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MT Code § 20-9-534 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 5. Special Purpose Funds|20-9-534. Statutory appropriation for school technology purposes

  20-9-534. (Temporary) Statutory appropriation for school technology purposes. (1) The amount of $1 million a year is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, from the school facility and technology account established in 20-9-516 to the office of public instruction.  (2) Twenty-five percent of the appropriation under subsection (1) must be allocated for providing funds for schools to use as state matching funds for special construction under the federal e-rate broadband program pursuant to 47 CFR 54.505, provided that none of the state matching funds may be used by schools for self-construction of their own or portions of their own networks.   (3) By the third Friday in July, the superintendent of public instruction shall allocate the remaining 75% of the appropriation under subsection (1) for grants for school technology purposes. The allocation to each district must be based on the ratio of the district's BASE budget to the statewide BASE budget amount for all school districts multiplied by the amount of money provided in 20-9-343 for the purposes of 20-9-533.   (4) If any of the funds allocated under subsection (2) are unspent as of June 30 of each fiscal year, the unspent funds must be added to the funds allocated under subsection (3) for the subsequent fiscal year. (Terminates June 30, 2023--sec. 4, Ch. 475, L. 2021.)   20-9-534. (Effective July 1, 2023) Statutory appropriation for school technology purposes. (1) The amount of $1 million a year is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, from the school facility and technology account established in 20-9-516 for grants for school technology purposes.  (2) By the third Friday in July, the superintendent of public instruction shall allocate the annual statutory appropriation for school technology purposes to each district based on the ratio that each district's BASE budget bears to the statewide BASE budget amount for all school districts multiplied by the amount of money provided in 20-9-343 for the purposes of 20-9-533.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 517, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 22, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 554, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 3, Sp. L. August 2002; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 377, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 152, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 329, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 259, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 475, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-9-535 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 5. Special Purpose Funds|20-9-535. and 20-9-536 reserved

  20-9-535 and 20-9-536 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-538 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 5. Special Purpose Funds|20-9-538. through 20-9-540 reserved

  20-9-538 through 20-9-540 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-541 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 5. Special Purpose Funds|20-9-541. Repealed

  20-9-541. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 9, L. 2021.  History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 237, L. 2001.
MT Code § 20-9-542 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 5. Special Purpose Funds|20-9-542. Repealed

  20-9-542. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 9, L. 2021.  History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 237, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 550, L. 2003.
MT Code § 20-9-543 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 5. Special Purpose Funds|20-9-543. School flexibility fund -- uses

  20-9-543. School flexibility fund -- uses. (1) The trustees of a district may establish a school flexibility fund and may use the fund, in their discretion, for school district expenditures incurred for:  (a) technological equipment enhancements and expansions considered by the trustees to support enhanced educational programs in the classroom;   (b) facility expansion and remodeling considered by the trustees to support the delivery of educational programs or the removal and replacement of obsolete facilities;   (c) supplies and materials considered by the trustees to support the delivery of enhanced educational programs;   (d) student assessment and evaluation;   (e) the development of curriculum materials;   (f) training for classroom staff considered by the trustees to support the delivery of enhanced educational programs;   (g) purchase, lease, or rental of real property that must be used to provide free or reduced price housing for classroom teachers;   (h) salaries, benefits, bonuses, and other incentives for the recruitment and retention of classroom teachers and other certified staff, subject to collective bargaining when applicable; or   (i) increases in energy costs caused by an increase in energy rates from the rates paid by the district in fiscal year 2001 or from increased use of energy as a result of the expansion of facilities, equipment, or other resources of the district.   (2) The financial administration of the school flexibility fund must be in accordance with the financial administration provisions of this title for a budgeted fund.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 237, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 27, Ch. 457, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 9, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-9-544 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 5. Special Purpose Funds|20-9-544. Repealed

  20-9-544. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 9, L. 2021.  History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 237, L. 2001.
MT Code § 20-9-545 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 5. Special Purpose Funds|20-9-545. through 20-9-569 reserved

  20-9-545 through 20-9-569 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-570 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 5. Special Purpose Funds|20-9-570. Statewide average per-pupil spending

