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MT Code § 20-9-640 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools|20-9-640. State lands reimbursement block grant

  20-9-640. (Temporary) State lands reimbursement block grant. (1) (a) For fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the office of public instruction shall provide a state lands reimbursement block grant of $75,000 to each school district in a county with greater than 20% of the county's land area composed of state school trust lands.  (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 BASE budget as an anticipated revenue source.   (2) Each year, 70% of each district's block grant must be distributed in December and 30% of each district's block grant must be distributed in May at the same time that guaranteed tax base aid is distributed. (Terminates June 30, 2023--secs.2, 3, Ch. 188, L. 2021.)   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 416, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 475, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 188, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-9-701 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 7. Educational Cooperative Agreements|20-9-701. Definitions of prime and cooperating agencies

  20-9-701. Definitions of prime and cooperating agencies. For the purposes of an interlocal cooperative agreement, the prime agency shall be the district or other public agency vested with the financial administration of the interlocal cooperative agreement under the terms of such agreement and the cooperating agency shall be any district or public agency other than a prime agency who is a party to the contract creating the interlocal cooperative agreement.   History: En. 75-7305 by Sec. 360, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7305.
MT Code § 20-9-702 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 7. Educational Cooperative Agreements|20-9-702. Financial administration of interlocal cooperative agreement

  20-9-702. Financial administration of interlocal cooperative agreement. Any district contracting with other districts or other public agencies to establish an interlocal cooperative agreement under the provisions of Title 7, chapter 11, part 1, shall be subject to the provisions of 20-9-701, 20-9-703, and 20-9-704 for the purposes of the financial administration of such agreement.   History: En. 75-7304 by Sec. 359, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7304.
MT Code § 20-9-703 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 7. Educational Cooperative Agreements|20-9-703. District as prime agency

  20-9-703. District as prime agency. (1) When the prime agency is a district, it is authorized and required to establish a nonbudgeted interlocal cooperative fund for the purpose of the financial administration of the interlocal cooperative agreement. All revenues received, including federal, state, or other types of grant payments in direct support of the agreement and the financial support provided by cooperating agencies, shall be deposited in such fund. All financial support of the agreement contributed by a district designated as the prime agency may be transferred to the interlocal cooperative fund from any fund maintained by such district by resolution of the trustees. Any such transfer to the interlocal cooperative fund shall be used to finance those expenditures under the agreement which are comparable to those that are permitted by law to be made out of the fund from which the transfer was made and which are within the final budget for the fund from which the transfer was made. No transfer shall be made from the miscellaneous federal programs fund without the express approval of the superintendent of public instruction.   (2) All expenditures in support of the interlocal cooperative agreement shall be made from the interlocal cooperative fund established by the district which is the prime agency, except that expenditures in support of such agreement may be made from the miscellaneous federal programs fund when the express approval of the superintendent of public instruction is given.   History: En. 75-7306 by Sec. 361, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7306.
MT Code § 20-9-704 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 7. Educational Cooperative Agreements|20-9-704. District as cooperating agency

  20-9-704. District as cooperating agency. (1) When a district is the cooperating agency, it shall transfer its financial support under the interlocal cooperative contract to the prime agency by district warrant.   (2) The financial support may be provided from any fund maintained by the district. Any such fund utilized for the financial support of an interlocal cooperative agreement shall finance only those expenditures of such agreement that are comparable to those permitted under the statutory provisions creating such fund, and such financial support must be within the currently adopted budget for such fund. No financial support shall be financed from the miscellaneous federal programs fund without the express approval of the superintendent of public instruction.   History: En. 75-7307 by Sec. 362, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7307.
MT Code § 20-9-705 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 7. Educational Cooperative Agreements|20-9-705. Joint interstate school agreements

  20-9-705. Joint interstate school agreements. (1) The trustees of any district adjacent to another state may enter into a contract with a school district in such adjoining state to provide for the joint erection, operation, and maintenance of school facilities for both districts upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed to by such districts and as are in accord with this section. Any such contract proposed for adoption by the trustees shall be in the form and contain only terms that may be prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction, and any such contract shall be approved by the superintendent of public instruction before it is considered by the electors of the district.   (2) Before any contract negotiated under the provisions of this section shall be executed, the trustees shall call an election under the provisions of 20-20-201 and submit to the qualified electors of the district the proposition that such contract be approved and that the trustees execute such contract. No agreement shall be valid until it has been approved at an election. The electors at the election shall be qualified to vote under the provisions of 20-20-301, and the election shall be conducted under the school election provisions of this title. The ballot for the election shall be substantially in the following form:   PROPOSITION   SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. ...., .... COUNTY   Shall the trustees of this district be authorized and directed to execute the proposed contract with school district number .... of .... County, state of ...., for the purpose of (insert the purpose of such contract)?   ☐ FOR execution of contract.   ☐ AGAINST execution of contract.   (3) The trustees of any district executing a contract under this section shall have the power and authority to levy taxes and issue bonds for the purpose of erecting and maintaining the facilities authorized by this section. Furthermore, the facilities erected or maintained under this section may be located in either Montana or the adjoining state.   History: En. 75-7308 by Sec. 363, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7308.
MT Code § 20-9-706 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 7. Educational Cooperative Agreements|20-9-706. Running start program -- authorizing class credits at postsecondary institution -- eligibility -- payment for credits

