Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB654: Increase access to early literacy targeted intervention programs
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act generally revising education laws to support early literacy targeted intervention programs; clarifying the conditions under which a school district partnering with a community organization in providing classroom-based programs may include those children in enrollment counts for anb purposes; allowing a school district that is expanding enrollment in a classroom-based early literacy targeted intervention program to increase its anb count…
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING EDUCATION LAWS TO SUPPORT EARLY LITERACY TARGETED INTERVENTION PROGRAMS; CLARIFYING THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTNERING WITH A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION IN PROVIDING CLASSROOM-BASED PROGRAMS MAY INCLUDE THOSE CHILDREN IN ENROLLMENT COUNTS FOR ANB PURPOSES; ALLOWING A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS EXPANDING ENROLLMENT IN A CLASSROOM-BASED EARLY LITERACY TARGETED INTERVENTION PROGRAM TO INCREASE ITS ANB COUNT; ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY EARLY LITERACY TARGETED INTERVENTION BOOST GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CREATING OR EXPANDING CLASSROOM-BASED EARLY LITERACY TARGETED INTERVENTION PROGRAMS; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AMENDING SECTIONS 20-9-311, 20-9-313, AND 20-9-516, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE, AN APPLICABILITY DATE, AND A TERMINATION 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 of the prior school fiscal year or the next school day if those dates do not fall on a - …
Sponsors
- Edwards, Becky (D, 61) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for Appropriation Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) Hearing Canceled
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- : (H) Fiscal Note Received
- : (H) 1st Reading
Subjects: Appropriations, Education - School Finance, Education - K-12
Common questions
- What is HB654?
- HB654 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Increase access to early literacy targeted intervention programs.
- What does HB654 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act generally revising education laws to support early literacy targeted intervention programs; clarifying the conditions under which a school district partnering with a community organization in providing classroom-based programs may include those children in enrollment counts for anb purposes; allowing a school district that is expanding enrollment in a classroom-based early literacy targeted intervention program to increase its anb count…
- What is the status of HB654?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB654?
- Edwards, Becky (D, 61).
- Where is the official record for HB654?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1610
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