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MT Code § 20-4-402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 4. District Superintendent and Principal|20-4-402. Duties of district superintendent or county high school principal

  20-4-402. Duties of district superintendent or county high school principal. The district superintendent or county high school principal is the executive officer of the trustees and, subject to the direction and control of the trustees, the executive officer shall:   (1) have general supervision of all schools of the district and the personnel employed by the district;   (2) implement and administer the policies of the trustees of the district;   (3) develop and recommend courses of instruction to the trustees for their consideration and approval in accordance with the provisions of 20-7-111;   (4) select all textbooks and submit the selections to the trustees for their approval in accordance with the provisions of 20-7-602;   (5) select all reference and library books and submit the selections to the trustees for their approval in accordance with provisions of 20-7-204;   (6) have general supervision of all pupils of the district, enforce the compulsory attendance provisions of this title, and have the authority to suspend for good cause a pupil of the district;   (7) report the pupil attendance, absence, and enrollment of the district and other pupil information required by the report form prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction to the county superintendent, or county superintendents when reporting for a joint district; and   (8) perform other duties in connection with the district as the trustees may prescribe.   History: En. 75-6113 by Sec. 94, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6113; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 135, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 337, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 343, L. 1999.
MT Code § 20-4-403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 4. District Superintendent and Principal|20-4-403. Powers and duties of principal

  20-4-403. Powers and duties of principal. (1) Whenever the trustees of a district employ and appoint a school principal but do not employ and appoint a district superintendent, such principal shall perform the duties of a district superintendent as prescribed in subsections (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of 20-4-402 and shall have general supervision of such school and the personnel assigned to such school.   (2) If granted authority by the board of trustees, a school principal in a district that does employ and appoint a district superintendent may suspend for good cause any pupil of the school where the principal is employed.   History: En. 75-6114 by Sec. 95, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6114; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 135, L. 1981.
MT Code § 20-4-501 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 5. Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program|20-4-501. Quality educator loan assistance program -- purpose

  20-4-501. Quality educator loan assistance program -- purpose. (1) There is a quality educator loan assistance program administered by the superintendent of public instruction. The program must provide for the direct repayment of educational loans of eligible quality educators in accordance with policies and procedures adopted by the superintendent of public instruction in accordance with this part.   (2) The purpose of this program is to aid quality educator recruitment and retention for those schools most impacted by critical quality educator shortages. The program must be implemented in a manner that maximizes recruitment and retention assistance to impacted schools.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 1, Sp. L. May 2007; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 85, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 347, L. 2019.
MT Code § 20-4-502 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 5. Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program|20-4-502. Definitions

  20-4-502. Definitions. For purposes of this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:  (1) "Critical quality educator shortage area" means a specific licensure or endorsement area in an impacted school in which:   (a) in any of the 3 immediate preceding school fiscal years a position was:   (i) filled through the procedures set forth in 19-20-732, 20-4-106(1)(e), or 20-4-111;   (ii) filled from a candidate pool of less than five qualified candidates; or   (iii) advertised and remained vacant and unfilled due to a lack of qualified candidates for a period in excess of 30 days; or   (b) a vacancy for the current school year was advertised for a period of at least 30 days and the district received less than five applications from qualified candidates.   (2) "Education cooperative" means a cooperative of Montana public schools as described in 20-7-451.   (3) "Educational loans" means all loans made pursuant to a federal loan program, except federal parent loans for undergraduate students (PLUS) loans, as provided in 20 U.S.C. 1078-2.   (4) "Federal loan program" means educational loans authorized by 20 U.S.C. 1071, et seq., 20 U.S.C. 1087a, et seq., and 20 U.S.C. 1087aa, et seq.   (5) "Impacted school" means:   (a) a special education cooperative;   (b) the Montana school for the deaf and blind, as described in 20-8-101;   (c) the Montana youth challenge program, as established in 10-1-1401;   (d) a correctional facility, as defined in 41-5-103;   (e) a public school located on an Indian reservation; and   (f) a public school that, driving at a reasonable speed for the road surface, is located more than 20 minutes from a Montana city with a population greater than 15,000 based on the most recent federal decennial census.   (6) (a) "Quality educator" means a full-time equivalent educator, as reported to the superintendent of public instruction for accreditation purposes in the current school year, who:   (i) holds a valid certificate under the provisions of 20-4-106 and is employed by an entity listed in subsection (6)(b) in a position that requires an educator license in accordance with administrative rules adopted by the board of public education; or   (ii) is a licensed professional under 37-8-405, 37-8-415, 37-11-301, 37-15-301, 37-17-302, 37-22-301, 37-23-201, 37-24-301, or 37-25-302 and is employed by an entity listed in subsection (6)(b) of this section to provide services to students.   (b) For purposes of subsection (6)(a), an entity means:   (i) a school district;   (ii) an education cooperative;   (iii) the Montana school for the deaf and blind, as described in 20-8-101;   (iv) the Montana youth challenge program; and   (v) a correctional facility, as defined in 41-5-103.   (7) "School district" means a public school district, as provided in 20-6-101 and 20-6-701.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 1, Sp. L. May 2007; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 59, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 347, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 339, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-4-504 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 5. Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program|20-4-504. Loan repayment assistance

