Modifies processes for school district trustee elections -- such as withdrawal of candidates, swearing in, board organization, etc.
http://d...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure |
Passed 04/2011 |
Postsec. | Posttenure Review
S.J.R. 11
A joint resolution urging the Montana Board of Regents of Higher Education to require ongoing posttenure review for Montana University teach...
| More... |
Rural |
Passed 04/2011 |
Postsec. | Growing Divide Between Rural and Urban Communities
S.J.R. 8
A joint resolution urging the Board of Regents and the Commissioner of Higher Education to study the growing divide between rural and urban ...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 | Saturday Instructional Time
S.B. 208
Allows for voluntary pupil instruction to occur on Saturday. Requires teachers who volunteer to teach on a Saturday to be compensated at the...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 | Residency for Out-of-District Students
H.B. 288
Clarifies residency for enrollment purposes (who can enroll a student) -- particularly for students who have had behavioral issues and been ...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Student Records Transfer
H.B. 208
By November 1 and March 1 of each school fiscal year, districts are required to prepare a report for the director of the Montana youth chall...
| More... |
Finance--Bonds |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Authority to Finance Energy Conservation Measures
H.B. 182
From the fiscal note: HB 182 extends the debt repayment period for Montana school districts to borrow funds through the Board of Investments...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | School Board Governance
H.B. 204
WHEREAS, if the boundaries of an elementary school district and a high school district do not coincide,
then high school additional trustees...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Adopted 11/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Dual Credit-Only License
ARM 10.57.102, .201, .204, .215, .301, .413, .420, .425, .426, .437,.438
Establishes new rules regarding Class 8 dual credit-only postsecondary faculty license endorsements. ...
| More... |
Curriculum--Mathematics |
Rule Adoption 09/2009 |
P-12 | MATH CONTENT STANDARDS
ARM 10.54.4010 thru .4112 non seq
Amends rules relating to math content standards and performance descriptors for the Board of Public Education. ...
| More... |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Additional Uses for Stimulus Funds
H.B. 645
Implements receipt of and appropriates federal stimulus funds to include the hospital bed tax allocation, school district employee retiremen...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Became law without governor's signature 05/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Actuarial Soundness Examination of Employee Retirement System
H.B. 659
Requires the state administration and veterans' affairs interim committee to examine and recommend funding and benefit changes in the statew...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Montana Youth Challenge Program
S.B. 216
Allows school district trustees to enter into an interlocal agreement with the Montana Youth Challenge Program to provide educational or voc...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Agricultural Education
H.B. 464
Each agricultural education program in the state that completes the national quality program standard evaluation as adopted by rule and subm...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
Community College | Worker Training
S.B. 388
Relates to incumbent workforce training for the purpose of meeting the training needs of incumbent workers in businesses employing 20 or few...
| More... |
Finance--Bonds |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Bonding Capacities
H.B. 513
Allows bonding capacities to be combined in high school districts with an attached elementary district. (Deletes the requirement that the to...
| More... |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Montana Virtual Academy
H.B. 459
Creates the Montana virtual academy at a unit of the Montana university system. The purposes of the Montana virtual academy are to: (a) make...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Two prongs: Discipline & Location of School Board Meetings
H.B. 332
Allows school board trustees to meet outside district boundaries for purpose of collaboration with other boards, agencies or collaboratives;...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Sharing Superintendents and Principals
S.B. 173
Clarifies the ability of school districts to share superintendents and principals....
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Conflict of Interest Exemption
S.B. 273
Revises the conflicts of interests laws that prohibits a trustee from being employed in any capacity by the trustee's own school district. A...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | School Board Elections
H.B. 432
Authorizes school trustee election by acclamation if the number of candidates for vacant school trustee positions is less than the number of...
| More... |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Montana Tribe Names
H.J.R. 27
Urges all educators, journalists, and public speakers in Montana to learn and use, when writing and speaking, the names of each tribe in Mon...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Clarifies District Consolidations and Annexations
H.B. 57
Clarifies District Consolidations and Annexations
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billpdf/HB0057.pdf...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Retired Teachers Employed Full Time
H.B. 363
From the fiscal note: Under certain restrictions, Teachers Retirement System (TRS) retirees with 30 or more years of service will be eligib...
| More... |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Adopted 09/2008 |
P-12 | Distance Learning - Teachers
ARM 10.55.907
Requires any teacher of distance, online or technology delivered learning to be licensed, with such license granted as a result of the compl...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Approved by voters 04/2008 |
Postsec. | Mill Levy for State University System
Ballot Initiative: V. 2
(LR-118) Submits a 6 Mill Levy for support of the Montana University System....