  20-9-706. Running start program -- authorizing class credits at postsecondary institution -- eligibility -- payment for credits. (1) As used in this section, "postsecondary institution" means a unit of the Montana university system, a public community college, or a tribal college.   (2) A school district may enter into an interlocal agreement pursuant to Title 7, chapter 11, with a postsecondary institution to institute a "running start" program to allow 11th and 12th grade students, as defined by the district, to attend classes at the postsecondary institution at a cost determined by the interlocal agreement and to obtain credits in classes not available through the school district.   (3) An agreement entered into by the district and the postsecondary institution must state the amount for each credit to be paid to the postsecondary institution by the district or the student.   (4) To participate in the program, a student shall complete a running start application provided by the district. The district shall determine whether the student has the skills needed to succeed in the proposed college coursework. If accepted, a student may earn both high school and college credits as determined by the interlocal agreement.   (5) In registering 11th and 12th grade students in the program, a postsecondary institution may not displace adult students attending the postsecondary institution.   (6) If accepted into the program, the student is responsible for transportation, books, and all supplies.   (7) If a student accepted into the program drops out of a class or classes at the postsecondary institution during the drop period established by the postsecondary institution, the postsecondary institution shall reimburse the district or the student the cost associated with the student's credits as determined by the interlocal agreement.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 377, L. 2001.
MT Code § 20-9-707 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 7. Educational Cooperative Agreements|20-9-707. Agreement with Montana youth challenge program or accredited Montana job corps program

  20-9-707. Agreement with Montana youth challenge program or accredited Montana job corps program. (1) The trustees of a school district may enter into an interlocal cooperative agreement for the ensuing school fiscal year under the provisions of Title 7, chapter 11, part 1, with the Montana youth challenge program or with a Montana job corps program accredited by the northwest commission on colleges and universities to provide educational or vocational services that are supplemental to the educational programs offered by the resident school district.   (2) A student who receives educational or vocational services at the Montana youth challenge program or a Montana job corps program pursuant to an agreement authorized under subsection (1) must be enrolled, for purposes of calculating average number belonging, in a public school in the student's district of residence. Credits taken at the Montana youth challenge program or an accredited Montana job corps program must be approved by the school district and meet the requirements for graduation at a school in the student's district of residence, must be taught by an instructor who has a current and appropriate Montana high school certification, and must be reported by the institution to the student's district of residence. Upon accumulating the necessary credits at a school in the district of residence or at the Montana youth challenge program or an accredited Montana job corps program pursuant to an interlocal cooperative agreement, a student must be allowed to graduate from the school in the student's district of residence.   (3) A school district that, pursuant to an interlocal cooperative agreement, allows an enrolled student to attend the Montana youth challenge program or a Montana job corps program accredited as prescribed in subsection (1) is not responsible for payment of the student's transportation costs to the job corps program.   (4) A student attending the Montana youth challenge program or a job corps program may not claim the Montana youth challenge program's or job corps program's facility as the student's residence for the purposes of this section.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 462, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 132, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 47, Ch. 2, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 137, L. 2009.
MT Code § 20-9-801 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 8. Emergency School Closure|20-9-801. Purpose

  20-9-801. Purpose. This part governs a school district's entitlement to state equalization apportionment funds for any school year during which the school district is unable to conduct the minimum aggregate hours by grade required by 20-1-301 by reason of one or more unforeseen emergencies. The provisions of this part must be narrowly interpreted.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 288, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 430, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 138, L. 2005.
MT Code § 20-9-802 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 8. Emergency School Closure|20-9-802. Definitions

  20-9-802. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply:  (1) "Declaration of emergency" means a declaration by a board of trustees that an unforeseen emergency has occurred in the district.   (2) "Reasonable effort" means the rescheduling or extension of the school district's instructional calendar to make up at least 75% of the hours of pupil instruction lost due to an unforeseen emergency through any combination of the following:   (a) extending the school year beyond the last scheduled day;   (b) the use of scheduled vacation days in the district's adopted school calendar pursuant to 20-1-302;   (c) the conduct of pupil instruction on Saturdays as provided in 20-1-303; or   (d) extending instructional hours during the school day as provided in 20-1-302.   (3) "School day" means the school day set by the trustees as provided in 20-1-302.   (4) "Unforeseen emergency" means a fire, flood, explosion, storm, earthquake, riot, insurrection, community disaster, or act of God or a combination of the foregoing that acts as a principal cause for a school district's inability to conduct a portion of the minimum aggregate hours of instruction required by 20-1-301.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 288, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 85, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 430, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 138, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 151, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-9-803 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 8. Emergency School Closure|20-9-803. Repealed

  20-9-803. Repealed. Sec. 11, Ch. 430, L. 1997.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 288, L. 1979.
MT Code § 20-9-804 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 8. Emergency School Closure|20-9-804. Repealed

