Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB151: Revise educational laws pertaining to recruitment and retention and MSDB
Status: Vetoed, May 19, 2025
What the bill says
An act generally revising education laws related to recruitment and retention and the montana school for the deaf and blind; making educational sign language interpreters eligible for the quality educator payment and the quality educator loan assistance program; expanding the types of educational entities that can receive incentives for meeting starting teacher pay benchmarks and that can participate in the teacher residency program; allowing the montana school for the deaf and blind to transport resident students between home and the school by school bus…
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING EDUCATION LAWS RELATED TO RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND THE MONTANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND; MAKING EDUCATIONAL SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS ELIGIBLE FOR THE QUALITY EDUCATOR PAYMENT AND THE QUALITY EDUCATOR LOAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; EXPANDING THE TYPES OF EDUCATIONAL ENTITIES THAT CAN RECEIVE INCENTIVES FOR MEETING STARTING TEACHER PAY BENCHMARKS AND THAT CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM; ALLOWING THE MONTANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND TO TRANSPORT RESIDENT STUDENTS BETWEEN HOME AND THE SCHOOL BY SCHOOL BUS; AMENDING SECTIONS 20-4-502, 20-4-503, 20-4-702, 20-8-121, 20-9-324, AND 20-9-327, MCA; AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATES AND AN APPLICABILITY DATE. Section 1. Section 20-4-502, MCA, is amended to read: "20-4-502. Definitions. For the purposes of this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (1) "Education cooperative" means a cooperative of Montana public schools as described in 20-7451. (2) "Educational loans" means all loans made pursuant to a federal loan program, except federal parent loans for undergraduate students (PLUS) loans, as provided in 20 U.S.C. 1078-2. (3) "Federal loan program" means educational loans authorized by 20 U.S.C. 1071, et seq., 20 U.S.C. 1087a, et seq., and 20 U.S.C. 1087aa, et seq. (4) "Impacted school" (b) the Montana school for the deaf and blind, as described in 20-8-101; - 1 - Authorized Print Version - HB 151 …