| More... |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Uses of Indian Education For All Payments
S.B. 2A (American Indian)
Prohibits a district receiving an Indian education for all payment from diverting the funds to any purpose other than curriculum development...
| More... |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Kindergarten Average Number Belonging Funding
S.B. 2A (Kindergarten)
Provides full-time Average Number Belonging funding for school districts that enroll students in full-time kindergarten. Provides start-up f...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Governor's Postsecondary Scholarship Program
S.B. 2A (Postsecondary)
Revises portions of the governor's postsecondary scholarship program. Revises: (1) duties of the council and board; (2) criteria of types an...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | School Facility Improvement Account
S.B. 2A (Facilities Funding)
Provides for a school facility improvement account in the state special revenue fund to provide money to schools to implement the recommenda...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program
S.B. 2A (Teacher Recruitment)
Creates a quality educator loan assistance program administered by the board of regents through the office of the commissioner of higher edu...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Programs for At-Risk Youth
H.B. 677
Appropriates funds to the board of crime control to sustain funding for existing prevention and after-school programs for at-risk youth.
htt...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Quality Educator Payment
S.B. 335
Provides a quality educator payment to certified teachers employed by the Youth Challenge Program which assists at-risk youth in developing ...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Alternative Adolescent Residential or Outdoor Programs
H.B. 769
Requires registration and licensure of alternative adolescent residential or outdoor programs. Allows provisional licensing and requires bac...
| More... |
Attendance |
To governor 04/2007 |
P-12 | Services for Developmentally Disabled
H.B. 195
Relates to services for individuals who are developmentally distabled, clarifies that such individuals may return to high school after gradu...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Educational Loans for Physicians
S.B. 553
Expands the repayment of educational loans to include physicians practicing in medically underserved areas or for underserved populations. I...
| More... |
Finance |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Elections Regarding School Funding
S.B. 225
Authorizes that in years when the legislature meets in regular session or in a special session that affects school funding, the trustees may...
| More... |
Finance |
Issued 04/2007 |
P-12 | Interim Study of Taxation and School Funding
S.J.R. 31
Requests that the legislative council designate an appropriate interim or statutory committee, or direct sufficient staff resources to: (1) ...
| More... |
Finance--Bonds |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | General Obligation Bonds
H.B. 672
Raises the maximum amount of debt a school district can incur through the issuance of general obligation bonds and certain other long term o...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | School Budget Law Revision
H.B. 363
Revises school budget laws. Would allow districts to increase their budgets beyond the capped amount without approval from the voters. Would...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Self-Adminstered Epinephrine
S.B. 289
Allows students to carry and self-adminster prescribed epinephrine in school for severe allergies.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtm...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Passed 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Study of Public Employee Retirement Systems
H.J.R. 59
Requests that the legislative council designate an appropriate interim committee or assign sufficient staff resources to study public employ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Issued 04/2007 |
P-12 | "Be Safe" Firearms Safety
S.J.R. 16
Urges the office of hat the office of public instruction to encourage all public and private schools in the state to deliver the "Be Safe" F...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Transfer of District Territory
H.B. 744
Revises school district creation laws. Amends section of law pertaining to the transfer of land to or from one district to another.
http://d...
| More... |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Montana National Guard Youth Challenge Program
S.B. 295
Statutorily provides for the Montana National Guard Youth Program.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Workforce Training in High Poverty Areas
H.B. 286
Revises allocation or workforce training and other economic development oppotunity funds to high poverty areas.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills...
| More... |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Rule Adoption 12/2006 |
P-12 | Quality Educator, At Risk Students and Indian Payments
ARM 10.7.106, .106A, .113 through .115,10.10.301 to .315, 10.15.101, 10.16.3804, .3811, .3812, .3816, 10.20.102 to 10.30.415
Adopts and amends rules relating to quality educator payments, at-risk student payments - general fund, Indian education for all payments, A...
| More... |
Curriculum--Science |
Adopted 09/2006 |
P-12 | Science Content Standards and Performance Descriptors
ARM 10.54.5010 through 10.54.5098 non-seq
Proposes to amend rules relating to science content standards andperformance descriptors. Includes references to Montana Native Americans an...
