Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB565: Creating the Montana endowment for early childhood and related structure
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act creating the montana endowment for early childhood and related structure; establishing a montana early childhood account board and membership requirements; providing for a quarterly transfer into the state special revenue account; creating a fee for renewal of lapsed child-care facility licenses and registration certificates to provide additional funding to the state special revenue account; establishing reporting requirements; providing rulemaking authority; amending section 52-2-721, mca; providing for a general fund transfer…
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT CREATING THE MONTANA ENDOWMENT FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD AND RELATED STRUCTURE; ESTABLISHING A MONTANA EARLY CHILDHOOD ACCOUNT BOARD AND MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING FOR A QUARTERLY TRANSFER INTO THE STATE SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; CREATING A FEE FOR RENEWAL OF LAPSED CHILD-CARE FACILITY LICENSES AND REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE STATE SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; ESTABLISHING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AMENDING SECTION 52-2-721, MCA; PROVIDING FOR A GENERAL FUND TRANSFER; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Montana early childhood account board. (1) There is a Montana early childhood account board consisting of seven members appointed by the governor as follows: (a) two members who are employees of the department of public health and human services, including one employee of the early childhood and family support division and one employee of the division of the department that oversees American Indian health; (b) one member who is an employee of the department of labor and industry; (c) one member who is an employee of the office of public instruction; (d) one member who is an employee of the department of commerce; and (e) two members representing state and local community early childhood organizations. (2) A member's term is 3 …