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MT Code § 20-3-325 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-325. Clerk of district

  20-3-325. Clerk of district. (1) As provided in 20-3-321, the trustees shall employ and appoint a clerk of the district. The clerk of the district shall attend all meetings of the trustees to keep an accurate and permanent record of all the proceedings of each meeting. If the clerk is not present at a meeting, the trustees must have one of their members or a district employee act as clerk for the meeting, and that person shall supply the clerk with a certified copy of the proceedings. The clerk of the district must be the custodian of all documents, records, and reports of the trustees. Unless the trustees provide otherwise, the clerk shall:   (a) keep an accurate and detailed accounting record of all receipts and expenditures of the district in accordance with the financial administration provisions of this title; and   (b) prepare the annual trustees' report required under the provisions of 20-9-213.   (2) The clerk of the district shall provide the county treasurer with a minimum of 30 hours' notice in advance of cash demands to meet payrolls, claims, and electronic transfers that are in excess of $50,000. If the clerk of the district fails to provide the required 30-hour notice, the district must be assessed a fee equal to any charges demanded by the state investment pool or other permissible investment manager for improperly noticed withdrawal of funds.   History: En. 75-5935 by Sec. 64, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 266, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-5935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 196, L. 2005.
MT Code § 20-3-326 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-326. through 20-3-329 reserved

  20-3-326 through 20-3-329 reserved.
MT Code § 20-3-330 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-330. District self-funded health benefit plan reserve funds -- exception for dissolution of plan

  20-3-330. District self-funded health benefit plan reserve funds -- exception for dissolution of plan. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the trustees of a school district with a self-insured health benefit plan holding reserve funds shall use these funds to pay claims and other liabilities of the district's health benefit plan.   (2) Upon dissolution of a district's self-insured health benefit plan, all remaining reserves must be maintained by the district under the provisions of 20-3-331 and must be used to pay for employee benefit costs as determined by a collective bargaining agreement or an employer policy or as required by applicable state or federal law.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 324, L. 2007.
MT Code § 20-3-331 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-331. Purchase of insurance -- self-insurance plan

  20-3-331. Purchase of insurance -- self-insurance plan. (1) The trustees of a district may purchase insurance coverage or establish a self-insurance plan for the district, trustees, and employees for liability as provided in 2-9-211 and for group health and life insurance as provided in 2-18-702. The trustees shall include the cost of coverage in the general fund budget of the district and as authorized for the district transportation program in 20-10-143(1)(d).   (2) Whenever the trustees of a district establish a self-insurance plan, the trustees shall establish an internal service fund to account for the activities of the self-insurance plan.   History: En. 75-5939 by Sec. 68, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-5939; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 425, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 73, Ch. 575, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 15, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 299, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 11, Sp. L. June 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 568, L. 1991.
MT Code § 20-3-332 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-332. Personal immunity of trustees

  20-3-332. Personal immunity of trustees. (1) When acting in their official capacity at a regular or special meeting of the board or a committee of the board, the trustees of each district are individually immune from suit for damages, as provided in 2-9-305.   (2) The trustees of each district are responsible for the proper administration and use of all money of the district in accordance with the provisions of law and this title. Failure or refusal to do so constitutes grounds for removal from office.   (3) An additional trustee, as provided for in 20-3-352(2), who is chosen as a nonvoting presiding officer of the board of trustees of an elementary district is entitled to all of the immunization, defenses, and indemnifications described in subsection (1) of this section.   History: En. 75-5941 by Sec. 70, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 91, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 75-5941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 479, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 310, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 343, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 14, L. 2011.
MT Code § 20-3-333 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-333. Repealed

  20-3-333. Repealed. Sec. 14, Ch. 309, L. 1981.   History: En. 75-6309 by Sec. 122, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6309(part).
MT Code § 20-3-334 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-334. and 20-3-335 reserved

  20-3-334 and 20-3-335 reserved.
MT Code § 20-3-336 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-336. Single-member trustee districts -- legislative intent -- minority defined

  20-3-336. Single-member trustee districts -- legislative intent -- minority defined. (1) It is the intent of the legislature to provide a board of trustees of a school district with the option to:  (a) review the voting and population patterns of minorities of the school district, as determined by the most recent federal decennial census, voting records, and other pertinent information; and   (b) create single-member trustee districts within the school district:   (i) if the board determines that the present trustee selection process does not serve the best interests of the electors of the district or ensure that the access of minority populations to the political process is not diluted in contravention of federal law; or   (ii) pursuant to a petition as provided in 20-3-337.   (2) "Minority", as used in 20-3-337 and this section, means a minority whose rights are protected under section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. 10301, as amended.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 539, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 548, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 14, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-3-338 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-338. Trustees elected by single-member district

