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MT Code § 20-10-129 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-129. Transportation for special activities

  20-10-129. Transportation for special activities. (1) A district may use a passenger vehicle to transport students to or from school-sponsored functions or activities. A district may not use a passenger vehicle for purposes of transporting students to or from school on a regular bus route.  (2) For purposes of this section, "passenger vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is:   (a) designed to transport 8 to 15 passengers and is the size and style of vehicle necessary to meet the needs of the district; and   (b) insured in accordance with the minimum coverage requirements established in 20-10-109.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 292, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-10-130 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-130. reserved

  20-10-130 reserved.
MT Code § 20-10-131 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-131. County transportation committee membership

  20-10-131. County transportation committee membership. (1) To coordinate the orderly provision of a uniform transportation program within a county, there must be a county transportation committee created in each county of the state of Montana. The membership of the committee consists of:  (a) the county superintendent;   (b) the presiding officer of the board of county commissioners or a member of the board designated by the presiding officer; and   (c) one representative of each school district within the county, except that an elementary district and high school district that compose a school system under 20-6-312 or 20-6-508 are limited to one representative for the school system. Each representative must be designated by the trustees of the respective school district or school system.   (2) The county transportation committee must have at least five members, and if this minimum membership cannot be realized in the manner prescribed in subsections (1)(a) through (1)(c), the county superintendent shall appoint a sufficient number of members to satisfy the minimum membership requirement.   (3) The county superintendent is the presiding officer of the county transportation committee, and a quorum is a majority of the membership. A quorum must be present for the committee to conduct business. The committee shall meet on the call of the presiding officer or any three members of the committee. Each member of the committee is a voting member.   History: En. 75-7014 by Sec. 291, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7014; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 298, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 53, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-10-132 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-132. Duties of county transportation committee

  20-10-132. Duties of county transportation committee. (1) It is the duty of the county transportation committee to:   (a) establish the transportation service areas within the county, without regard to district boundary lines, for each district that operates a school bus transportation program;   (b) except as provided in subsection (2), approve, disapprove, or adjust the school bus routes submitted by the trustees of each district in conformity with the transportation service areas established in subsection (1)(a);   (c) approve, disapprove, or adjust applications, approved by the trustees, for increased reimbursements for individual transportation because of isolated conditions of the eligible transportee's residence;   (d) conduct hearings to establish the facts of transportation controversies that have been appealed from the decision of the trustees and act on the appeals on the basis of the facts established at the hearing; and   (e) determine if geographic conditions make it impractical for a child to attend school in the district of residence, in accordance with 20-5-321(1)(b).   (2) In an emergency situation, a temporary bus route change may be approved by the county superintendent. A bus route change approved by the county superintendent must be confirmed by the county transportation committee within 90 days in order to be continued for a period longer than 90 days.   (3) When the county transportation committee reviews a request for a new bus route or a change to an existing route, the committee shall consider the following:   (a) a map of the existing and proposed bus route;   (b) a description of turnarounds;   (c) conditions affecting safety;   (d) the total mileage and change in mileage of the affected bus route;   (e) the approximate total cost;   (f) reasons for the proposed bus route change;   (g) the number of children to be served;   (h) a copy of the official minutes of the meeting at which the school trustees approved the new bus route or route change; and   (i) any other information that the county transportation committee considers relevant.   (4) When an application for increased reimbursement for individual transportation is presented to the county transportation committee, it must include a signed individual transportation contract and a copy of the official minutes of the meeting at which the trustees acted upon the request for increased reimbursement.   (5) After a factfinding hearing and decision on a transportation controversy, the trustees or a patron of the district may appeal the decision to the superintendent of public instruction, who shall issue a decision on the basis of the facts established at the county transportation committee hearing.   History: En. 75-7015 by Sec. 292, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7015; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 298, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 464, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 128, L. 2015.
MT Code § 20-10-133 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-133. through 20-10-140 reserved

  20-10-133 through 20-10-140 reserved.
MT Code § 20-10-141 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-141. Schedule of maximum reimbursement by mileage rates

