Montana Code — 20
Browse 1,356 sections in division 20 of the Montana code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 20-1-101. Definitions
- § 20-1-102. Legislative Goals For Public Elementary And Secondary Schools
- § 20-1-201. School Officers Not To Act As Agents
- § 20-1-202. Oath Of Office
- § 20-1-203. Delivering Items To Successor
- § 20-1-204. County Attorney's Duties
- § 20-1-205. Conflict Of Interest
- § 20-1-206. Disturbance Of School -- Penalty
- § 20-1-207. Penalty For Violation Of School Laws
- § 20-1-208. Educational Impact Statements
- § 20-1-209. Judicial Enforcement
- § 20-1-210. Nonfaculty Coaches In Private High Schools
- § 20-1-211. Expenses Of Officers Or Employees Attending Conventions -- Educational Associations
- § 20-1-212. Destruction Of Records By School Officer
- § 20-1-213. Transfer Of School Records
- § 20-1-214. School Crossing Guards
- § 20-1-215. Through 20-1-219 Reserved
- § 20-1-220. Use Of Marijuana And Tobacco Products In Public School Building Or On Public School Property Prohibited
- § 20-1-221. Through 20-1-224 Reserved
- § 20-1-225. Compliance With Military Selective Service Act For Postsecondary Financial Assistance -- Rulemaking -- Definitions
- § 20-1-226. Through 20-1-229 Reserved
- § 20-1-230. Enactment -- Interstate Compact On Educational Opportunity For Military Children -- Provisions
- § 20-1-231. Report To Legislature
- § 20-1-232. Student-Athlete Rights And Protections -- Definitions
- § 20-1-233. Certain District Policies Prohibited
- § 20-1-301. School Fiscal Year
- § 20-1-302. School Term, Day, And Week
- § 20-1-303. Conduct Of School On Saturday Or Sunday Prohibited -- Exceptions
- § 20-1-304. Pupil-Instruction-Related Day
- § 20-1-305. School Holidays
- § 20-1-306. Commemorative Exercises On Certain Days
- § 20-1-307. Provisions Of School Code Excepted
- § 20-1-308. Religious Instruction Released Time Program -- Academic Credit
- § 20-1-401. Disaster Drills To Be Conducted Regularly -- Districts To Identify Disaster Risks And Adopt School Safety Plan
- § 20-1-402. Number Of Disaster Drills Required -- Time Of Drills To Vary
- § 20-1-403. Repealed
- § 20-1-404. Drill To Sound On Disaster Evacuation System -- Recall Signal To Be Distinct -- Control Of Signal
- § 20-1-405. Fire Department To Be Called For Actual Fire
- § 20-1-406. Repealed
- § 20-1-407. Inspection Of Exits -- Cooperation With Local Authorities Having Jurisdiction In Drills
- § 20-1-408. Repealed
- § 20-1-501. Recognition Of American Indian Cultural Heritage -- Legislative Intent
- § 20-1-502. American Indian Studies -- Definitions
- § 20-1-503. Indian Education For All -- Requirements -- Reporting
- § 20-1-601. Short Title
- § 20-1-602. Purpose
- § 20-1-603. Definitions
- § 20-1-604. Student Rights
- § 20-1-605. Financial Credit -- Readmission Fees Prohibited -- Refund
- § 20-1-606. Policy To Ensure Student Protections
- § 20-2-101. Combined Boards As State Board -- Budget Review -- Officers -- Meetings -- Quorum
- § 20-2-102. Through 20-2-110 Reserved
- § 20-2-111. Officers Of Boards -- Quorum
- § 20-2-112. Quarterly Meetings Of Boards -- Called Meetings -- Notice Of Meetings
- § 20-2-113. Per Diem Of Board Members -- Expenses
- § 20-2-114. Adoption Of Rules -- Seal -- Record Of Proceedings
- § 20-2-115. Repealed
- § 20-2-116. Through 20-2-120 Reserved
- § 20-2-121. Board Of Public Education -- Powers And Duties
- § 20-2-122. Executive Secretary To Board Of Public Education -- Staff
- § 20-2-123. Through 20-2-130 Reserved
- § 20-2-131. Commissioner Of Higher Education -- Duties -- Compensation -- Staff
- § 20-2-401. Definition
- § 20-2-402. Purpose
- § 20-2-403. Duties
- § 20-2-501. Compact For Education Approved
- § 20-2-502. Appointment Of Commissioners To The Education Commission Of The States
- § 20-2-503. State Obligations Or Rights Under Compact Not Altered
- § 20-2-504. Bylaws Filed
- § 20-2-505. Limitation On Power -- Adoption Of Rules
- § 20-3-101. Election And Qualifications
- § 20-3-102. Term, Oath, And Vacancy
- § 20-3-103. Deputy Superintendent -- Staff