  20-3-338. Trustees elected by single-member district. (1) At each regular school election, each trustee candidate in a single-member trustee district must be a qualified elector of the trustee district and have resided in the trustee district to be represented for at least 1 year prior to becoming a candidate for the trustee position.   (2) The election of each trustee must be submitted to the electors in the trustee district who are qualified to vote under the provisions of 20-20-301.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 539, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 207, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 20-3-339 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-339. and 20-3-340 reserved

  20-3-339 and 20-3-340 reserved.
MT Code § 20-3-341 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-341. Number of trustee positions in elementary districts -- transition

  20-3-341. Number of trustee positions in elementary districts -- transition. The number of trustee positions in each elementary district shall vary according to the district's classification, as established by 20-6-201:   (1) There must be seven trustee positions in a first-class elementary district.   (2) There must be five trustee positions in a second-class elementary district; however, on a majority vote of the board of trustees, the number may be increased to seven trustee positions at the next trustee election if notice of the action of the board of trustees is published by the clerk of the district in a newspaper of general circulation in the county prior to January 1 of the year of the trustee election. The board of trustees may reduce the number of trustee positions from seven to five upon receiving a petition for that purpose from at least 10 qualified electors of the district.   (3) There must be three trustee positions in a third-class elementary district; however, on a majority vote of the board of trustees, the number may be increased to five trustee positions at the next trustee election if notice of the action of the board of trustees is published by the clerk of the district in a newspaper of general circulation in the county prior to January 1 of the year of the trustee election. The board of trustees may reduce the number of trustee positions from five to three upon receiving a petition for that purpose from at least 10 qualified electors of the district.   (4) (a) If the number of trustee positions in a second-class elementary district is decreased from seven to five in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2), one position is eliminated at the time of the first subsequent regular school election and one position is eliminated at the next regular school election.   (b) If the number of trustee positions in a third-class elementary district is decreased from five to three in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3), one position is eliminated at the time of the first subsequent school election when two trustee positions would have been filled and one position is eliminated at the next school election when two trustee positions would have been filled.   History: En. 75-5902 by Sec. 31, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 103, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 75-5902(1); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 591, L. 1989; (4)En. Sec. 2, Ch. 591, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 45, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 208, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 20-3-342 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-342. Determination of terms after consolidation of elementary districts

  20-3-342. Determination of terms after consolidation of elementary districts. Whenever the trustees are elected at one regular school election under the circumstances described in 20-3-302(2)(a), the members who are elected shall draw by lot to determine their terms of office. The terms of office by trustee position must be:   (1) three for 3 years, two for 2 years, and two for 1 year in a first-class elementary district;   (2) two for 3 years, two for 2 years, and one for 1 year in second-class elementary districts and third-class elementary districts having five trustee positions; or   (3) one for 3 years, one for 2 years, and one for 1 year in a third-class elementary district having three trustee positions.   History: En. 75-5908 by Sec. 37, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 103, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 75-5908; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 219, L. 1997.
MT Code § 20-3-343 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-343. Determination of terms after change of district classification

  20-3-343. Determination of terms after change of district classification. Whenever the change of an elementary district classification requires the addition of trustee positions to the trustees of the district under the circumstance described in 20-3-302(2)(c), the members who are elected shall draw by lot to determine their terms of office, which must be one for 3 years and one for 2 years.   History: En. 75-5910 by Sec. 39, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-5910; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 219, L. 1997.
MT Code § 20-3-344 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-344. Repealed

  20-3-344. Repealed. Sec. 262, Ch. 49, L. 2015.   History: En. 75-5914.1 by Sec. 1, Ch. 165, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 75-5914.1; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 539, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 282, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 20-3-345 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-345. through 20-3-350 reserved

  20-3-345 through 20-3-350 reserved.
MT Code § 20-3-351 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-351. Number of trustee positions in high school districts

  20-3-351. Number of trustee positions in high school districts. (1) Except as provided in 20-3-352(3) and subsection (2) of this section, the trustees of a high school district must be composed of:   (a) the trustees of the elementary district in which the high school building is located or, if there is more than one elementary district in which the operating high school buildings are located, the trustees of the elementary district in which the operating high school building that was first constructed is located; and   (b) the additional trustee positions determined in accordance with 20-3-352(2).   (2) There must be seven trustee positions for each county high school.   (3) An additional trustee may be elected as the presiding officer of a high school district but may not vote on issues pertaining only to the elementary district. The additional trustee, as the presiding officer of the board, has all other powers, protections, and obligations of a presiding officer of an elementary district, including those under 2-3-203.   History: En. 75-5902 by Sec. 31, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 103, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 75-5902(2), (3); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 528, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 219, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 91, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 14, L. 2011.
MT Code § 20-3-353 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-353. Establishment and purpose of trustee nominating districts