  20-9-570. (Temporary) Statewide average per-pupil spending. (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall calculate the per-pupil average of total public school expenditures in Montana for the second most recently completed school fiscal year by August 1 of the ensuing school fiscal year and make the calculation available to the public. The calculation is made by dividing total expenditures calculated in subsection (2) by total pupils calculated in subsection (3).  (2) Funds to be included in total school expenditures for the second most recently completed school year include but are not limited to:   (a) district general fund expenditures;   (b) transportation;   (c) bus depreciation;   (d) food services;   (e) tuition;   (f) retirement;   (g) miscellaneous programs;   (h) traffic education;   (i) nonoperating fund;   (j) lease-rental agreement;   (k) compensated absence fund;   (l) metal mines tax reserve;   (m) state mining impact;   (n) impact aid;   (o) litigation reserve;   (p) technology acquisition;   (q) flexibility fund;   (r) debt service;   (s) building reserve; and   (t) interlocal agreement.   (3) Total pupils are computed using an amount equal to the per-pupil average, but not the per-ANB average provided in 20-9-311, for Montana school districts for the second most recently completed school year. (Terminates December 31, 2029--sec. 20, Ch. 480, L. 2021.)   History: En. Sec. 22, Ch. 457, L. 2015.
MT Code § 20-9-601 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-601. Public school fund

  20-9-601. Public school fund. The public school fund must be maintained by the state treasurer as a fund in the permanent fund type, and the principal amount of the fund is irreducible and permanent. The following money must be credited to the fund as an addition to the irreducible and permanent principal amount:   (1) appropriations and donations by the state;   (2) donations and bequests by individuals to the state or schools;   (3) the proceeds of land and other property that revert to the state by escheat and forfeiture;   (4) the proceeds of all property granted to the state, when the purpose of the grant is not specified or is uncertain;   (5) funds accumulated in the treasury of the state for the disbursement of which provision has not been made by law;   (6) except as provided in 77-1-109, the proceeds of the sale of stone, materials, or other property from school lands other than those granted for specific purposes and all money other than rental recovered from persons trespassing on the lands;   (7) the principal of all money arising from the sale of lands and other property that has been and may be granted to the state for the support of common schools;   (8) except as provided in 77-1-109, the amount earmarked for deposit in this fund under the provisions of 20-9-341; and   (9) other money as may be provided by the legislature.   History: En. 75-7301 by Sec. 356, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7301; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 281, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 14, Sp. L. January 1992; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 122, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 34, L. 2001.
MT Code § 20-9-602 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-602. Title to farm mortgage lands vested in state and transfers validated

  20-9-602. Title to farm mortgage lands vested in state and transfers validated. (1) The transfer of farm mortgage lands, made by Chapter 250, Laws of 1953, shall be deemed to have vested title in such lands in the state of Montana in trust for the state public school fund.   (2) All contracts, certificates of purchase, deeds, and conveyances executed by the state of Montana in the administration of such lands since March 11, 1953, shall be deemed sufficient in law to dispose of the right, title, and interest therein described by the state of Montana.   History: En. 75-7302 by Sec. 357, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7302.
MT Code § 20-9-603 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-603. Acceptance and expenditure of federal moneys for state

  20-9-603. Acceptance and expenditure of federal moneys for state. (1) The governor and the superintendent of public instruction are authorized on behalf of the state of Montana to request and accept money that is or will be made available under any act of congress of the United States or otherwise for purposes of public school building construction or for any other purposes of public schools and public education as permitted under the laws of the state of Montana and as authorized by the grants from the federal government. The money must be deposited by the governor and superintendent of public instruction in the state treasury and is available for appropriation to the superintendent of public instruction. The money must be expended for the purpose of public school building construction or for any other purposes of public schools and public education as permitted under the laws of the state of Montana and as authorized by the grants from the federal government.   (2) The governor and superintendent of public instruction are further authorized on behalf of the state of Montana to accept money provided from federal sources for the express purpose of distribution to nonpublic education. The money must be deposited by the governor and superintendent of public instruction in the state treasury and is available for appropriation to the superintendent of public instruction. The money must be distributed in the manner provided by the laws of the state of Montana and as authorized or expressed by grants from the federal government.   (3) All expenditures of money from federal sources under this section must be made under the supervision and in the discretion of the superintendent of public instruction. Any balance in the account in which the money is maintained may not lapse at any time but must be continuously available to the superintendent of public instruction for expenditures consistent with this title and acts of the federal government.   History: En. 75-7303 by Sec. 358, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 34, L. 1973; (amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 434, L. 1975 -- [unconstitutional, 167 M 261]; Sec. 7, Ch. 434, L. 1975 repealed by Sec. 1, Ch. 4, L. 1977); R.C.M. 1947, 75-7303; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 10, L. 2009.
MT Code § 20-9-605 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-605. through 20-9-614 reserved

