Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB23: Move spring enrollment count date one week earlier
Status: Vetoed, May 1, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising school funding laws to move the second enrollment count date used for the calculation of average number belonging week earlier; amending section 20-9-311, mca; and providing an effective date and an applicability date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING SCHOOL FUNDING LAWS TO MOVE THE SECOND ENROLLMENT COUNT DATE USED FOR THE CALCULATION OF AVERAGE NUMBER BELONGING WEEK EARLIER; AMENDING SECTION 20-9-311, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND AN APPLICABILITY DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 20-9-311, MCA, is amended to read: "20-9-311. Calculation of average number belonging (ANB) -- 3-year averaging. (1) Average number belonging (ANB) must be computed for each budget unit as follows: (a) compute an average enrollment by adding a count of regularly enrolled pupils who were enrolled as of the first Monday in October of the prior school fiscal year to a count of regularly enrolled pupils on the first Monday in February last Monday in January of the prior school fiscal year or the next school day if those dates do not fall on a school day, and divide the sum by two; and (b) multiply the average enrollment calculated in subsection (1)(a) by the sum of 180 and the approved pupil-instruction-related days for the current school fiscal year and divide by 180. (2) For the purpose purposes of calculating ANB under subsection (1), up to 7 approved pupilinstruction-related days may be included in the calculation. (3) When a school district has approval to …
Sponsors
- Romano, Melissa (D, 80) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Vetoed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- : (S) 3rd Reading Concurred
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended
Subjects: Education - School Finance, Education - K-12
Common questions
- What is HB23?
- HB23 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Move spring enrollment count date one week earlier.
- What does HB23 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising school funding laws to move the second enrollment count date used for the calculation of average number belonging week earlier; amending section 20-9-311, mca; and providing an effective date and an applicability date.".
- What is the status of HB23?
- Vetoed as of May 1, 2025. Latest action: (H) Vetoed by Governor (May 1, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB23?
- Romano, Melissa (D, 80).
- Where is the official record for HB23?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0287
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