- § 20-3-104. Discretionary Staff
- § 20-3-105. Administrative Powers And Duties
- § 20-3-106. Supervision Of Schools -- Powers And Duties
- § 20-3-107. Controversy Appeal
- § 20-3-108. Division Of Resources And Assessment Funds
- § 20-3-109. Honorary High School Diploma For Certain Veterans
- § 20-3-110. State High School Diploma -- Duties Of Superintendent Of Public Instruction -- Rulemaking
- § 20-3-201. Election And Qualifications -- Part-Time Office Allowed
- § 20-3-202. Term, Oath, And Vacancy
- § 20-3-203. Office Costs And Staff
- § 20-3-204. Office Hours
- § 20-3-205. Powers And Duties
- § 20-3-206. Additional Positions
- § 20-3-207. Assist Trustees With School Supervision
- § 20-3-208. Authority To Request, Accept, And Disburse Money
- § 20-3-209. Annual Report
- § 20-3-210. Controversy Appeals And Hearings
- § 20-3-211. Disqualification Of County Superintendent
- § 20-3-212. The County Superintendent To Appoint Another County Superintendent
- § 20-3-213. Part-Time Office -- Establishment -- Restrictions
- § 20-3-301. Election And Term Of Office
- § 20-3-302. Legislative Intent To Elect Less Than Majority Of Trustees
- § 20-3-303. Term Of Vacated Trustee Position After Election
- § 20-3-304. Repealed
- § 20-3-305. Candidate Qualification, Filing Deadline, And Withdrawal
- § 20-3-306. Conduct Of Election
- § 20-3-307. Qualification And Oath
- § 20-3-308. Vacancy Of Trustee Position
- § 20-3-309. Filling Vacated Trustee Position -- Appointee Qualification And Term Of Office
- § 20-3-310. Trustee Removal
- § 20-3-311. Trustee Travel Reimbursement And Compensation Of Secretary For Joint Board
- § 20-3-312. Trustees Of District Affected By Boundary Change
- § 20-3-313. Election By Acclamation -- Notice
- § 20-3-314. School District Trustee Information
- § 20-3-315. Through 20-3-320 Reserved
- § 20-3-321. Organization And Officers
- § 20-3-322. Meetings And Quorum
- § 20-3-323. District Policy And Record Of Acts
- § 20-3-324. Powers And Duties
- § 20-3-325. Clerk Of District
- § 20-3-326. Information On Educational Opportunities -- Duties Of Trustees
- § 20-3-327. Through 20-3-329 Reserved
- § 20-3-330. District Self-Funded Health Benefit Plan Reserve Funds -- Exception For Dissolution Of Plan
- § 20-3-331. Purchase Of Insurance -- Self-Insurance Plan
- § 20-3-332. Personal Immunity Of Trustees
- § 20-3-333. Repealed
- § 20-3-334. And 20-3-335 Reserved
- § 20-3-336. Single-Member Trustee Districts -- Legislative Intent -- Minority Defined
- § 20-3-337. Plan For Creating Single-Member Trustee Districts -- Petition Election
- § 20-3-338. Trustees Elected By Single-Member District
- § 20-3-339. And 20-3-340 Reserved
- § 20-3-341. Number Of Trustee Positions In Elementary Districts -- Transition
- § 20-3-342. Determination Of Terms After Reorganization Of Elementary Districts
- § 20-3-343. Determination Of Terms After Change Of District Classification
- § 20-3-344. Repealed
- § 20-3-345. Through 20-3-350 Reserved
- § 20-3-351. Number Of Trustee Positions In High School Districts
- § 20-3-352. Request And Determination Of Number Of High School District Additional Trustee Positions -- Nonvoting Trustee
- § 20-3-353. Establishment And Purpose Of Trustee Nominating Districts
- § 20-3-354. Redetermination Of Additional Trustee Positions And Subsequent Adjustments
- § 20-3-355. Determination Of Terms After Establishment Or Reestablishment Of Additional Trustee Positions
- § 20-3-356. Membership Of Elected Trustees Of County High School District And Nomination Of Candidates
- § 20-3-357. Through 20-3-360 Reserved
- § 20-3-361. Joint Board Of Trustees Organization And Voting Membership
- § 20-3-362. Powers Of Joint Board Of Trustees
- § 20-3-363. Multidistrict Agreements -- Fund Transfers
- § 20-3-364. And 20-3-365 Reserved
- § 20-3-366. Qualifying District Health Insurance Trusts -- Qualifications -- Definitions -- Rulemaking
- § 20-3-367. District Withdrawal -- Procedures
- § 20-3-368. Dissolution -- Disqualification
- § 20-3-369. State School Health Trust Operating Reserve Account -- Distribution And Uses
