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MT Code § 20-4-134 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 1. Certification of Teaching and Supervisory Personnel|20-4-134. Professional stipends for teachers certified by national board for professional teaching standards

  20-4-134. Professional stipends for teachers certified by national board for professional teaching standards. (1) Pursuant to subsection (5), an annual stipend of up to $1,500 must be provided to each teacher who holds a current certificate from the national board for professional teaching standards if the teacher is:  (a) a full-time classroom teacher, librarian, or other full-time employee serving in an assignment covered by national board certification assessment;   (b) certified to teach in Montana under the provisions of 20-4-103; and   (c) a full-time employee of:   (i) a Montana public school district, as defined in 20-6-101;   (ii) an education cooperative, as described in 20-7-451;   (iii) the Montana school for the deaf and blind, as described in 20-8-101; or   (iv) a correctional facility, as defined in 41-5-103.   (2) An annual stipend of up to $2,500 must be provided to each teacher who meets the criteria for the stipend in subsection (1) and who has an instructional assignment in a school identified as:   (a) a school in a high-poverty area eligible to participate in the community eligibility provision under Public Law 111-296; or   (b) an impacted school as defined in 20-4-502.   (3) A teacher becomes eligible for the stipend in subsection (1) in the school year beginning July 1 after the teacher obtains certification or recertification from the national board for professional teaching standards.   (4) By March 1, the superintendent of public instruction shall distribute stipend payments to any entity listed in subsections (1)(c)(i) through (1)(c)(iv) that employs an eligible teacher.   (5) The obligation for funding a portion of the professional stipends is an obligation of the state. This section may not be construed to require a school district to provide its matching portion of a stipend to a qualifying teacher without a payment from the state to the district. If the money appropriated for the stipends is not enough to provide the full amount for each eligible teacher, the superintendent of public instruction shall request the state budget director to submit a request for a supplemental appropriation in the second year of the biennium that is sufficient to complete the funding of the stipends.   (6) (a) For a stipend under subsection (1), the state shall pay $500 and another $1 for each $1 contributed by the teacher's school district, up to a maximum state contribution of $1,000.   (b) For a stipend under subsection (2), the state shall pay $1,000 and another $2 for each $1 contributed by the teacher's school district, up to a maximum state contribution of $2,000.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 555, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 150, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 347, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 339, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-4-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 2. Teacher Employment -- Tenure|20-4-201. Employment of teachers and specialists by contract

  20-4-201. Employment of teachers and specialists by contract. (1) The trustees of any district have the authority to employ any person as a teacher or specialist, but only a person who holds a valid Montana teacher or specialist certificate or for whom an emergency authorization of employment has been issued that qualifies the person to perform the duties prescribed by the trustees for the position of employment. Each teacher or specialist must be employed under written contract, and each contract of employment must be authorized by a proper resolution of the trustees and must be executed in duplicate by the presiding officer of the trustees and the clerk of the district in the name of the district and by the teacher or specialist.   (2) A contract of employment with a teacher or specialist may not require the teacher or specialist to teach more than 5 days a week or on any holiday recognized by 20-1-305. A deduction may not be made from a teacher's or specialist's salary by reason of the fact that a holiday falls on a school day. A teacher's or specialist's contract made in conflict with the 5-days-a-week provision of this section is not enforceable against the teacher or specialist.   (3) Whenever the boards of trustees of two or more school districts form a joint board of trustees under the provisions of 20-3-361 or when the boards of trustees of two or more school districts enter into an interlocal agreement pursuant to Title 7, chapter 11, part 1, to cooperatively share the employment of a teacher or specialist, the joint board of trustees or the boards of trustees of two or more school districts, pursuant to an interlocal agreement, may execute a contract of employment with a teacher or specialist who shall serve the districts. When a contract is executed, the districts shall prorate the compensation provided by the contract on the basis of the total number of instructional hours expended by the teacher or specialist within each district.   (4) Any contract executed under the provisions of this section may contain the oath or affirmation prescribed in 20-4-104, and the teacher or specialist shall subscribe to the oath or affirmation before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths.   History: En. 75-6102 by Sec. 83, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6102; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 511, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 308, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 318, L. 2001.
MT Code § 20-4-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 2. Teacher Employment -- Tenure|20-4-202. Teacher and specialist certification registration