| More... |
Health |
Rule Adoption 06/2005 |
P-12 | School Immunization Requirements
ARM New Rules I thru III, 37.114.701, .702, .704, .705, .708, .709, .710, .715, .716, .720, .721
Establishes rules regarding school immunization requirements. MONTANA REG 4718 (SN)...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 06/2005 |
P-12 | Educator Licensure
ARM 10.57.102, .104, .201
Establishes rules regarding educator licensure. Includes definitions, 'Student Teaching/Supervised Practice', and 'General Provisions To Iss...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec. | Tuition waiver for qualified national guard members
S.B. 445
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE MONTANA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM TO WAIVE TUITION REGARDLESS OF THE AVAILABILITY OF OTHER WAIVERS FO...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Allow off-site educational services
S.B. 224
AN ACT ALLOWING A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AT AN OFFSITE INSTRUCTIONAL SETTING TO CHILDREN ATTENDING SCHOOL IN THE SC...
| More... |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | Free Quality Schools
S.B. 152
Defines basic system of free quality public elementary and secondary schools and identifies the educationally relevant factors upon which th...
| More... |
Finance |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | REVISING SCHOOL FINANCE LAWS
H.B. 63
AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING SCHOOL FINANCE LAWS; ALLOWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO LEASE PERSONAL PROPERTY; EXPANDING THE USES FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL D...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | School Districts
H.B. 624
Relates to holding school districts harmless for disequalized budget status.
"A school district that adopted a general fund budget over i...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
To governor 04/2005 |
P-12 | School Funding Formula Study
S.B. 525
Creates a quality schools interim committee. The committee shall continue the work of the joint select committee on education funding establ...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | Asthma Self Medication
H.B. 396
Allows asthma self medication in schools.
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/HB0396.htm...
| More... |
Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | SCHOOL DISTRICT TUITION LAWS
H.B. 83
AN ACT REVISING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TUITION LAWS; REQUIRING THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO PAY TUITION FOR CHILDREN WHO ATTEND ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Establish Governor's Postsecondary Scholarship Program
H.B. 435
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE GOVERNOR'S POSTSECONDARY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE MONTANA'S MOST TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES OR MONTANA H...
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School Safety |
Rule Adoption 04/2005 |
P-12 | Student Discipline Records/Student Records
ARM New Rule I; ARM 10.55.909
Establishes rules regarding student discipline records. Addresses student records MONTANA REG 4685 (SN)...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION;
MT H.B. 681
AN ACT REVISING THE LAWS ON SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION; ESTABLISHING A SINGLE PROCEDURE FOR THE ANNEXATION AND CONSOLIDATI...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | School bus routes
H.B. 652
AN ACT ALLOWING A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO EXTEND A BUS ROUTE ACROSS ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO STUDENTS WITHIN...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | Special Education Laws
S.B. 363
Revises special education laws. (2) The board of trustees of every school district shall provide or establish and maintain a special educa...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Rule Adoption 04/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Professional Educator Preparation Programs
ARM 10.58.103
Establishes rules regarding professional educator preparation programs. MONTANA REG 4693 (SN)...
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Governance for Certain School Districts
H.B. 397
Clarifies governance for certain school districts.
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/HB0397.htm...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Create Parents As Scholars Program
H.B. 555
Create parents as scholars program. For the purpose of this program(1) "Approved educational program" means:
(a) a program in a unit o...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Nonbeneficiary Students
H.B. 16
Relates to funding for nonbeneficiary students attending tribally controlled community colleges.
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/b...
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Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Flexibility In School Calendar
S.B. 170
Relates to Flexibility in school calendar and PIRD.
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/SB0170.htm...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | School District Enrollment
S.B. 359
Revise statutes related to school district enrollment and calculation; provides for tuition to be paid for a nonresident public school stude...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
Postsec. | Authority To Hire Coaches For Longer Duration
S.B. 171
Authorizes presidents of the university system to hire coaches for longer duration.
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/SB0171....
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 02/2005 |
P-12 | State Employee Benefits
H.B. 447
Increases the state contibution to the Employee Group Benefits Program; repeals statutory Teachers' and Blue-Collar Pay Schedules; appropria...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Rule Adoption 12/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Out Of State Attendance Agreements
ARM 10.10.301C
Relates to out-of-state attendance agreements. The superintendent of public instruction shall
provide payment of the amount calculated in (4...
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Finance |
Rule Adoption 07/2004 |
P-12 | School Finance and Transportation
ARM 10.7.101,.109 thru .111,.115,.118;10.10.202,.309,.316, .320, .611, .614; 10.15.101; 10.20.102, .106; 10.21.101B thru .102E (non-seq),10.22.102 thru .30.403 (non-seq)
Establishes rules relating to school finance and transportation. MONTANA REG 4551 (SN)...