  20-4-504. Loan repayment assistance. (1) Loan repayment assistance may be provided on behalf of a quality educator who:   (a) is newly hired in an impacted school in a critical quality educator shortage area; and   (b) has an educational loan that is not in default and that has a minimum unpaid current balance of at least $1,000 at the time of application.   (2) A quality educator is eligible for state-funded loan repayment assistance for no more than 3 years and an additional 1 year of loan repayment assistance voluntarily funded by the impacted school or the district under which the impacted school is operated, with the maximum annual loan repayment assistance not to exceed:   (a) $3,000 of state-funded loan repayment assistance after the first complete year of teaching in an impacted school;   (b) $4,000 of state-funded loan repayment assistance after the second complete year of teaching in the same impacted school or another impacted school within the same school district;   (c) $5,000 of state-funded loan repayment assistance after the third complete year of teaching in the same impacted school or another impacted school within the same school district; and   (d) up to $5,000 of loan repayment assistance funded by the impacted school or the district under which the impacted school is operated after the fourth complete year of teaching in the same impacted school or another impacted school within the same school district.   (3) If the funding for state-funded loan repayment assistance in any year is less than the total amount for which Montana quality educators qualify, the superintendent of public instruction shall prorate repayment assistance amounts accordingly.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 1, Sp. L. May 2007; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 347, L. 2019.
MT Code § 20-4-505 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 5. Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program|20-4-505. Loan repayment assistance documentation

  20-4-505. Loan repayment assistance documentation. (1) A quality educator shall submit an application for loan repayment assistance to the superintendent of public instruction in accordance with policies and procedures adopted by the superintendent of public instruction. The application must include official verification or proof of the applicant's total unpaid accumulated educational loan debt and other documentation required by the superintendent of public instruction that is necessary for verification of the applicant's eligibility.   (2) The superintendent of public instruction may require a quality educator who is eligible for loan repayment assistance to provide documentation that the quality educator has exhausted repayment assistance from other federal, state, or local loan forgiveness, discharge, or repayment incentive programs.   (3) The superintendent of public instruction may remit payment of the loan on behalf of the quality educator in accordance with the requirements of this part and policies and procedures adopted by the superintendent of public instruction.   (4) An impacted school or a school district under which an impacted school is operated may remit payment of the loan on behalf of a quality educator eligible for loan repayment assistance under this section in accordance with 20-4-504.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 1, Sp. L. May 2007; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 85, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 347, L. 2019.
MT Code § 20-4-506 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 5. Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program|20-4-506. Repealed

  20-4-506. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 347, L. 2019.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 1, Sp. L. May 2007; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 85, L. 2017.
MT Code § 20-5-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 5. Pupils|Part 1. Attendance|20-5-101. Admittance of child to school