  20-4-202. Teacher and specialist certification registration. (1) Any person employed as a teacher, specialist, principal, or district superintendent shall register the person's certificate or the district shall register its emergency authorization of employment for a teacher with the county superintendent of the county in which the person is employed in order to validate the person's employment status and permit payment under the employment contract. If a teacher or specialist does not register the person's certificate with the county superintendent within 60 calendar days after the person begins to perform services, the person is not eligible to receive any further compensation under the contract of employment until the person has registered the certificate. After the schools of a district have been open for 60 calendar days in the current school fiscal year, the county superintendent shall notify each district of the county of each teacher or specialist who has registered a current valid certificate, and the district may not pay any teacher who has not registered the person's certificate until the county superintendent does notify the district of the registration.   (2) A teacher or specialist employed by a joint district shall register the person's certificate with the county superintendent of the county in which the person is working. A teacher or specialist employed by a special education cooperative shall register the person's certificate with the county superintendent of the county in which the special education cooperative is based.   History: En. 75-6106 by Sec. 87, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 277, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6106; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 511, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 330, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 291, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 20-4-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 2. Teacher Employment -- Tenure|20-4-203. Teacher tenure

  20-4-203. Teacher tenure. (1) Except as provided in 20-4-208, whenever a teacher has been elected by the offer and acceptance of a contract for the fourth consecutive year of employment by a district in a position requiring teacher certification except as a district superintendent or specialist, the teacher is considered to be reelected from year to year as a tenured teacher at the same salary and in the same or a comparable position of employment as that provided by the last-executed contract with the teacher unless the trustees resolve by majority vote of their membership to terminate the services of the teacher in accordance with the provisions of 20-4-204.   (2) The tenure of a teacher with a district may not be impaired upon termination of services of the teacher if the following conditions exist:   (a) the tenure teacher is terminated because the financial condition of the district requires a reduction in the number of teachers employed; and   (b) continued employment rights are provided for in a collectively bargained contract of the district.   (3) (a) For the purposes of subsection (1), "same salary" means the daily rate of pay, excluding benefits and excluding stipends for nonteaching duties, multiplied by the number of days worked under the last-executed contract with the teacher, up to the total number of days funded by the state in the per-ANB entitlements, as provided in 20-9-311, including pupil-instruction-related days. The calculation of daily rate of pay is determined by dividing the salary in the last-executed contract with the teacher for pupil-instruction and pupil-instruction-related days, excluding benefits and excluding stipends for nonteaching duties, by the total number of contracted days under the last-executed contract.   (b) The definition of same salary may be modified if negotiated and agreed to in a collective bargaining agreement executed by the district and the teacher's exclusive representative pursuant to Title 39, chapter 31, or in an individual contract between the district and a teacher in a district in which the teachers have no exclusive representative as provided in Title 39, chapter 31.   (4) Upon receiving tenure, the employment of a teacher may be terminated for good cause.   History: En. 75-6103 by Sec. 84, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 49, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6103; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 511, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 521, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 479, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 204, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 259, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 438, L. 1997.
MT Code § 20-4-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 2. Teacher Employment -- Tenure|20-4-205. Notification of teacher reelection -- acceptance

  20-4-205. Notification of teacher reelection -- acceptance. (1) The trustees shall provide written notice by June 1 to all teachers who have been reelected. Any teacher who does not receive notice of reelection or termination is automatically reelected for the ensuing school fiscal year.   (2) Any teacher who receives notification of reelection for the ensuing school fiscal year shall provide the trustees with written acceptance of the conditions of the reelection within 20 days after the receipt of the notice of reelection, and failure to notify the trustees within 20 days constitutes conclusive evidence of the teacher's nonacceptance of the tendered position.   History: En. 75-6105 by Sec. 86, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6105; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 574, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 438, L. 1997.
MT Code § 20-4-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 2. Teacher Employment -- Tenure|20-4-206. Notification of nontenure teacher reelection -- acceptance -- termination

