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MT Code § 20-9-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-103. School budget form

  20-9-103. School budget form. (1) The format of the school budget form shall be prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction and shall provide for proper school budgeting procedures in accordance with the budgeting requirements of this title and generally accepted accounting principles. The superintendent of public instruction shall cause a sufficient number of the budget forms to be printed for use by all districts for each school fiscal year.   (2) Each district shall use the budget forms prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction, except that a district may in addition, with the approval of the superintendent of public instruction, use a more detailed form.   History: En. 75-6704 by Sec. 210, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6704; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 35, L. 1989.
MT Code § 20-9-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-105. Repealed

  20-9-105. Repealed. Sec. 94, Ch. 11, Sp. L. June 1989.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 121, L. 1981.
MT Code § 20-9-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-106. through 20-9-110 reserved

  20-9-106 through 20-9-110 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-111. Repealed

  20-9-111. Repealed. Sec. 56, Ch. 767, L. 1991.   History: En. 75-6705 by Sec. 211, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6705; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 35, L. 1989.
MT Code § 20-9-112 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-112. Repealed

  20-9-112. Repealed. Sec. 4, Ch. 183, L. 1983.   History: En. 75-6706 by Sec. 212, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6706; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 392, L. 1979.
MT Code § 20-9-113 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-113. Repealed

  20-9-113. Repealed. Sec. 14, Ch. 211, L. 1997.   History: En. 75-6707 by Sec. 213, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6707; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 183, L. 1983; (4)En. Sec. 2, Ch. 183, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 633, L. 1993.
MT Code § 20-9-114 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-114. Repealed

  20-9-114. Repealed. Sec. 14, Ch. 211, L. 1997.   History: En. 75-6708 by Sec. 214, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6708.
MT Code § 20-9-115 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-115. Notice of final budget meeting

  20-9-115. Notice of final budget meeting. Between July 1 and August 10 of each year, the clerk of each district shall publish one notice, in the local or county newspaper that the trustees of the district determine to be the newspaper with the widest circulation in the district, stating the date, time, and place that the trustees will meet for the purpose of considering and adopting the final budget of the district, stating that the meeting of the trustees may be continued from day to day until the final adoption of the district's budget, and stating that any taxpayer in the district may appear at the meeting and be heard for or against any part of the budget.   History: En. 75-6709 by Sec. 215, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 277, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 354, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6709; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 131, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 581, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 77, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 18, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 22, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 112, Ch. 42, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 211, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 376, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 152, L. 2011.
MT Code § 20-9-117 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-117. through 20-9-120 reserved

  20-9-117 through 20-9-120 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-121 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-121. County treasurer's statement of cash balances and bond information

  20-9-121. County treasurer's statement of cash balances and bond information. (1) By July 20, the county treasurer shall prepare a statement for each district showing the amount of cash on hand for each fund maintained by the district at the close of the last-completed school fiscal year. The county treasurer shall also include on each district's statement the details on the obligation for bond retirement and interest for the school fiscal year just beginning. The format of the statement on fund cash balances and bond information must be prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction.   (2) By July 20, the county treasurer shall prepare a statement for each county school fund supported by countywide levies, showing the amount of cash on hand at the beginning of the school fiscal year, the receipts and apportionments, and the amount of cash on hand at the end of the school fiscal year, for each county school fund maintained during the immediately preceding school fiscal year. The format of this statement must be prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction.   (3) By July 20, the county treasurer shall deliver the statements of district and county fund cash balances and the bond information for each district to the county superintendent, who shall forward the information to each district.   History: En. 75-6710 by Sec. 216, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6710; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 260, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 211, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 152, L. 2011.
MT Code § 20-9-122 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-122. Statement of district, city, and town valuations

  20-9-122. Statement of district, city, and town valuations. (1) By the first Monday of August, the department of revenue shall deliver to the county superintendent and to each city or town clerk a statement showing separately for each district and each city or town in the county the total assessed value and the total taxable value of all property in the districts, cities, or towns, as these valuations appear in the property tax record.   (2) In the case of a joint school district, the department of revenue shall, at the time of delivering the statement to the county superintendent, send a statement of the assessed value and taxable value of the portion of the joint school district situated in the appropriate county to the county superintendents and to the county commissioners of each county in which a part of the joint school district is situated.   History: En. 75-6711 by Sec. 217, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 51, Ch. 391, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6711; amd. Sec. 128, Ch. 27, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 34, L. 2003.
MT Code § 20-9-123 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-123. Repealed

  20-9-123. Repealed. Sec. 14, Ch. 211, L. 1997.   History: En. 75-6712 by Sec. 218, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6712.
MT Code § 20-9-124 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-124. through 20-9-129 reserved

  20-9-124 through 20-9-129 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-130 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-130. District obligation for students in youth detention facility

  20-9-130. District obligation for students in youth detention facility. A school district is responsible for providing funding for the education of students of the district who are detained in a youth detention facility. The school district's obligation must be funded from the district's tuition fund or impact aid fund.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 536, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 237, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 462, L. 2005.
MT Code § 20-9-131 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-131. Final budget meeting