  20-5-101. Admittance of child to school. (1) The trustees shall assign and admit a child to a school in the district when the child is:  (a) 5 years of age or older on or before September 10 of the year in which the child is to enroll but is not yet 19 years of age;   (b) a resident of the district; and   (c) otherwise qualified under the provisions of this title to be admitted to the school.   (2) The trustees of a district may assign and admit any nonresident child to a school in the district under the tuition provisions of this title.   (3) The trustees may at their discretion assign and admit a child to a school in the district who is under 5 years of age or an adult who is 19 years of age or older if there are exceptional circumstances that merit waiving the age provision of this section. The trustees may also admit an individual who has graduated from high school but is not yet 19 years of age even though no special circumstances exist for waiver of the age provision of this section.   (4) The trustees shall assign and admit a child who is homeless, as defined in the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100-77), to a school in the district regardless of residence. The trustees may not require an out-of-district attendance agreement or tuition for a homeless child.   (5) The trustees shall assign and admit a child whose parent or guardian is being relocated to Montana under military orders to a school in the district and allow the child to preliminarily enroll in classes and apply for programs offered by the district prior to arrival and establishing residency.   (6) Except for the provisions of subsection (4), tuition for a nonresident child must be paid in accordance with the tuition provisions of this title.   (7) The trustees' assignment of a child meeting the qualifications of subsection (1) to a school in the district outside of the adopted school boundaries applicable to the child is subject to the district's grievance policy. Upon completion of procedures set forth in the district's grievance policy, the trustees' decision regarding the assignment is final.   History: En. 75-6302 by Sec. 115, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6302; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 334, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 558, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 74, Ch. 575, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 120, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 214, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 374, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 128, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 16, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 20, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-5-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 5. Pupils|Part 1. Attendance|20-5-102. Compulsory enrollment and excuses

  20-5-102. Compulsory enrollment and excuses. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), any parent, guardian, or other person who is responsible for the care of any child who is 7 years of age or older prior to the first day of school in any school fiscal year shall cause the child to be instructed in the program prescribed by the board of public education pursuant to 20-7-111 until the later of the following dates:   (a) the child's 16th birthday; or   (b) the date of completion of the work of the 8th grade.   (2) A parent, guardian, or other person shall enroll the child in the school assigned by the trustees of the district within the first week of the school term or when the parent, guardian, or person establishes residence in the district unless the child is:   (a) enrolled in a school of another district or state under any of the tuition provisions of this title;   (b) provided with supervised correspondence study or supervised home study under the transportation provisions of this title;   (c) excused from compulsory school attendance upon a determination by a district judge that attendance is not in the best interest of the child;   (d) excused by the board of trustees upon a determination that attendance by a child who has attained the age of 16 is not in the best interest of the child and the school; or   (e) enrolled in a nonpublic or home school that complies with the provisions of 20-5-109. For the purposes of this subsection (2)(e), a home school is the instruction by a parent of the parent's child, stepchild, or ward in the parent's residence and a nonpublic school includes a parochial, church, religious, or private school.   History: En. 75-6303 by Sec. 116, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 389, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 91, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 137, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6303; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 504, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 355, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 249, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 293, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 20-5-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 5. Pupils|Part 1. Attendance|20-5-103. Compulsory attendance and excuses

  20-5-103. Compulsory attendance and excuses. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), any parent, guardian, or other person who is responsible for the care of any child who is 7 years of age or older prior to the first day of school in any school fiscal year shall cause the child to attend the school in which the child is enrolled for the school term and each school day in the term prescribed by the trustees of the district until the later of the following dates:  (a) the child's 16th birthday; or   (b) the date of completion of the work of the 8th grade.   (2) The provisions of subsection (1) do not apply in the following cases:   (a) The child has been excused under one of the conditions specified in 20-5-102.   (b) The child is absent because of illness, bereavement, or other reason prescribed by the policies of the trustees.   (c) The child has been suspended or expelled under the provisions of 20-5-202.   (d) The child is excused pursuant to 20-7-120.   History: En. 75-6304 by Sec. 117, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 266, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6304; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 504, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 294, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 316, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-5-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 5. Pupils|Part 1. Attendance|20-5-104. Attendance officer

  20-5-104. Attendance officer. In order to enforce the compulsory attendance provisions of this title, each district shall have at least one person serving as an attendance officer according to the following requirements:   (1) districts of the first class and districts of the second class with a dropout rate higher than the statewide average dropout rate as calculated by the office of public instruction shall appoint one or more of the district's staff as attendance officers;   (2) districts of the second class with a dropout rate at or below the statewide average dropout rate as calculated by the office of public instruction and districts of the third class may appoint one or more of the district's staff as attendance officers; or   (3) the county superintendent must be the attendance officer in second-class or third-class districts that do not appoint an attendance officer.   History: En. 75-6305 by Sec. 118, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6305; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 281, L. 2013.
MT Code § 20-5-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 5. Pupils|Part 1. Attendance|20-5-105. Attendance officer -- powers and duties