  20-9-605 through 20-9-614 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-615 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-615. Voluntary rural residential impact payments

  20-9-615. Voluntary rural residential impact payments. (1) The trustees of a rural school district may negotiate with a real estate developer or subdivision developer in the school district to voluntarily contribute an impact payment to the district's building fund. The maximum amount of the payment that the trustees may accept must be based upon the number of pupils reasonably expected to move into the district because of the real estate development or subdivision development. Negotiations and any resulting contributions must be voluntary.   (2) For the purposes of this section, "rural school district" means a school district in which a majority of the pupils in the district reside outside the limits of any incorporated city or town.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 506, L. 1995.
MT Code § 20-9-616 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-616. through 20-9-619 reserved

  20-9-616 through 20-9-619 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-620 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-620. Definition

  20-9-620. Definition. (1) As used in 20-9-621, 20-9-622, and this section, "distributable revenue" means, except for that portion of revenue described in 20-9-516(2)(a) and 77-1-109, 95% of all revenue from the management of school trust lands and the permanent fund, including timber sale proceeds, lease fees, interest, dividends, and net realized capital gains.   (2) The term does not include mineral royalties or land sale proceeds that are deposited directly in the permanent fund or net unrealized capital gains that remain in the permanent fund until realized.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 418, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 9(1), Ch. 554, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 3, Sp. L. August 2002; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 377, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 465, L. 2009.
MT Code § 20-9-621 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-621. Permanent fund

  20-9-621. Permanent fund. (1) The public school fund provided for in Article X, section 2, of the Montana constitution consists of the permanent fund, which consists of the permanent corpus fund.   (2) The permanent fund must be invested for the purpose of generating future income for distribution to public elementary and secondary school districts as provided in Article X, section 5, of the Montana constitution.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 418, L. 2001.
MT Code § 20-9-622 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-622. Guarantee account

  20-9-622. Guarantee account. (1) There is a guarantee account in the state special revenue fund. The guarantee account is intended to:   (a) stabilize the long-term growth of the permanent fund; and   (b) maintain a constant and increasing distributable revenue stream. All realized capital gains and all distributable revenue must be deposited in the guarantee account. The guarantee account is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, for distribution to school districts through school equalization aid as provided in 20-9-343.   (2) Any excess interest and income revenue deposited in the guarantee account for distribution under this section must be transferred to the school major maintenance aid account provided for in 20-9-525.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 418, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 9(2), Ch. 554, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 10, Sp. L. August 2002; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 291, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 1, Sp. L. May 2007; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 377, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 17, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 400, L. 2013; amd. Secs. 13, 23, Ch. 336, L. 2017.
MT Code § 20-9-623 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-623. through 20-9-629 reserved

  20-9-623 through 20-9-629 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-630 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-630. Repealed

  20-9-630. Repealed. Secs. 11, 13(1), Ch. 2, Sp. L. November 2017.   History: En. Sec. 244, Ch. 574, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 13, Sp. L. August 2002; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 550, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 411, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 34, Ch. 268, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 205, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 332, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 336, L. 2017.
MT Code § 20-9-631 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-631. Repealed

  20-9-631. Repealed. Sec. 123, Ch. 2, L. 2009.   History: En. Sec. 245, Ch. 574, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 13, Sp. L. August 2002; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 518, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 550, L. 2003.
MT Code § 20-9-632 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-632. Repealed

  20-9-632. Repealed. Secs. 11, 13(1), Ch. 2, Sp. L. November 2017.   History: En. Sec. 246, Ch. 574, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 27, Ch. 13, Sp. L. August 2002; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 518, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 336, L. 2017.
MT Code § 20-9-633 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-633. and 20-9-634 reserved

  20-9-633 and 20-9-634 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-635 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-635. Natural resource development K-12 school facilities payment

