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MT Code § 20-9-231 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 2. Administration of Finances|20-9-231. Metal mines tax reserve fund

  20-9-231. Metal mines tax reserve fund. (1) The governing body of a local school district receiving tax collections under 15-37-117(1)(e) may establish a metal mines tax reserve fund to be used to hold the collections. The governing body may hold money in the fund for any time period considered appropriate by the governing body. Money held in the fund may not be considered as fund balance for the purpose of reducing mill levies.   (2) Money may be expended from the fund for any purpose provided by law.   (3) Money in the fund must be invested as provided by law. Interest and income from the investment of the metal mines tax reserve fund must be credited to the fund.   (4) The fund must be financially administered as a nonbudgeted fund under the provisions of this title.   History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 672, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 767, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 577, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 144, L. 1999.
MT Code § 20-9-232 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 2. Administration of Finances|20-9-232. through 20-9-234 reserved

  20-9-232 through 20-9-234 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-236 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 2. Administration of Finances|20-9-236. Transfer of funds -- improvements to school safety and security

  20-9-236. Transfer of funds -- improvements to school safety and security. (1) A school district that has certified to the office of public instruction a current school safety plan or emergency operations plan pursuant to 20-1-401 may transfer state or local revenue from any budgeted or nonbudgeted fund, other than the debt service fund or retirement fund, to its building reserve fund in an amount not to exceed the school district's estimated costs of improvements to school and student safety and security as follows:  (a) planning for improvements to and maintenance of school and student safety, including but not limited to the cost of staffing for or services provided by architects, engineers, school resource officers, counselors, and other staff or consultants assisting the district with improvements to school and student safety and security;   (b) programs to support school and student safety and security, including but not limited to active shooter training, threat assessments, and restorative justice;   (c) installing or updating locking mechanisms and ingress and egress systems at public school access points, including but not limited to systems for exterior egress doors and interior passageways and rooms, using contemporary technologies;   (d) installing or updating bullet-resistant windows and barriers; and   (e) installing or updating emergency response systems using contemporary technologies.   (2) Any transfers made pursuant to subsection (1) are not considered expenditures to be applied against budget authority. Any revenue transfers that are not encumbered for expenditures in compliance with subsection (1) within 2 full school fiscal years after the funds are transferred must be transferred back to the originating fund from which the revenue was transferred.   (3) The intent of this section is to increase the flexibility and efficiency of school districts without an increase in local taxes. In furtherance of this intent, if transfers of funds are made from any school district fund supported by a nonvoted levy, the district may not increase its nonvoted levy for the purpose of restoring the transferred funds.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 364, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 323, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 404, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 253, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 245, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-9-237 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 2. Administration of Finances|20-9-237. through 20-9-239 reserved

  20-9-237 through 20-9-239 reserved.
MT Code § 20-9-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-301. Repealed

  20-9-301. Repealed. Sec. 54, Ch. 633, L. 1993.   History: En. 75-6901 by Sec. 251, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6901; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 11, Sp. L. June 1989; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 767, L. 1991.
MT Code § 20-9-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-302. School isolation

  20-9-302. School isolation. (1) Except as provided in 20-6-502(4)(b), the trustees of any district operating an elementary school of less than 10 ANB or a high school of less than 25 ANB for 2 consecutive years shall apply to have the school classified as an isolated school. The application must be submitted by the trustees to the county superintendent by May 1 of the second consecutive year that enrollment falls below the amount specified in this subsection. The application must include:   (a) the name of each pupil who will attend the school during the ensuing school fiscal year with the distance the pupil resides from the nearest county road or highway;   (b) a description of conditions affecting transportation such as poor roads, mountains, rivers, or other obstacles to travel, the distance the school is from the nearest open school having room and facilities for the pupils of the school, or any other condition that would result in an unusual hardship to the pupils of the school if they were transported to another school; and   (c) any other information prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction.   (2) The county superintendent shall submit the applications to the board of county commissioners for their consideration on or before May 15. The board shall approve or disapprove the application on the basis of the criteria established by the superintendent of public instruction. The board may approve an application because of the existence of other conditions which would result in an unusual hardship to the pupils of the school if they were transported to another school.   (3) When an application is approved, the county superintendent shall submit the application to the superintendent of public instruction before June 1. The superintendent of public instruction shall approve or disapprove the application for isolated classification by the fourth Monday of June on the basis of the information supplied by the application or objective information the superintendent of public instruction may collect on the superintendent's own initiative. An elementary or high school may not be considered an isolated school until the approval of the superintendent of public instruction has been received.   History: En. 75-6608 by Sec. 206, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 212, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6608; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 347, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 105, L. 2001.
MT Code § 20-9-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-303. Nonisolated school BASE budget funding -- special education funds