  20-5-105. Attendance officer -- powers and duties. The attendance officer of a district:   (1) must, subject to district policy, be vested with police powers, the authority to serve warrants, and the authority to enter places of employment of children in order to enforce the compulsory attendance provisions of this title;   (2) may, subject to district policy, take into custody any child subject to compulsory attendance who is not excused under the provisions of this title and conduct the child to the school in which the child is or should be enrolled;   (3) may, subject to district policy, do whatever else is required to investigate and enforce the compulsory attendance provisions of this title and the pupil attendance policies of the trustees;   (4) may, subject to district policy, institute proceedings against any parent, guardian, or other person violating the compulsory attendance provisions of this title;   (5) may, subject to district policy, keep a record of transactions for the inspection and information of the trustees and shall make reports in the manner and to whomever the trustees designate; and   (6) may, subject to district policy, perform any other duties prescribed by the trustees to preserve the morals and secure good conduct of the pupils of the district.   History: En. 75-6306 by Sec. 119, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6306; amd. Sec. 295, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 281, L. 2013.
MT Code § 20-5-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 5. Pupils|Part 1. Attendance|20-5-106. Truancy

  20-5-106. Truancy. (1) For the purposes of this part "truant" or "truancy" means the persistent nonattendance without excuse, as defined by district policy, for all or any part of a school day equivalent to the length of one class period of a child required to attend a school under 20-5-103.   (2) If an attendance officer discovers a child is truant, the attendance officer may make a reasonable effort to notify the parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of the child that the continued truancy of the child may result in the prosecution of the parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of the child under the provisions of this section. If the child is discovered to be truant after the attendance officer has made a reasonable effort to notify the parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of the child, the attendance officer may require that the parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of the child and the child meet with an individual designated by the school district to formulate a truancy plan to address and resolve the truancy. If the parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of the child fails to meet with the designated individual or fails to uphold the responsibilities under the provisions of the truancy plan, the attendance officer may refer the matter to the prosecuting attorney in a court of competent jurisdiction for a determination regarding whether to prosecute the parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of the child.   (3) (a) If convicted, the person shall be fined not more than $100, ordered to perform up to 20 hours of community service, or required to give bond in the penal sum of $100, with sureties, conditioned on the person's agreement to cooperate with the district in implementing the truancy plan provided for in subsection (2) for the remainder of the current school term.   (b) If a person fails to comply with an order of the court issued under subsection (3)(a), the person may be imprisoned in the county jail for a term of not more than 3 days.   (4) (a) If the child is discovered by the attendance officer to be truant on 9 or more days or 54 or more parts of a day in 1 school year, the child may be referred to youth court as habitually truant under Title 41, chapter 5.   (b) Following a referral to youth court under subsection (4)(a), an attendance officer shall inform the youth court of any subsequent truancies by the child, and the youth court may find the child to be a youth in need of intervention as defined in 41-5-103 and make any of the dispositions provided in 41-5-1512.   History: En. 75-6307 by Sec. 120, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6307; amd. Sec. 296, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 281, L. 2013.
MT Code § 20-5-107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 5. Pupils|Part 1. Attendance|20-5-107. Incapacitated and indigent child attendance

  20-5-107. Incapacitated and indigent child attendance. In lieu of the provisions of 20-5-106 and when an attendance officer is satisfied that a pupil or a child subject to compulsory attendance is not able to attend school because the child does not have the physical capacity or the child is absolutely required to work at home or elsewhere in order to provide support for the child or the child's family, the attendance officer shall report the case to the authorities charged with the relief of the poor. The welfare authorities shall offer relief that will enable the child to attend school. If the parent, guardian, or other person who is responsible for the care of the child denies or neglects the assistance offered to enable the child to attend school, the child must be committed to a state institution, at the discretion of the court.   History: En. 75-6308 by Sec. 121, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6308; amd. Sec. 297, Ch. 56, L. 2009.