  20-3-353. Establishment and purpose of trustee nominating districts. (1) After the county superintendent has determined the number of additional trustee positions, the county superintendent shall establish trustee nominating districts in that portion of the high school district without representation on the high school trustees. There must be one trustee nominating district for each additional trustee position, except the additional trustee-at-large. Unless it is impossible, the trustee nominating district boundaries must be coterminous with elementary district boundaries.   (2) The purpose of the trustee nominating district is to establish a representative district for the nomination and election of a resident of the district to be an additional member of the trustees of a high school district. The electors qualified to vote in the high school district under the provisions of 20-20-301 and who reside in the trustee nominating district are the only electors who may vote for the additional trustee representing the district. They must also be permitted to vote for a trustee position at large, if there is one, but not for any other high school trustee position.   (3) Any additional trustee position established under the provisions of this section must be filled in a manner prescribed under the provisions of 20-3-309. Each additional trustee position filled by appointment under this section is subject to election at the next regular school election.   History: En. 75-5904 by Sec. 33, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-5904; amd. Sec. 283, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 20-3-354 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-354. Redetermination of additional trustee positions and subsequent adjustments

  20-3-354. Redetermination of additional trustee positions and subsequent adjustments. Whenever there is a revision of the taxable valuation of the high school district or the elementary districts within the high school district or there is a reclassification of the elementary district that has its trustees placed on the high school district board of trustees, the county superintendent shall redetermine the number of additional trustee positions for the high school district in accordance with 20-3-352. If there is a change in the allowable number of additional trustee positions, the county superintendent shall reestablish the trustee nominating districts in accordance with 20-3-353. If the number of additional trustee positions is less than the previous number of positions, the county superintendent shall designate which present additional positions are to terminate upon the order reestablishing the trustee nominating districts. If the number of additional trustee positions is more than the previous number of positions, the additional trustee positions must be filled in the manner prescribed under the provisions of 20-3-309. Each additional trustee position filled by appointment under this section is subject to election at the next regular school election.   History: En. 75-5905 by Sec. 34, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-5905; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 384, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 284, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 20-3-355 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-355. Determination of terms after establishment or reestablishment of additional trustee positions

  20-3-355. Determination of terms after establishment or reestablishment of additional trustee positions. (1) Whenever all of the additional trustee positions are subject to election at one regular school election under the circumstance described in 20-3-302(2)(b), the members who are elected shall draw by lot to determine their terms of office. The terms of office by number of members elected must be:   (a) two for 3 years, if four are elected;   (b) one for 3 years, if one, two, or three are elected;   (c) one for 2 years, if two, three, or four are elected; and   (d) one for 1 year, if three or four are elected.   (2) Whenever the reestablishment of the additional trustee positions for a high school district under the provisions of 20-3-354 results in an increased number of additional trustee positions, the members who are elected at the next regular school election shall draw by lot to determine their terms of office and the terms must be determined in accordance with the additional trustee terms prescribed in this section.   History: En. 75-5909 by Sec. 38, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-5909; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 219, L. 1997.
MT Code § 20-3-356 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-356. Membership of elected trustees of county high school district and nomination of candidates

  20-3-356. Membership of elected trustees of county high school district and nomination of candidates. (1) The trustees of a county high school district must include the following:   (a) four trustee positions filled by members residing in the elementary district where the county high school building is located; and   (b) three trustee positions filled by members one of whom resides in each of the three trustee nominating districts in the territory of the high school district outside of the elementary district where the county high school building is located. The county superintendent shall establish the nominating districts, and, unless it is impossible, the districts must have coterminous boundaries with elementary district boundaries.   (2) The provisions of 20-3-305 govern the nomination of candidates for the trustee election prescribed in this section.   History: En. 75-5924 by Sec. 53, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 122, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 75-5924; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 219, L. 1997.
MT Code § 20-3-357 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-357. through 20-3-360 reserved

  20-3-357 through 20-3-360 reserved.
MT Code § 20-3-362 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 3. Elected Officials|Part 3. School District Trustees|20-3-362. Powers of joint board of trustees

  20-3-362. Powers of joint board of trustees. (1) When a joint board of trustees is formed as provided by 20-3-361, it shall have the power to:   (a) jointly employ a district superintendent under the provisions of 20-4-401;   (b) jointly employ teachers and specialists under the provisions of 20-4-201;   (c) open a junior high school under the provisions of 20-6-505 if the trustees of a county high school and the trustees of an elementary district have formed a joint board of trustees;   (d) prescribe and administer joint administrative policy;   (e) jointly provide any program or service authorized under 20-3-324, including any joint provision of special education services; and   (f) prorate all items of joint expense among the school districts, provided that a controversy over any decision by the joint board to prorate joint costs may, within 30 days, be appealed by the trustees of any district to the superintendent of public instruction for a final decision as to what constitutes a fair and just proration of the cost.   (2) The joint board of trustees shall not have the power to transact business that is not specifically related to the joint administration of the districts.   History: En. 75-5929 by Sec. 58, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-5929; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 511, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 308, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 343, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 9, L. 2019.