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Special Education |
Rule Adoption 06/2004 |
P-12 | Special Education
ARM 10.16.3136
SPECIAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS (1) Any teacher providing special education and related services to students with di...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Rule Adoption 04/2004 |
Postsec. | Taxation of Family Education Savings Accounts
ARM New Rules I, II; ARM 42.15.802 thru .805; Repeals .801
Establishes rules relating to the taxation of family education savings accounts. MONTANA REG 4500 (SN)...
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Postsecondary Online Instruction |
Rule Adoption 03/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Distance/Online/Technology Delivered Learning
ARM 10.55.907
Establishes rules relating to distance, online, and technology delivered learning. MONTANA REG 4484 (SN)...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Rule Adoption 09/2003 |
P-12 | Definition of Combined School District
ARM 10.55.602
Establishes rules regarding the definition of combined school district. MONTANA REG 4387 (SN)...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 09/2003 |
P-12 | Reinstatement/Renewal of Class 4 Career/Vocational
ARM 10.57.420, .421, .422, .423
Establishes rules regarding reinstatement and renewal of Class 4 career and vocational/technical educator licenses. MONTANA REG 4388 (SN)...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | K-12 Public School Renewal Commission
H.B. 736
Establishes a K-12 public school renewal commission to propose amendments and new provisions to components of K-12 education, including gove...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
Postsec. | Family Education Savings Program
H.B. 539
Revises family education savings program provisions. Specifies that investment products refers to certificates of deposit, savings accounts...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | State Employee Wages
H.B. 13
Deletes language that effective on the first day of the pay period that includes a state employee's anniversary date during the fiscal years...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 | Student Banks in High Schools
S.B. 380
Authorizes formation of student banks, called "student financial institutions" in a high school as an education program to serve only those ...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 | Diabetes Medication DispensationSAME AS: LC1066
H.B. 573
Allows a parent or guardian of a diabetic student to designate an adult to administer glucagon to the student, upon prior written approval s...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 | Military Status
H.B. 285
Relates to military status; provides that a public high school shall provide equal access to armed forces recruiters; protects the election ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec. | Collegiate License Plates Scholarship Donations
H.B. 549
Increase scholarship donation for collegiate license plates from $20 to $30. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/HB0549.htm...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Educational Aid for Convicts Exonerated by DNA Testing
S.B. 183
Provides educational aid to a convict exonerated of a crime by postconviction DNA testing. Specifies that "aid" under this section must incl...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec. | Clarify And Expand Jurisdiction Of Campus Police
H.B. 256
Allows any university system security department to seek an agreement with local law enforcement agencies that specifies geographic and subj...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 | Special Education Definitions
S.B. 76
Eliminates certain special education definitions to conform to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. http://data.opi.stat...
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Students |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Uniform Athlete Agents Act
S.B. 306
Relates to uniform athlete agents and student athlete agents.
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/SB0306.htm...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 04/2003 |
P-12 | Renewal Unit Verification
ARM 10.57.218
Establishes rules regarding renewal unit verification. Applications to the superintendent of public instruction for license renewal shall be...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | School Board Meeting Dates
H.B. 366
While trustees of a first-class elementary district must still meet at least once a month, strikes language requiring trustees of other dist...
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High School |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Honorary Diplomas for Veterans
S.B. 81
Provides honorary diplomas for any current or former Montana resident who 1) is a veteran of WWII, the Korean War or the Vietnam conflict, 2...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | School District Territory Transfer
S.B. 16
Revises the laws related to school boundary transfers; establishes criteria, a standard of proof and procedures for territory transfer heari...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Board to Pay If Student with IEP Enrolls at Private, Nonsectarian Day-Treatment Program
H.B. 135
Authorizes a school district to use its tuition fund to pay the costs for a resident student who enrolls in a day-treatment program under an...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Deaf and Blind Schools Spending Reductions Barred
H.B. 60
Exempts the Montana school for the deaf and blind from spending reductions. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/HB0060.htm...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Tracking Sensory Impaired Children
S.B. 42
Requires the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind to establish a system for tracking intervention services received by hearing and visually...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | School for Deaf and Blind Fees
S.B. 43
Changes the fee for services collected from a public school or other responsible agency by the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind from a ...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Montana School for the Deaf and Blind
S.B. 41
Changes the designation of the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind from an independent institution to a state-sponsored special school. ht...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Retired Teachers and Administrators Can Work and Maintain Benefits
H.B. 178
Allows retired teachers, specialists and administrators to return to work part- or full-time without loss or interruption of benefits. To pa...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 02/2003 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Community College Funding
H.B. 23
Allows the use of the prior 3-year average enrollment to calculate reversions for funded resident enrollment growth in community colleges. h...