  20-9-131. Final budget meeting. (1) On or before August 20, on the date and at the time and place stated in the notice published pursuant to 20-9-115, the trustees of each district shall meet to consider all budget information and any attachments required by law.   (2) The trustees may continue the meeting from day to day but shall adopt the final budget for the district and determine the amounts to be raised by tax levies for the district not later than August 25 and before the computation of the general fund net levy requirement by the county superintendent and the fixing of the tax levies for each district. Any taxpayer in the district may attend any portion of the trustees' meeting and be heard on the budget of the district or on any item or amount contained in the budget.   (3) Upon final approval, the trustees shall deliver the adopted budget, including the amounts to be raised by tax levies, to the county superintendent of schools within 3 days.   History: En. 75-6713 by Sec. 219, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 277, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6713; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 131, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 133, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 211, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 105, Ch. 584, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 376, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 462, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 152, L. 2011.
MT Code § 20-9-132 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-132. Final budget adjustment procedures

  20-9-132. Final budget adjustment procedures. At the final budget meeting of the trustees, the trustees may make any changes or corrections they may consider necessary or proper in any item or amount of the budget either by eliminating the item or amount or by increasing or reducing the amount of any item. When it appears to the trustees that the amount proposed to be expended for any item of the final budget is in excess of the amount actually required to be expended for the item, the trustees shall reduce the amount to the amount actually required to be expended and shall enter in its minutes the reasons for the reduction. If any appropriation item of the final budget provides for the payment of wages or salary to more than one person, the district shall attach to the budget a separate listing of each position of employment, with the budgeted amount of compensation for each position.   History: En. 75-6714 by Sec. 220, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 277, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6714; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 211, L. 1997.
MT Code § 20-9-133 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-133. Adoption and expenditure limitations of final budget

  20-9-133. Adoption and expenditure limitations of final budget. (1) When the trustees determine and set the amount of the budget for each budgeted fund, they shall enter the amount in the portion of the budget form provided for the reporting of the final budget and the presiding officer and clerk shall sign the budget form. The resulting budget constitutes the final budget and the appropriations for the district for the current school fiscal year.   (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), the trustees and all officers and employees of the district are limited in making expenditures or incurring liabilities to the total amount of each fund's budget. Transfers from any appropriation item to another appropriation item within a fund's budget or transfers between different funds or between the final budget and a budget amendment may be made as provided by 20-9-208. Except as provided in subsection (3), money of the district may not be used to pay expenditures made, liabilities incurred, or warrants issued in excess of the final budget established for each budgeted fund.   (3) If a district incurs a legal bonded debt payment after the final debt service fund budget for the current fiscal year has been adopted and if payment on the debt is required for the current fiscal year, payment on the debt in the current school fiscal year is allowed if money is available.   History: En. 75-6716 by Sec. 222, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 277, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6716; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 222, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 568, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 480, L. 2001.
MT Code § 20-9-134 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-134. Completion, filing, and delivery of final budgets

  20-9-134. Completion, filing, and delivery of final budgets. After the final budget of the elementary, high school, or community college district has been adopted by the trustees, the county superintendent shall complete all the remaining portions of the budget forms and shall:  (1) send the final budget information to the superintendent of public instruction, on the forms provided by the superintendent, on or before September 15; and   (2) in the case of the community college districts, send the final budget information to the board of regents, on the forms provided by the community college coordinator, on or before August 15.   History: En. 75-6719 by Sec. 225, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 277, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6719; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 392, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 260, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 343, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 152, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 351, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-9-135 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-135. through 20-9-139 reserved

  20-9-135 through 20-9-139 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-140 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-140. Terminated

  20-9-140. Terminated. Sec. 5, Ch. 561, L. 1999.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 561, L. 1999.
MT Code § 20-9-142 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-142. Fixing and levying taxes by board of county commissioners

  20-9-142. Fixing and levying taxes by board of county commissioners. By the later of the first Tuesday in September or within 30 calendar days after receiving certified taxable values, the county superintendent shall place before the board of county commissioners the final adopted budget of the district. It is the duty of the board of county commissioners, as provided in 7-6-4036, to fix and levy on all the taxable value of all the real and personal property within the district all district and county taxation required to finance, within the limitations provided by law, the final budget.   History: En. 75-6717 by Sec. 223, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 277, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6717; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 726, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 26, Sp. L. June 1986; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 767, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 133, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 584, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 462, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 152, L. 2011.
MT Code § 20-9-143 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-143. Allocation of federal funds in lieu of property taxation

  20-9-143. Allocation of federal funds in lieu of property taxation. Federal funds received by a district under the provisions of impact aid, as provided in 20 U.S.C. 7701, et seq., or funds designated in lieu of the federal act by the congress of the United States must be deposited in the impact aid fund established in 20-9-514.   History: En. 75-6718 by Sec. 224, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6718; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 633, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 22, L. 1997.
MT Code § 20-9-144 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-144. reserved

