Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB260: Revise teacher stipends for national board certification
Status: Signed into law, April 17, 2025
What the bill says
An act increasing the amount of professional stipends paid to teachers holding national board for professional teaching standards certification and providing a mechanism for annual inflationary adjustment to the stipends; amending section 204-134, mca; and providing an effective date and an applicability date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF PROFESSIONAL STIPENDS PAID TO TEACHERS HOLDING NATIONAL BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHING STANDARDS CERTIFICATION AND PROVIDING A MECHANISM FOR ANNUAL INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT TO THE STIPENDS; AMENDING SECTION 204-134, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND AN APPLICABILITY DATE. Section 1. Section 20-4-134, MCA, is amended to read: "20-4-134. Professional stipends for teachers certified by national board for professional teaching standards. (1) Pursuant to subsection (5), an annual stipend of up to $1,500 an amount equivalent to 50% of the quality educator payment amount provided in 20-9-306 for the applicable year must be provided to each teacher who holds a current certificate from the national board for professional teaching standards if the teacher is: (a) a full-time classroom teacher, librarian, or other full-time employee serving in an assignment covered by national board certification assessment; (b) certified to teach in Montana under the provisions of 20-4-103; and (c) a full-time employee (ii) an education cooperative, as described in 20-7-451; (iii) the Montana school for the deaf and blind, as described in 20-8-101; or (iv) a correctional facility, as defined in 41-5-103. (2) An annual stipend of up to $2,500 an amount equivalent to 85% of the quality educator payment amount provided in 20-9-306 for the applicable year must be provided to each teacher who meets the criteria …
Sponsors
- Muszkiewicz, Luke (D, 79) · primary sponsor
- Novak, Sara (D, 36)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 1, 2025): 48 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Concur (March 31, 2025): 48 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 10, 2025): 99 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 7, 2025): 98 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: Education - School Finance, Education - Teachers, Education - K-12
Common questions
- What is HB260?
- HB260 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise teacher stipends for national board certification.
- What does HB260 do?
- In its own words: An act increasing the amount of professional stipends paid to teachers holding national board for professional teaching standards certification and providing a mechanism for annual inflationary adjustment to the stipends; amending section 204-134, mca; and providing an effective date and an applicability date.
- What is the status of HB260?
- Signed into law as of April 17, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (April 17, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB260?
- Muszkiewicz, Luke (D, 79), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB260?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2814
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