  20-10-141. Schedule of maximum reimbursement by mileage rates. (1) The mileage rates in subsection (2) for school transportation constitute the maximum reimbursement to districts for school transportation from state and county sources of transportation revenue under the provisions of 20-10-145 and 20-10-146. These rates may not limit the amount that a district may budget in its transportation fund budget in order to provide for the estimated and necessary cost of school transportation during the ensuing school fiscal year. All bus miles traveled on bus routes approved by the county transportation committee are reimbursable. Nonbus mileage is reimbursable for a vehicle driven by a bus driver to and from an overnight location of a school bus when the location is more than 10 miles from the school. A district may approve additional bus or nonbus miles within its own district or approved service area but may not claim reimbursement for the mileage. Any vehicle, the operation of which is reimbursed for bus mileage under the rate provisions of this schedule, must be a school bus, as defined by this title, driven by a qualified driver on a bus route approved by the county transportation committee and the superintendent of public instruction.   (2) (a) The rate for each bus mile traveled must be determined in accordance with the following schedule:   (i) 50 cents for a school bus as defined in 20-10-101(4)(a)(ii);   (ii) 95 cents for a school bus with a rated capacity of not more than 49 passenger seating positions;   (iii) $1.15 for a school bus with a rated capacity of 50 to 59 passenger seating positions;   (iv) $1.36 for a school bus with a rated capacity of 60 to 69 passenger seating positions;   (v) $1.57 for a school bus with a rated capacity of 70 to 79 passenger seating positions; and   (vi) $1.80 for a school bus with 80 or more passenger seating positions.   (b) Nonbus mileage, as provided in subsection (1), must be reimbursed at a rate of 50 cents a mile.   (3) The rated capacity is the number of passenger seating positions of a school bus as determined under the policy adopted by the board of public education. If modification of a school bus to accommodate pupils with disabilities reduces the rated capacity of the bus, the reimbursement to a district for pupil transportation is based on the rated capacity of the bus prior to modification.   (4) The number of pupils riding the school bus may not exceed the passenger seating positions of the bus.   History: En. 75-7018 by Sec. 295, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 469, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 266, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 529, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7018; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 590, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 454, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 515, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 559, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 344, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 711, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 298, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 550, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 221, L. 2017.
MT Code § 20-10-147 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-147. Bus depreciation reserve fund

  20-10-147. Bus depreciation reserve fund. (1) The trustees of a district owning a bus used for purposes of transportation, as defined in 20-10-101, or for purposes of conveying pupils to and from school functions or activities may establish a bus depreciation reserve fund to be used for the conversion, remodeling, or rebuilding of a bus or for the replacement of a bus or communication systems and safety devices installed on the bus, including but not limited to global positioning systems, cameras, and two-way radios. The trustees of a district may also use the bus depreciation reserve fund to purchase an additional bus for purposes of transportation, as defined in 20-10-101.   (2) Whenever a bus depreciation reserve fund is established, the trustees may include in the district's budget, in accordance with the school budgeting provisions of this title, an amount each year that does not exceed 20% of the original cost of a bus or communication systems and safety devices installed on the bus. The amount budgeted may not, over time, exceed 150% of the original cost of a bus or communication systems and safety devices installed on the bus. The annual revenue requirement for each district's bus depreciation reserve fund, determined within the limitations of this section, must be reported by the county superintendent to the county commissioners by the later of the first Tuesday in September or within 30 calendar days after receiving certified taxable values as the bus depreciation reserve fund levy requirement for that district, and a levy must be made by the county commissioners in accordance with 20-9-142.   (3) Any expenditure of bus depreciation reserve fund money must be within the limitations of the district's final bus depreciation reserve fund budget and the school financial administration provisions of this title and may be made only to convert, remodel, or rebuild buses, to replace the buses or communication systems and safety devices installed on the bus, or for the purchase of an additional bus as provided in subsection (1), for which the bus depreciation reserve fund was created.   History: En. 75-7024 by Sec. 301, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 194, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7024; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 69, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 568, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 133, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 238, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 157, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 115, Ch. 584, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 220, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 152, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 418, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 8, L. 2015.
MT Code § 20-10-148 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-148. Cost-effectiveness analysis required before purchase of small school bus

