HB745 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Require background checks for certain school employees and volunteers.

What is the status of HB745?

Signed into law as of May 19, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 19, 2025).

Tilleman, Eric (R, 23), with 1 co-sponsor.

Where is the official record for HB745?

On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2252

Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session

Montana HB745: Require background checks for certain school employees and volunteers

Q: What does HB745 do?

In its own words: An act revising school laws to enhance student safety; requiring school districts to adopt a student protection policy that requires background checks for any individual who may have unsupervised contact with students; requiring school districts who fail to comply with their student protection policy to submit a correction plan with the superintendent of public instruction; requiring background checks for educator licensure; amending sections 20-3-323, 20-3-324, and 20-4-104, mca; and providing an effective date.

Status: Signed into law, May 19, 2025

What the bill says

An act revising school laws to enhance student safety; requiring school districts to adopt a student protection policy that requires background checks for any individual who may have unsupervised contact with students; requiring school districts who fail to comply with their student protection policy to submit a correction plan with the superintendent of public instruction; requiring background checks for educator licensure; amending sections 20-3-323, 20-3-324, and 20-4-104, mca; and providing an effective date.

From the engrossed text:

AN ACT REVISING SCHOOL LAWS TO ENHANCE STUDENT SAFETY; REQUIRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADOPT A STUDENT PROTECTION POLICY THAT REQUIRES BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO MAY HAVE UNSUPERVISED CONTACT WITH STUDENTS; REQUIRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THEIR STUDENT PROTECTION POLICY TO SUBMIT A CORRECTION PLAN WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION; REQUIRING BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR EDUCATOR LICENSURE; AMENDING SECTIONS 20-3-323, 20-3-324, AND 20-4-104, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 20-3-323, MCA, is amended to read: "20-3-323. District policy and record of acts. (1) The trustees of each district shall prescribe and enforce policies for the government of the district. In order to provide a comprehensive system of governing the district, the trustees (b) adopt policies to implement or administer the requirements of the general law, this title, the policies of the board of public education, and the rules of the superintendent of public instruction; and (c) adopt a grievance policy that provides for informal and formal resolutions of a complaint, informs a grievant about the grievance policy, provides a printed version of the grievance policy on request, and accepts for filing a formal complaint submitted within 30 days of the completion of an informal resolution; and (d) adopt a student protection policy requiring that prior to the district allowing an individual, regardless of …

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Montana HB745: Require background checks for certain school employees and volunteers

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