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Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 02/2003 |
P-12 | School on Saturdays in Emergencies
H.B. 78
Transfers the authority for approving the conduct of school on Saturday in the case of an emergency from the Superintendent of Public Instru...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 02/2003 |
P-12 | Passing School BusesSAME AS: LC0192
H.B. 112
Allows vehicles to pass school buses that are stopped to receive or discharge children in designated school bus turnouts; specifies the requ...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 02/2003 |
P-12 | State or Local Education Employee May Be Surrogate Parent to Disabled Child
H.B. 153
Allows an employee of a State or local education agency that is not providing educational services to a child with a disability, to serve as...
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Background Checks |
Rule Adoption 11/2002 |
P-12 |
ARM New Rule I thru III, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI; 10.55.602 thru .710 (non-seq); 10.57.101 thru .801 (non-seq.); Repeal 10.57.103 thru .406 (non-seq); New Rule I/Criminal History Background Check
Establishes rules regarding criminal history background check, substitute teachers, teacher license classification, definition of 'immoral c...
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Finance |
Rejected by voters 11/2002 |
P-12 | Investment of School Trust Funds
Constitutional Amendment 39
To allow the investment of public funds, including school trust funds, in private corporate capital stock in accordance with recognized stan...
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No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Active 09/2002 |
P-12 | Supplemental Education Services
N/A
Supplemental Education Services Application; deadline 9/30/02: (http://www.opi.state.mt.us/pdf/TitleI/SuppEdServ.pdf)...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
P-12 | Reducing the General Fund Shortfall
H.B. 3
Reduces the General Fund shortfall in revenue by implementing pay and benefit adjustments for state employees for the fiscal year ending Jun...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
P-12 | School Technology Fund Revenues Temporarily Eliminated
H.B. 4
Reduces the General Fund shortfall in revenue by temporarily eliminating the revenue dedicated to the School Technology Fund; includes incom...
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No Child Left Behind |
Active 06/2002 |
P-12 | 2002 Consolidated Plan
N/A
2002 Consolidated Plan: (http://www.opi.state.mt.us/ - use search term of "consolidated application")...
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Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Distribution of Adult Education Funds to Tribal Colleges
H.B. 267
Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to distribute adult education funds for the support of an adult education program operat...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | References to Voc/Tech. to Include K-12 Career Ed; Changes to Funding Formula and Eliminates Propriety Postsecondary Council
H.B. 134
(LC 0135) Revises certain provisions; relates to K-12 vocational education; substitutes "K-12 career and vocational/technical education" for...
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Finance |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Use of Impact Aid by Districts
S.B. 457
Authorizes a school district to use a portion of its impact aid funds for repayment of bonds....
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Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Equity and Adequacy Task Force
H.B. 625
Requires the Governor and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to conduct a study of the adequacy and equity of funding for K-12 public ...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Base Funding Levels
H.B. 121
Increases the total partial equivalence relation average number belonging and basic entitlements for public schools for school fiscal years ...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Revision of School District Budget Limitations
H.B. 164
Under current law, if entitlements increase by more than 4% in a single fiscal year, school budgets not at the BASE might not be able to inc...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Funds for Education
H.B. 41
Revises laws governing dedicated revenue and statutory appropriations; provides for the deposit of state school fund revenue in the state sp...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | School Board Control Over Investments
S.B. 260
Authorizes trustees of a school district to establish and temporarily transfer district funds into independent investment accounts to increa...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | School Board Petitions
S.B. 423
Requires the Board of Trustees of a school district, upon receipt of a petition signed by 15% or more of the qualified electors of a distric...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Start-Up Costs for School Breakfast Programs
H.B. 353
Provides start-up costs for school districts to establish school breakfast programs....
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Dual Enrollment Agreements
H.B. 265
Authorizes boards of trustees of school districts to enter into interlocal agreements with postsecondary institutions to allow 11th and 12th...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Eligibility for Family Education Savings Accounts
S.B. 258
Revises the laws governing family education savings accounts; excludes from income those earnings on accounts that are withdrawn for qualifi...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Eligibility for State Financial Aid
S.B. 256
Makes compliance with the federal military selective service act a prerequisite for State agency or Montana University system employment, pa...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Budgets - Use of Enrollment Figures
H.B. 505
Requires the Board of Regents to use a 3 year average enrollment in budget preparation....