  20-10-148. Cost-effectiveness analysis required before purchase of small school bus. The trustees of a district may not purchase and operate a school bus as defined in 20-10-101(4)(a)(ii) until the trustees have:   (1) conducted an analysis of the costs associated with purchase and operation of the school bus compared to the costs associated with purchase or contract and operation of a school bus designed to carry more than 10 passengers; and   (2) adopted a written finding that the purchase and operation of a school bus as defined in 20-10-101(4)(a)(ii) is the most cost-effective means of transporting eligible transportees on the bus route or routes to which the school bus will be assigned.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 221, L. 2017.
MT Code § 20-10-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 2. Food Services|20-10-201. Acceptance, expenditure, and administration of federal school food services money

  20-10-201. Acceptance, expenditure, and administration of federal school food services money. (1) The superintendent of public instruction is authorized to accept and direct the disbursement of funds appropriated by act of congress and apportioned to the state for use in financing school food services. This authorization applies to federal funds available for school food services under the National School Lunch Act (Public Law 396, 79th congress, chapter 281, 2nd session), Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (Public Law 642, 89th congress), any amendments to these public laws, and any other public laws enacted to provide assistance for school food services.   (2) The superintendent of public instruction shall deposit all federal funds for school food services with the state treasurer who shall credit the funds to the federal special revenue fund. Any disbursement of the federal school food services funds must be directed by the superintendent of public instruction.   (3) The superintendent of public instruction may:   (a) enter into agreements and cooperate with any federal agency, district, or other agency or person, prescribe regulations, employ personnel, and take any other action that the superintendent of public instruction may consider necessary to:   (i) provide for the establishment, operation, and expansion of school food services; and   (ii) disburse federal and state funds according to the requirements of federal and state law;   (b) give technical advice and assistance to any district establishing or operating school food services and assist in the training of personnel for the services;   (c) accept any gift for use in providing school food services;   (d) conduct studies of methods of improving and expanding school food services and appraise the nutritive benefits of school food services.   (4) The superintendent of public instruction shall report annually to the board of public education on the financial, administrative, and operational phases of school food services.   History: En. 75-8002 by Sec. 443, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-8002; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 281, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 237, L. 2001.
MT Code § 20-10-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 2. Food Services|20-10-202. Records, reports, and reviews

  20-10-202. Records, reports, and reviews. (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall prescribe regulations for keeping the financial and commodity records and making reports on school food services operated by a district. The financial records must be available for inspection and audit by federal and state officials authorized by law or contract to perform audits and be preserved for the period of time, not to exceed 5 years, the superintendent of public instruction may prescribe.   (2) The superintendent of public instruction shall conduct or cause to be conducted the inspections and administrative reviews of the financial records and the operation of school food services.   History: En. 75-8003 by Sec. 444, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-8003; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 489, L. 1991.
MT Code § 20-10-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 2. Food Services|20-10-203. School food commodities

  20-10-203. School food commodities. The superintendent of public instruction is authorized to accept food commodities from the federal government and to distribute the food commodities to any district or nonpublic school that contracts for such distribution. The superintendent of public instruction may use for the shipping, handling, and other related costs of distributing the food commodities any funds advanced by legislative appropriation for the commodity state special revenue account. Such distribution costs shall be reimbursed by the participating districts and nonpublic schools. Those reimbursements shall be returned to the fund from which payments for the distribution costs were made.   History: En. 75-8004 by Sec. 445, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-8004; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 281, L. 1983.
MT Code § 20-10-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 2. Food Services|20-10-204. Duties of trustees