  20-9-303. Nonisolated school BASE budget funding -- special education funds. (1) An elementary school that has an ANB of nine or fewer pupils for 2 consecutive years and that is not approved as an isolated school under the provisions of 20-9-302 may budget and spend the BASE budget amount, but the county and state shall provide one-half of the direct state aid, and the district shall finance the remaining one-half of the direct state aid by a tax levied on the property of the district. When a school of nine or fewer pupils is approved as isolated under the provisions of 20-9-302, the county and state shall participate in the financing of the total amount of the direct state aid.   (2) Funds provided to support the special education program may be expended only for special education purposes as approved by the superintendent of public instruction in accordance with the special education budgeting provisions of this title. Expenditures for special education must be accounted for separately from and in addition to the balance of the school district general fund budgeting requirements provided in 20-9-308. The amount of the special education allowable cost payments that is not matched with district funds, as required in 20-9-321, will reduce by a like amount the district's ensuing year's allowable cost payment for special education.   History: En. 75-6906 by Sec. 256, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 137, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 345, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6906; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 317, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 347, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 11, Sp. L. June 1989; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 633, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 208, L. 2005.
MT Code § 20-9-304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-304. Repealed

  20-9-304. Repealed. Sec. 3, Ch. 325, L. 1993.   History: En. 75-6925 by Sec. 275, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6925; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 609, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 262, L. 1991.
MT Code § 20-9-305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-305. Proration and calculation of BASE funding program for joint district

  20-9-305. Proration and calculation of BASE funding program for joint district. (1) In joint districts, the direct state aid of a joint district must be prorated among the counties in which any part of the joint district is located for the purpose of determining the amount of each source of revenue for the direct state aid for which each county is obligated. The proration of the joint district direct state aid must be calculated as follows:   (a) Divide the joint district direct state aid by the ANB of the joint district to determine the per-ANB amount of the direct state aid.   (b) Determine the ANB for each county's portion of the joint district on the basis of each pupil's resident county. When taken together, the sum of the ANB assigned to all the counties must equal the total ANB for the joint district.   (c) Multiply the per-ANB amount of the direct state aid determined in subsection (1)(a) by the ANB for each county's portion, as determined in subsection (1)(b), to determine the portion of the direct state aid for each county.   (2) The portion of a joint district direct state aid for each county, as determined in subsection (1)(c), is a separate direct state aid amount in the county for the purposes of calculating the various revenues for the BASE funding program. After the calculation of the direct state aid revenues, the remainder of the general fund revenues must be calculated in accordance with the provisions for general fund financing.   History: En. 75-6927 by Sec. 277, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 137, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6927; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 633, L. 1993.
MT Code § 20-9-307 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-307. Repealed

  20-9-307. Repealed. Sec. 6, Ch. 208, L. 2005.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 633, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 343, L. 1999.
MT Code § 20-9-312 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-312. Repealed

  20-9-312. Repealed. Sec. 54, Ch. 633, L. 1993.   History: En. 75-6905.1 by Sec. 1, Ch. 354, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6905.1; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 340, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 11, Sp. L. June 1989.
MT Code § 20-9-315 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-315. Repealed

  20-9-315. Repealed. Sec. 54, Ch. 633, L. 1993.   History: En. 75-6905 by Sec. 255, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 404, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 400, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 345, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 347, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 518, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 505, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6905(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 72, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 11, Sp. L. June 1989; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 767, L. 1991.
MT Code § 20-9-316 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-316. Repealed

  20-9-316. Repealed. Sec. 54, Ch. 633, L. 1993.   History: En. 75-6905 by Sec. 255, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 404, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 400, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 345, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 347, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 518, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 505, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6905(1) thru (6); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 690, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 75, L. 1981; amd. Secs. 2, 5, Ch. 475, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 629, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 738, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 4, Sp. L. June 1989.
MT Code § 20-9-317 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-317. Repealed

  20-9-317. Repealed. Sec. 54, Ch. 633, L. 1993.   History: En. 75-6905 by Sec. 255, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 404, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 400, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 345, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 347, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 518, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 505, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6905(7) thru (9); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 690, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 75, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 629, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 738, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 4, Sp. L. June 1989.
MT Code § 20-9-318 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-318. Repealed

  20-9-318. Repealed. Sec. 54, Ch. 633, L. 1993.   History: En. 75-6905 by Sec. 255, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 404, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 400, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 345, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 347, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 518, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 505, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6905(10) thru (15); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 690, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 75, L. 1981; amd. Secs. 3, 5, Ch. 475, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 629, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 738, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 7, Sp. L. June 1986; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 666, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 11, Sp. L. June 1989.
MT Code § 20-9-319 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-319. Repealed

  20-9-319. Repealed. Sec. 54, Ch. 633, L. 1993.   History: En. 75-6905 by Sec. 255, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 404, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 400, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 345, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 347, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 518, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 505, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6905(16) thru (18); amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 690, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 75, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 629, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 738, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 7, Sp. L. June 1986; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 666, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 11, Sp. L. June 1989.
MT Code § 20-9-320 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-320. Repealed