  20-4-206. Notification of nontenure teacher reelection -- acceptance -- termination. (1) The trustees shall provide written notice by June 1 to each nontenure teacher employed by the district regarding whether the nontenure teacher has been reelected for the ensuing school fiscal year. A teacher who does not receive written notice of reelection or termination is automatically reelected for the ensuing school fiscal year.   (2) A nontenure teacher who receives notification of reelection for the ensuing school fiscal year shall provide the trustees with written acceptance of the conditions of reelection within 20 days after the receipt of the notice of reelection. Failure to notify the trustees within 20 days constitutes conclusive evidence of the nontenure teacher's nonacceptance of the tendered position.   (3) Subject to the June 1 notice requirements in this section, the trustees may nonrenew the employment of a nontenure teacher at the conclusion of the school fiscal year with or without cause.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 324, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 87, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 142, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6105.1; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 510, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 439, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 438, L. 1997.
MT Code § 20-4-207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 2. Teacher Employment -- Tenure|20-4-207. Dismissal of teacher under contract

  20-4-207. Dismissal of teacher under contract. (1) The trustees of any district may dismiss a teacher before the expiration of the teacher's employment contract for good cause.   (2) (a) The following persons may recommend the dismissal of a teacher for cause under subsection (1):   (i) a district superintendent;   (ii) in a district without a district superintendent, a principal; or   (iii) in a district without a district superintendent or a principal, the county superintendent or a trustee of the district.   (b) A person listed in subsection (2)(a) who recommends dismissal of a teacher shall give notice of the recommendation in writing to each trustee of the district and to the teacher.   (c) The notice must state clearly and explicitly the specific reason or reasons that led to the recommendation for dismissal.   (3) (a) Whenever the trustees of any district receive a recommendation for dismissal, the trustees shall notify the teacher of the right to a hearing before the trustees either by certified letter or by personal notification for which a signed receipt must be returned. The teacher may in writing waive the right to a hearing. Unless the teacher waives the right to a hearing, the teacher and trustees shall agree on a hearing date not less than 10 days or more than 20 days from the notice of intent to recommend dismissal.   (b) The trustees shall conduct a hearing on the recommendation and resolve at the conclusion of the hearing to dismiss the teacher or to reject the recommendation for dismissal.   (4) With the exception of a county superintendent, a person who recommends dismissal pursuant to subsection (2) may suspend the teacher from active performance of duty with pay pending the hearing date if the teacher's behavior or acts that led to the recommendation for dismissal are contrary to the welfare of the students or the effective operation of the school district.   (5) Any teacher who has been dismissed may in writing within 20 days appeal the dismissal under the guidelines set forth in 20-4-204. The teacher may appeal a decision to terminate an employment contract to the county superintendent if the teacher's employment is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to Title 39, chapter 31. If the employment of the teacher is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, a teacher shall appeal a decision to terminate an employment contract to an arbitrator.   History: En. 75-6107 by Sec. 88, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 327, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6107; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 56, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 28, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 438, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 514, L. 1999.
MT Code § 20-4-208 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 2. Teacher Employment -- Tenure|20-4-208. Transfer from administrative position

  20-4-208. Transfer from administrative position. (1) A tenure teacher serving in an administrative position may be assigned to a teaching position with a reduction in salary when the district reduces the size of its administrative staff. The salary for the new position must be the same as the salary that the teacher would have received if the teacher had been continuously employed in the new position rather than in the administrative position.   (2) If a board policy or a collective bargaining agreement provides seniority rights for teachers, a district that assigns a tenure teacher serving in an administrative position to a teaching position shall recognize for seniority purposes the tenure teacher's time of service in the administrative position.   (3) As used in this section, the term "administrative position" means a position that the trustees of a district designate as administrative or supervisory in nature, not including the position of district superintendent.   (4) A tenure teacher who is transferred to a teaching position under this section must be offered the next comparable administrative position for which the tenure teacher is endorsed that becomes available in the district.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 204, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 114, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 438, L. 1997.
MT Code § 20-4-209 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 2. Teacher Employment -- Tenure|20-4-209. and 20-4-210 reserved