  20-10-204. Duties of trustees. (1) The trustees of any district offering school food services may:   (a) enter into contracts with the superintendent of public instruction for the purpose of obtaining funds, supplies and equipment, food commodities, and facilities necessary for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the school food services;   (b) sell food to the pupils and adults participating in the school food services in accordance with the policies of the superintendent of public instruction;   (c) accept any gift for use of the school food services;   (d) allocate federal funds received in lieu of property taxation to the school food services fund in accordance with the provisions of 20-10-205; and   (e) adopt such policies for the operation of school food services as are consistent with the regulations of the superintendent of public instruction and with the laws of Montana.   (2) When the trustees of any district offer school food services, they shall establish a school food services fund for the deposit of proceeds from the sale of food, gifts, and other moneys specified in this section and for the expenditure of such moneys in support of the school food services.   History: En. 75-8005 by Sec. 446, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-8005.
MT Code § 20-10-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 2. Food Services|20-10-205. Allocation of federal funds to school food services fund for federally connected, indigent pupils

  20-10-205. Allocation of federal funds to school food services fund for federally connected, indigent pupils. The trustees of any school district receiving federal reimbursement in lieu of taxes may request the allocation of a portion of those federal funds to the school food services fund to provide free meals for federally connected, indigent pupils when the pupils are declared eligible. In granting the request, the county superintendent shall comply with the following procedures:   (1) The indigency must be certified by the local office of public assistance, assisted by a committee of three composed of the county superintendent, a representative of the county health department, and an authorized representative of the district.   (2) A certified, detailed claim for the amount of the federal reimbursement in lieu of taxes that is to be allocated to the school food services fund must be filed by the district with the county superintendent. The county superintendent shall confirm or adjust the amount of the claim by:   (a) determining that the pupils included on the claim have been declared indigent under subsection (1);   (b) determining the number of meals provided the indigent pupils by the school food services;   (c) determining the price for each meal that is charged to the nonindigent pupil; and   (d) multiplying the number of meals provided to indigent pupils by the price for each meal.   (3) After the county superintendent's confirmation or adjustment of the claim, the county superintendent shall notify the district and the county treasurer of the approved amounts for allocation to the school food services fund. The district shall deposit the approved amount in the school food services fund on receipt of the succeeding federal payment in lieu of taxes.   History: En. 75-8006 by Sec. 447, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-8006; amd. Sec. 63, Ch. 114, L. 2003.
MT Code § 20-10-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 2. Food Services|20-10-206. Pupils in state institutional schools included

  20-10-206. Pupils in state institutional schools included. The provisions of 20-10-201 through 20-10-205 shall apply to pupils in state institutional schools meeting the requirements established by the superintendent of public instruction and the applicable federal laws and regulations.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 92, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 75-8007.
MT Code § 20-10-207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 2. Food Services|20-10-207. School food services fund

  20-10-207. School food services fund. The trustees of any district offering school food services shall establish a school food services fund under the provisions of 20-10-204. Such fund shall be a nonbudgeted fund and shall be financially administered under the provisions of this title for a nonbudgeted fund.   History: En. 75-7211 by Sec. 350, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7211.
MT Code § 20-10-208 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 2. Food Services|20-10-208. Terminated

  20-10-208. Terminated. Sec. 4, Ch. 437, L. 2001.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 437, L. 2001.
MT Code § 20-15-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 15. Community College Districts|Part 1. General Provisions|20-15-101. Definition

  20-15-101. Definition. As used in this title, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the term "community college district" means a body corporate and a subdivision of the state of Montana organized under a single board of trustees for the purpose of providing community college instruction open to all people, subject to uniform regulations as determined by the trustees. Community college districts shall be in addition to any other districts existing in any portion of the area encompassed by the community college district.   History: En. 75-8101 by Sec. 448, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-8101; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 74, L. 2017.
MT Code § 20-15-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 15. Community College Districts|Part 1. General Provisions|20-15-102. Community college districts -- name and corporate powers

  20-15-102. Community college districts -- name and corporate powers. A community college district shall be known as "Community College District of ...., Montana". In this name, the community college district may sue and be sued, levy and collect taxes within the limitations of the laws of Montana, and possess the same corporate powers as districts in this state, except as otherwise provided by law.   History: En. 75-8102 by Sec. 449, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-8102.