- § 20-3-370. Repayment Of Initial Reserve From State From Excess Reserves
- § 20-4-101. System And Definitions Of Teacher And Specialist Certification -- Student Teacher Exception
- § 20-4-102. Board Of Public Education Policies
- § 20-4-103. Issuance Of Teacher Or Specialist Certificates
- § 20-4-104. Qualifications
- § 20-4-105. Repealed
- § 20-4-106. Classifications Of Teacher And Specialist Certificates
- § 20-4-107. Outstanding Teacher Certificates
- § 20-4-108. Term Of Teacher And Specialist Certificates -- Renewal
- § 20-4-109. Fees For Teacher And Specialist Certificates
- § 20-4-110. Letter Of Reprimand, Suspension, Revocation, And Denial Of Certificate
- § 20-4-111. Emergency Authorization Of Employment
- § 20-4-112. Access To Materials -- Superintendent Of Public Instruction
- § 20-4-113. Access To Criminal Justice Information
- § 20-4-114. Penalty For Failure To Report
- § 20-4-115. Through 20-4-119 Reserved
- § 20-4-120. Alternative Teacher Credentialing
- § 20-4-121. Interstate Agreement On Qualification Of Educational Personnel
- § 20-4-122. Designated Official For Purposes Of Interstate Agreement
- § 20-4-123. Preservation And Publication Of Contracts Made Pursuant To Interstate Agreement
- § 20-4-124. Through 20-4-126 Reserved
- § 20-4-127. Certification Reciprocity For Military Members, Military Spouses, And Veterans -- Requirements
- § 20-4-128. Through 20-4-130 Reserved
- § 20-4-131. Repealed
- § 20-4-132. Repealed
- § 20-4-133. Repealed
- § 20-4-134. Professional Stipends For Teachers Certified By National Board For Professional Teaching Standards
- § 20-4-201. Employment Of Teachers And Specialists By Contract
- § 20-4-202. Teacher And Specialist Certification Registration
- § 20-4-203. Teacher Tenure
- § 20-4-204. Termination Of Tenure Teacher Services
- § 20-4-205. Notification Of Teacher Reelection -- Acceptance
- § 20-4-206. Notification Of Nontenure Teacher Reelection -- Acceptance -- Termination
- § 20-4-207. Dismissal Of Teacher Under Contract
- § 20-4-208. Transfer From Administrative Position
- § 20-4-209. Notice Of Nonrenewal Of Nontenure Teacher For Financial Reasons -- Notice And Opportunity For Comment Required
- § 20-4-210. Reserved
- § 20-4-211. Repealed
- § 20-4-212. Repealed
- § 20-4-213. Repealed
- § 20-4-214. Repealed
- § 20-4-301. Duties Of Teacher -- Nonpayment For Failure To Comply
- § 20-4-302. Discipline And Punishment Of Pupils -- Definition Of Corporal Punishment -- Penalty -- Defense
- § 20-4-303. Abuse Of Teachers
- § 20-4-304. Attendance At Instructional And Professional Development Meetings
- § 20-4-401. Appointment And Dismissal Of District Superintendent Or County High School Principal
- § 20-4-402. Duties Of District Superintendent Or County High School Principal
- § 20-4-403. Powers And Duties Of Principal
- § 20-4-501. Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program -- Purpose
- § 20-4-502. Definitions
- § 20-4-503. Critical Quality Educator Shortages -- Impacted Schools
- § 20-4-504. Loan Repayment Assistance
- § 20-4-505. Loan Repayment Assistance Documentation
- § 20-4-506. Repealed
- § 20-4-601. Grow Your Own Grant Program -- Administration
- § 20-4-701. Legislative Findings -- Intent
- § 20-4-702. Teacher Residency Program
- § 20-5-101. Admittance Of Child To School
- § 20-5-102. Compulsory Enrollment And Excuses
- § 20-5-103. Compulsory Attendance And Excuses
- § 20-5-104. Attendance Officer
- § 20-5-105. Attendance Officer -- Powers And Duties
- § 20-5-106. Truancy
- § 20-5-107. Incapacitated And Indigent Child Attendance
- § 20-5-108. Tribal Agreement With District For Indian Child Compulsory Attendance And Other Agreements
- § 20-5-109. Nonpublic And Home School Requirements For Compulsory Enrollment Exemption
- § 20-5-110. School District Assessment For Placement Of A Child Who Enrolls From A Nonaccredited, Nonpublic School
- § 20-5-111. Responsibilities And Rights Of Parent Who Provides Home School
- § 20-5-112. Participation In Extracurricular Activities
- § 20-5-201. Duties And Sanctions
- § 20-5-202. Suspension And Expulsion