  20-4-209 and 20-4-210 reserved.
MT Code § 20-4-211 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 2. Teacher Employment -- Tenure|20-4-211. Repealed

  20-4-211. Repealed. Sec. 4, Ch. 527, L. 1999.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 464, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6130.
MT Code § 20-4-212 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 2. Teacher Employment -- Tenure|20-4-212. Repealed

  20-4-212. Repealed. Sec. 4, Ch. 527, L. 1999.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 464, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6129.
MT Code § 20-4-213 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 2. Teacher Employment -- Tenure|20-4-213. Repealed

  20-4-213. Repealed. Sec. 4, Ch. 527, L. 1999.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 464, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6131; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 458, L. 1979.
MT Code § 20-4-214 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 2. Teacher Employment -- Tenure|20-4-214. Repealed

  20-4-214. Repealed. Sec. 4, Ch. 527, L. 1999.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 464, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6132.
MT Code § 20-4-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 3. Teachers' Powers, Duties, and Privileges|20-4-301. Duties of teacher -- nonpayment for failure to comply

  20-4-301. Duties of teacher -- nonpayment for failure to comply. (1) A teacher under contract with a district shall:   (a) conform to and enforce the laws, board of public education policies, and policies of the trustees of the district;   (b) use the course of instruction prescribed by the trustees;   (c) keep, in a neat and businesslike manner, a teacher's register of attendance and grades;   (d) within 10 days after the conclusion of each school semester, prepare a report that must include the pupil attendance and absence data from the teacher's register and grades. The report must be submitted to:   (i) the district superintendent, if there is one;   (ii) the principal of the school, if there is one and there is no district superintendent; or   (iii) the county superintendent or all county superintendents when the teacher is reporting for a joint district, if there is no district superintendent or principal.   (e) exercise due diligence in the care of school grounds and buildings, furniture, equipment, books, and supplies; and   (f) provide moral and civic instruction by:   (i) endeavoring to impress the pupils with the principles of morality, truth, justice, and patriotism, including any curriculum related to the flag prescribed by the trustees;   (ii) teaching the pupils to avoid idleness, profanity, and falsehood;   (iii) instructing the pupils in the principles of free government and training them to comprehend the rights, responsibilities, and dignity of American citizenship.   (2) The trustees are authorized to withhold the salary warrant of any teacher who does not comply with the provisions of subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b) until the teacher does comply with the provisions.   (3) The trustees may not pay any teacher the teacher's last month's salary until the teacher has provided a complete and accurate semester report to the required person, as determined by the person and as required in subsection (1)(d).   History: En. 75-6108 by Sec. 89, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6108; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 337, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 22, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 320, L. 1997.
MT Code § 20-4-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 3. Teachers' Powers, Duties, and Privileges|20-4-303. Abuse of teachers

  20-4-303. Abuse of teachers. Any parent, guardian, or other person who shall insult or abuse a teacher anywhere on the school grounds or school premises shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction of such misdemeanor by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined no less than $25 or more than $500.   History: En. 75-6110 by Sec. 91, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 100, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6110.
MT Code § 20-4-304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 4. Teachers, Superintendents, and Principals|Part 3. Teachers' Powers, Duties, and Privileges|20-4-304. Attendance at instructional and professional development meetings

  20-4-304. Attendance at instructional and professional development meetings. The trustees of a school district shall close the schools of the district for the annual instructional and professional development meetings of teachers' organizations. A teacher may attend instructional and professional development meetings without loss of salary or attend other appropriate inservice training that may be prescribed by the trustees without loss of salary. If a teacher does not attend, the teacher may not be paid.   History: En. 75-6111 by Sec. 92, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 200, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6111; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 638, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 292, Ch. 56, L. 2009.