  20-9-144 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-145 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-145. Repealed

  20-9-145. Repealed. Sec. 54, Ch. 633, L. 1993.   History: En. Sec. 101, Ch. 11, Sp. L. June 1989; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 767, L. 1991.
MT Code § 20-9-146 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-146. reserved

  20-9-146 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-147 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-147. Repealed

  20-9-147. Repealed. Sec. 54, Ch. 633, L. 1993.   History: En. Sec. 50, Ch. 767, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 466, L. 1993.
MT Code § 20-9-148 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-148. through 20-9-150 reserved

  20-9-148 through 20-9-150 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-151 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-151. Budgeting procedure for joint districts

  20-9-151. Budgeting procedure for joint districts. (1) The trustees of a joint district shall adopt a budget according to the school budgeting laws and send a copy of the budget to the county superintendent of each county in which a part of the joint district is located. After approval by the trustees of the joint district, the final budgets of joint districts must be filed in the office of the county superintendent of each county in which a part of a joint district is located.   (2) The county superintendents receiving the budget of a joint district shall jointly compute the estimated budget revenue and determine the number of mills that need to be levied in the joint district for each fund for which a levy is to be made. The superintendent of public instruction shall establish a communication procedure to facilitate the joint estimation of revenue and determination of the tax levies.   (3) After determining, in accordance with law, the number of mills that need to be levied for each fund included on the final budget of the joint district, a joint statement of the required mill levies must be prepared and signed by the county superintendents involved in the computation. A copy of the statement must be delivered to the board of county commissioners of each county in which a part of the joint district is located by the later of the first Tuesday in September or within 30 calendar days after receiving certified taxable values.   History: Ap. p. 75-6721 by Sec. 227, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 277, L. 1977; Sec. 75-6721, R.C.M. 1947; Ap. p. 75-6720 by Sec. 226, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 277, L. 1977; Sec. 75-6720, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6720, 75-6721; amd. Sec. 108, Ch. 584, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 462, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 152, L. 2011.
MT Code § 20-9-152 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-152. Fixing and levying taxes for joint districts

  20-9-152. Fixing and levying taxes for joint districts. (1) At the time of fixing levies for county and school purposes by the later of the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in September or within 30 calendar days after receiving certified taxable values, the board of county commissioners of each county in which a part of a joint district is located shall fix and levy taxes on that portion of the joint district located in each board's county at the number of mills for each levy recommended by the joint statement of the county superintendents.   (2) The board of county commissioners shall include in the amounts to be raised by the county levies for schools all the amounts required for the final budget of each part of a joint district located in the county, in accordance with the recommendations of the county superintendent.   History: En. 75-6722 by Sec. 228, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6722; amd. Sec. 109, Ch. 584, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 462, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 152, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 62, L. 2013.
MT Code § 20-9-153 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-153. through 20-9-160 reserved

  20-9-153 through 20-9-160 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-161 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 1. School Budgets|20-9-161. Definition of budget amendment for budgeting purposes

  20-9-161. Definition of budget amendment for budgeting purposes. As used in this title, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the term "budget amendment" for the purpose of school budgeting means an amendment to an adopted budget of the district for the following reasons:  (1) an increase in the enrollment of an elementary or high school district that is beyond what could reasonably have been anticipated at the time of the adoption of the budget for the current school fiscal year whenever, because of the enrollment increase, the district's budget for any or all of the regularly budgeted funds does not provide sufficient financing to properly maintain and support the district for the entire current school fiscal year;   (2) the destruction or impairment of any school property necessary to the maintenance of the school, by fire, flood, storm, riot, insurrection, or act of God, to an extent rendering school property unfit for its present school use;   (3) a judgment for damages against the district issued by a court after the adoption of the budget for the current year;   (4) an enactment of legislation after the adoption of the budget for the current year that imposes an additional financial obligation on the district;   (5) the receipt of:   (a) a settlement of taxes protested in a prior school fiscal year;   (b) taxes from a prior school fiscal year as the result of a tax audit by the department of revenue or its agents;   (c) delinquent taxes from a prior school fiscal year; and   (d) a determination by the trustees that it is necessary to expend all or a portion of the taxes received under subsection (5)(a), (5)(b), or (5)(c) for a project or projects that were deferred from a previous budget of the district; or   (6) any other unforeseen need of the district that cannot be postponed until the next school year without dire consequences affecting:   (a) the safety of the students and district employees; or   (b) the educational functions of the district. Any budget amendment adopted pursuant to this subsection (6)(b) that in combination with other budget amendments within the same school fiscal year exceeds 10% of the district's adopted general fund budget must be reported by the school district to the education interim committee in accordance with 5-11-210 and the board of public education with an explanation of why the budget amendment is necessary.   History: En. 75-6723 by Sec. 229, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6723; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 392, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 767, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 40, Ch. 451, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 22, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 554, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 418, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 53, Ch. 261, L. 2021.