- § 20-5-203. Secret Organization Prohibited
- § 20-5-204. Through 20-5-206 Reserved
- § 20-5-207. Short Title
- § 20-5-208. Definition
- § 20-5-209. Bullying Of Student Prohibited -- Self-Defense Authorized
- § 20-5-210. Enforcement -- Exhaustion Of Administrative Remedies
- § 20-5-301. Repealed
- § 20-5-302. Repealed
- § 20-5-303. Repealed
- § 20-5-304. Repealed
- § 20-5-305. Repealed
- § 20-5-306. Repealed
- § 20-5-307. Repealed
- § 20-5-308. Through 20-5-310 Reserved
- § 20-5-311. Repealed
- § 20-5-312. Repealed
- § 20-5-313. Repealed
- § 20-5-314. Reciprocal Attendance Agreement With Adjoining State Or Province
- § 20-5-315. Repealed
- § 20-5-316. Repealed
- § 20-5-317. Through 20-5-319 Reserved
- § 20-5-320. Out-Of-District Attendance By Parent Or Guardian Request With No Extenuating Circumstances
- § 20-5-321. Attendance With Mandatory Approval -- Tuition And Transportation
- § 20-5-322. Residency Determination -- Notification -- Appeal For Attendance Agreement
- § 20-5-323. Tuition -- Transportation
- § 20-5-324. Tuition Payment Provisions -- State Obligations -- District Obligations -- Financing -- Reporting
- § 20-5-401. Repealed
- § 20-5-402. Definitions
- § 20-5-403. Immunization Required -- Release And Acceptance Of Immunization Records -- Notice Of Exemptions Required
- § 20-5-404. Conditional Attendance
- § 20-5-405. Exemptions -- Limitations On Agency Actions
- § 20-5-406. Immunization Record
- § 20-5-407. Rulemaking
- § 20-5-408. Enforcement
- § 20-5-409. Failure To Immunize Or Claim Exemption -- Injunction
- § 20-5-410. Civil Penalty
- § 20-5-411. Renumbered 20-1-220
- § 20-5-412. Definition -- Parent-Designated Adult -- Administration Of Glucagon -- Training
- § 20-5-413. Limits On Liability
- § 20-5-414. Through 20-5-419 Reserved
- § 20-5-420. Self-Administration Or Possession Of Asthma, Severe Allergy, Or Anaphylaxis Medication -- Definitions
- § 20-5-421. Emergency Use Of Epinephrine In School Setting
- § 20-5-422. Emergency Use Of Stock Albuterol In School Setting -- Limit On Liability -- Reporting
- § 20-5-423. Through 20-5-425 Reserved
- § 20-5-426. Emergency Use Of Opioid Antagonist In School Setting -- Limit On Liability
- § 20-5-501. Purpose -- Legislative Intent -- Parental Rights -- Definitions
- § 20-5-502. Enrollment By Caretaker Relative -- Residency -- Affidavit
- § 20-5-503. Caretaker Relative Educational Authorization Affidavit -- Use -- Immunity -- Format
- § 20-6-101. Definition Of Elementary And High School Districts
- § 20-6-102. Confirmation Of Existing District Boundaries
- § 20-6-103. Permanent Record Of District Boundaries
- § 20-6-104. Moratorium On Creation Of New District -- Exceptions
- § 20-6-105. Transfer Of Territory From One District To Another -- Hearing On Effects Of Proposed Transfer -- Burden Of Proof -- Standard Of Proof -- Appeal To District Court
- § 20-6-106. Definitions
- § 20-6-107. Qualification For Reconciliation Payment -- Petition To Qualify
- § 20-6-108. Proportional Reconciliation Of Taxable Valuation -- Reimbursement For Isolated Pupils
- § 20-6-109. Advisory Council
- § 20-6-110. Student Construction Project -- Disclosure -- Immunity
- § 20-6-201. Elementary District Classification
- § 20-6-202. Time Limitation For Boundary Changes
- § 20-6-203. Repealed
- § 20-6-204. Repealed
- § 20-6-205. Repealed
- § 20-6-206. Repealed
- § 20-6-207. Repealed
- § 20-6-208. Repealed
- § 20-6-209. Elementary District Abandonment
- § 20-6-210. Repealed
- § 20-6-211. Repealed
- § 20-6-212. Repealed
- § 20-6-213. Repealed
- § 20-6-214. Boundary Adjustments In Elementary School Districts
- § 20-6-215. Review Of Boundaries By County Superintendent
- § 20-6-216. Repealed
- § 20-6-217. Repealed
- § 20-6-218. Relocation Of Elementary School Within District
- § 20-6-301. High School District Classification
- § 20-6-302. Repealed
- § 20-6-303. Repealed
- § 20-6-304. Repealed
- § 20-6-305. Repealed
- § 20-6-306. Repealed
- § 20-6-307. High School District Abandonment
- § 20-6-308. Organization Of Joint High School District
- § 20-6-309. Repealed