  20-9-320. Repealed. Sec. 54, Ch. 633, L. 1993.   History: En. 75-6905 by Sec. 255, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 404, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 400, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 345, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 347, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 518, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 505, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6905(19); amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 11, Sp. L. June 1989.
MT Code § 20-9-322 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-322. Repealed

  20-9-322. Repealed. Sec. 54, Ch. 633, L. 1993.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 475, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 337, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 34, Ch. 11, Sp. L. June 1989.
MT Code § 20-9-323 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-323. Repealed

  20-9-323. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 106, L. 2021; sec. 138, Ch. 261, L. 2021.  History: En. Sec. 22, Ch. 418, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 400, L. 2013.
MT Code § 20-9-324 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-324. Incentives for school districts meeting legislative goal for competitive base pay of teachers in public school districts -- definitions

  20-9-324. Incentives for school districts meeting legislative goal for competitive base pay of teachers in public school districts -- definitions. (1) A district, as defined in 20-6-101, must receive an extra quality educator payment for certain quality educators, calculated as provided in 20-9-306(16), if it meets the legislative goal for competitive base pay of teachers in subsection (2).  (2) The legislative goal for competitive base pay of teachers is a teacher base pay that in the applicable year:   (a) is equal to at least 10 times as much as the quality educator payment amount provided in 20-9-306(16); and   (b) for a school district classified as first class pursuant to Title 20, chapter 6, is not less than 70% of the teacher average pay in the school district.   (3) A district seeking an incentive for the subsequent school fiscal year under this section shall, by December 1, provide the data necessary, as determined by the superintendent of public instruction, to verify:   (a) that the district has met the legislative goal established in subsection (2) for the current year; and   (b) the number of full-time equivalent teachers that are in the first 3 years of the teacher's teaching career in the current year.   (4) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:   (a) "Teacher" means an individual who:   (i) holds a current class 1, 2, 4, 6, or 7 license issued by the office of public instruction under rules adopted by the board of public education pursuant to 20-4-102; and   (ii) is employed by a school district in an instructional position requiring teacher licensure.   (b) "Teacher average pay" means the total compensation paid by a school district to all of its teachers, not including bonuses, stipends, or extended duty contracts, divided by the total full-time equivalent teachers employed in the district, with full-time equivalence rounded to the nearest tenth.   (c) "Teacher base pay" means the lowest salary for a beginning teacher incorporated in the district's collective bargaining agreement if the teachers' employment is covered by a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to Title 39, chapter 31, or incorporated in district policy if the teachers' employment is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, not including bonuses, stipends, or extended duty contracts.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 60, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-9-325 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-325. Data-for-achievement payment

  20-9-325. Data-for-achievement payment. (1) The state shall provide a data-for-achievement payment to public school districts as defined in 20-6-101 and 20-6-701. The data-for-achievement payment is calculated as provided in 20-9-306.   (2) Funds received for the data-for-achievement payment must be used by a school district to pay for access fees or other costs associated with use of or participation in the statewide data system administered by the office of public instruction or a comparable data system provided by a private vendor, including data entry and staff training on use of the systems.   (3) Unless funds are otherwise appropriated at higher amounts by the legislature, the office of public instruction may spend no more than $500,000 per biennium for the purposes of mediating with vendors, developing a plan, preparing a request for proposal solicitation package, managing the vendor contract, and implementing a plan with school districts for the statewide data system. This limitation does not apply if the office of public instruction develops and administers the statewide data system without a vendor.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 400, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 60, L. 2015.
MT Code § 20-9-326 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 9. Finance|Part 3. Funding of Basic System of Quality Public Schools|20-9-326. Annual inflation-related adjustments to basic entitlements and per-ANB entitlements

  20-9-326. Annual inflation-related adjustments to basic entitlements and per-ANB entitlements. (1) In preparing and submitting an agency budget pursuant to 17-7-111 and 17-7-112, the superintendent of public instruction shall determine the inflation factor for the basic and per-ANB entitlements, the data-for-achievement payment, the per-ANB amount used to calculate the total special education allocation in 20-9-306, and the general fund payments in 20-9-327 through 20-9-330 in each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium. The inflation factor is calculated as follows:  (a) for the first year of the biennium, divide the consumer price index for July 1 of the prior calendar year by the consumer price index for July 1 of the calendar year 3 years prior to the prior calendar year and raise the resulting ratio to the power of one-third; and   (b) for the second year of the biennium, divide the consumer price index for July 1 of the current calendar year by the consumer price index for July 1 of the calendar year 3 years prior to the current calendar year and raise the resulting ratio to the power of one-third.   (2) The present law base for the entitlements referenced in subsection (1), calculated under Title 17, chapter 7, part 1, must consist of any enrollment increases or decreases plus the inflation factor calculated pursuant to this section, not to exceed 3% in each year, applied to both years of the biennium.   (3) For the purposes of this section, "consumer price index" means the consumer price index, U.S. city average, all urban consumers, for all items, using the 1982-84 base of 100, as published by the bureau of labor statistics of the U.S. department of labor.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 550, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 400, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 470, L. 2021.