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Eligiblity of Higher Education Employee to Serve on Boards
H.B. 349
Authorizes an employee of the Montana University system or an individual working on behalf of the university system to serve on the board of...
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Religion |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Student Release Time For Religious Instruction
H.B. 272
Allows a school district to be determine the amount of time for which a student may be released from school for religious instruction....
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | School District Sharing Agreements
S.B. 394
Authorizes the trustees of a school district to enter into an interlocal cooperative agreement with another K-12 accredited public instituti...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | School District Sharing Agreements
H.B. 108
Authorizes a school district to enter into a cooperative purchasing contract with one or more districts for the procurement of supplies and ...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | School District Consolidation Agreements
H.B. 488
Allows school districts that consolidate to each retain their basic entitlement for 6 years; retains 100% of the entitlement for the 1st 3 y...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Transportation Funding
S.B. 344
Increases the base rate for reimbursement for an individual transportation contract to a specified amount; increases the maximum reimburseme...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards - Stipends
H.B. 42
Recognizes excellence in teaching; provides annual professional stipends to teachers who obtain certification from the National Board for Pr...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Pay & Benefits for Teachers
H.B. 13
Provides for pay and benefits for state employees in the statewide, teachers', and blue collar pay plans; revises the departments authority ...
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Technology--Funding Issues |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Depreciation of Technology Equipment & Bonds for Technology
S.B. 313
Authorizes a district to depreciate technological equipment as an authorized use of the Technology Acquisition and Depreciation Fund; requir...
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Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Tuition and Transportation Payments for Out-of-District Students
S.B. 65
Revises the out-of-district tuition laws; eliminates mandatory tuition approval if the resident district provides transportation but is not ...
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Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Revision of Base Aid To Include Percentage of Special Education Allowance
S.B. 94
Amends the definition of base aid to include a percentage of the special education allowable cost payment; amends definition of maximum gene...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Exempts Districts from Mill Levy Limitations
S.B. 117
Exempts all school district levies from property tax mill levy limitations; increases the mill levy limit for adult education....
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Finance Formula Changes
S.B. 390
Revises the school finance laws; clarifies the requirement that a school district operate for both the minimum number of pupil instruction d...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Revisions to Public School Fund
S.B. 495
Revises school funding through the use of the Public School Fund; revises the structure of the Public School Fund; authorizes the Board of I...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | School Board Budget Meetings
H.B. 249
Authorizes the Board of Trustees of a school district to hold its final budget meeting on or before 8/15; extends the time for providing not...
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Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Public Employee Retirement Systems
H.B. 116
Revises the defined contribution plan provisions under the public employees retirement system; limits liability; revises the allocation of c...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | School District Budget Transfers
S.B. 436
Revises school district operating expense and purchasing laws by allowing a district to make transfers between different funds or between th...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | School District Sharing Agreements
S.B. 182
Expands the Interlocal Cooperation Act to allow school districts to share teachers, specialists, or superintendents....
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Accountability--Accreditation |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 | Multiyear accreditation of schools; accreditation of 7th and 8th grades funded at high school rates
H.B. 103
Allows for multiyear accreditation of schools; requires compliance with teacher certification laws to receive multiyear accreditation; provi...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Administration of Perkins Grants by Bd. of Regents
S.B. 425
Makes permanent the designation of the Board of Regents as the eligible agency for administering the Carl D. Perkins vocational and applied ...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 | Election of School Bd. Members by Nonresidents
H.B. 321
Provides a second alternative method of electing members to a high school district board of trustees when more than half of the electors of ...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 | Opening or Reopening of Elementary Schools, Including Isolated Schools
H.B. 358
Revises the procedures for opening or reopening an elementary school; allows parents of at least two pupils to petition the trustees; lowers...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 | Fixed Limits for Special Education Funding
H.B. 160
Revises the special education funding formula to establish fixed limits for distribution of the state's total special education allocation; ...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 | Teacher Retirement System Provisions
H.B. 97
Relates to the teachers' retirement system; relates to member eligibility for benefits, purchasing of service, tax deferred contributions, a...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
Postsec. | School Board Write-In Candidates
H.B. 91
Coordinates school election dates; requires a person seeking to become a write in candidate for a trustee position on a school board to file...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Increases State Aid to Districts
H.B. 4A
Reduces property taxes by increasing direct state aid to school districts; clarifies that the amount of motor vehicle disposition attributab...
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