  20-9-804. Repealed. Sec. 11, Ch. 430, L. 1997.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 288, L. 1979.
MT Code § 20-9-805 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 8. Emergency School Closure|20-9-805. Rate of reduction in BASE aid

  20-9-805. Rate of reduction in BASE aid. (1) Except as provided in 20-9-806, for each hour short of the minimum number of aggregate hours required by law that a school district fails to conduct by reason of one or more unforeseen emergencies, the superintendent of public instruction shall reduce the BASE aid of the district for that school year by a proportionate amount.  (2) Kindergarten, grade 1 through 3, and grade 4 through 12 programs must be considered separately for the purpose of computing compliance with minimum aggregate hour requirements and any loss of BASE aid.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 288, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 299, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 138, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 151, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-9-806 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 8. Emergency School Closure|20-9-806. School closure by declaration of emergency

  20-9-806. School closure by declaration of emergency. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2), if a school is closed by reason of an unforeseen emergency that results in a declaration of emergency by the board of trustees, the trustees may later adopt a resolution that a reasonable effort has been made to reschedule the pupil-instruction time lost because of the unforeseen emergency. If the trustees adopt the resolution, the pupil-instruction time lost during the closure need not be rescheduled to meet the minimum requirement for aggregate hours that a school district must conduct during the school year in order to be entitled to full BASE aid.  (b) At least 75% of the pupil-instruction time lost due to the unforeseen emergency must have been made up before the trustees can declare that a reasonable effort has been made.   (2) The board of trustees may close school for 1 school day each school year because of an unforeseen emergency and may not be required to reschedule the pupil-instruction time lost because of the unforeseen emergency. The 1-school-day closure under this subsection is not subject to the reduction in BASE aid pursuant to 20-9-805.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 85, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 430, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 138, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 151, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-9-901 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 9. Supplemental Funding forInnovative Educational Programs(Repealed)|20-9-901. Repealed

  20-9-901. Repealed. Sec. 19, Ch. 480, L. 2021.  History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 457, L. 2015.
MT Code § 20-9-902 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 9. Supplemental Funding forInnovative Educational Programs(Repealed)|20-9-902. Repealed

  20-9-902. Repealed. Sec. 19, Ch. 480, L. 2021.  History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 457, L. 2015.
MT Code § 20-9-903 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 9. Supplemental Funding forInnovative Educational Programs(Repealed)|20-9-903. Repealed

  20-9-903. Repealed. Sec. 19, Ch. 480, L. 2021.  History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 457, L. 2015.
MT Code § 20-9-904 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 9. Supplemental Funding forInnovative Educational Programs(Repealed)|20-9-904. Repealed

  20-9-904. Repealed. Sec. 19, Ch. 480, L. 2021.  History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 457, L. 2015.
MT Code § 20-9-905 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 9. Supplemental Funding forInnovative Educational Programs(Repealed)|20-9-905. Repealed

  20-9-905. Repealed. Sec. 19, Ch. 480, L. 2021.  History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 457, L. 2015.
MT Code § 20-9-906 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 9. Supplemental Funding forInnovative Educational Programs(Repealed)|20-9-906. Repealed

  20-9-906. Repealed. Sec. 19, Ch. 480, L. 2021.  History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 457, L. 2015.
MT Code § 20-10-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-102. School bus requirements

  20-10-102. School bus requirements. (1) A school bus may be operated by the district or other public agency for the conveyance of pupils or may be privately operated by a carrier to provide such conveyance of pupils under contract with a district or other public agency.   (2) Every school bus shall bear on the front and rear of the bus a plainly visible sign containing the words "school bus" in letters at least 8 inches in height.   (3) When a school bus is operated on a highway for purposes other than transporting pupils to and from school or for school functions, all markings identifying it as a school bus shall be concealed.   History: En. 75-7002 by Sec. 279, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 141, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7002(part).
MT Code § 20-10-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-103. School bus driver qualifications

  20-10-103. School bus driver qualifications. A driver of a school bus is qualified to drive a school bus if the driver:   (1) is not less than 18 years of age;   (2) is of good moral character;   (3) (a) is the holder of a commercial driver's license to operate a school bus designed to carry more than 10 passengers; or   (b) is the holder of a Montana driver's license to operate a school bus designed to carry 10 or fewer passengers;   (4) has filed with the district a satisfactory medical examination report, on a form approved by the United States department of transportation, signed by any physician licensed in the United States or, if acceptable to an insurance carrier, any licensed physician;   (5) has completed a basic first aid course and holds a valid basic first aid certificate from an authorized instructor. The issuance of the certificate is governed by rules established by the superintendent of public instruction, provided that the rules may suspend this requirement for a reasonable period of time if there has been an inadequate opportunity for securing the basic first aid course and certificate.   (6) has complied with any other qualifications established by the board of public education; and   (7) has filed with the county superintendent a certificate from the trustees of the district for which the school bus is to be driven, certifying compliance with the driver qualifications enumerated in this section.   History: En. 75-7003 by Sec. 280, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 50, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 151, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7003; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 443, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 311, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 195, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 298, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 221, L. 2017.