  20-9-635.  Natural resource development K-12 school facilities payment. (1) The natural resource development K-12 school facilities payment replaces the former natural resource development K-12 funding payment as a means to provide local property tax relief by supporting school district facility needs. The legislature intends for the new payment to grow in a manner similar to the previous payment as described in subsection (2) through fiscal year 2022 until other revenue to support school facilities has increased.   (2) The legislature intends the natural resource development K-12 school facilities payment to be a general fund appropriation to support school major maintenance aid pursuant to 20-9-525 that is:   (a) for fiscal years 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, calculated as the greater of:   (i) $6.4 million in fiscal year 2020, $7.6 million in fiscal year 2021, $10 million in fiscal year 2022, and $10 million in fiscal year 2023, with each fiscal year's appropriation reduced by the amount of projected earnings from the school facilities fund pursuant to 17-5-703 for that fiscal year; or   (ii) 5% of the oil and natural gas production taxes deposited in the general fund pursuant to 15-36-331(4) for the fiscal year occurring 2 fiscal years prior to the fiscal year of the payment; and   (b) for fiscal years 2024 and beyond, calculated as the greater of:   (i) $10 million increased by an inflationary adjustment calculated as provided in 20-9-326 applied in fiscal year 2024 and in each succeeding fiscal year; or   (ii) 5% of the oil and natural gas production taxes deposited in the general fund pursuant to 15-36-331(4) for the fiscal year occurring 2 fiscal years prior to the fiscal year of the payment.   (3) The present law base calculated under Title 17, chapter 7, part 1, for major maintenance aid must consist of:   (a) the natural resource development K-12 school facilities payment as calculated in subsection (2) as a general fund appropriation; and   (b) projected revenue available in the school major maintenance account, established in 20-9-525, as a state special revenue fund appropriation, including:   (i) projected earnings from the school facilities fund pursuant to 17-5-703; and   (ii) any anticipated transfers of excess interest and income revenue pursuant to 20-9-622.   History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 336, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 336, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 27, Ch. 429, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 24, L. 2019.
MT Code § 20-9-636 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-636. and 20-9-637 reserved

  20-9-636 and 20-9-637 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-638 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-638. Coal-fired generating unit closure mitigation block grant

  20-9-638. Coal-fired generating unit closure mitigation block grant. (1) (a) The office of public instruction shall provide a coal-fired generating unit closure mitigation block grant to each school district with a fiscal year 2017 taxable valuation that includes a coal-fired generating unit with a generating capacity that is greater than or equal to 200 megawatts, was placed in service prior to 1980, and is retiring or planned for retirement on or before July 1, 2022.   (b) The electronic reporting system that is used by the office of public instruction and school districts must be used to allocate the block grant amount into each district's general fund budget as an anticipated revenue source.   (2) Each year, 70% of each district's block grant must be distributed in November and 30% of each district's block grant must be distributed in May at the same time that guaranteed tax base aid is distributed.   (3) The block grant is equal to the amount received in fiscal year 2017 by the district general fund from the block grants provided for in former 20-9-630(4)(a) as that section read prior to July 1, 2017.   (4) (a) If the owner of a coal-fired generating unit that is retired or planned for retirement on or before July 1, 2022, makes a payment in accordance with a retirement plan approved by the department of environmental quality or a transition agreement with the governor and attorney general for the purpose of decommissioning requirements and a portion of the payment is allocated to a school district for the purposes of school funding cost shifts, then that portion must repay to the state general fund the cost of the block grant payments under this section, as discounted in accordance with an agreement for payment to the state, on the following schedule, not to exceed the limitation provided in subsection (4)(b):   (i) if the generating unit closes prior to June 30, 2018, 100% of the total block grant payments under this section must be returned to the general fund;   (ii) if the generating unit closes during fiscal year 2019, 90% of the block grant payments under this section must be returned to the general fund;   (iii) if the generating unit closes during fiscal year 2020, 80% of the block grant payments under this section must be returned to the general fund;   (iv) if the generating unit closes during fiscal year 2021, 70% of the block grant payments under this section must be returned to the general fund; and   (v) if the generating unit closes during fiscal year 2022 or on July 1, 2022, 60% of the block grant payments under this section must be returned to the general fund.   (b) Repayment under subsection (4)(a) may not exceed the amount of any portion of a payment allocated to a school district in accordance with a retirement plan or a transition plan.   History: En. Sec. 19, Ch. 336, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 2, Sp. L. November 2017.
MT Code § 20-9-639 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-639. reserved

  20-9-639 reserved.