Montana SB278 revises education laws to support advanced opportunities for students in grades 6 through 12.
Montana SB278 revises education laws to support advanced opportunities for students in grades 6 through 12. The bill amends definitions and provisions related to advanced opportunities, advanced opportunity facilitators, and advanced opportunity aid. It allows school districts to use a portion of their advanced opportunity aid to pay advanced opportunity facilitators and receive a quality educator payment for them. The bill also establishes a process for districts to apply for advanced opportunity aid and outlines permissible expenditures for the aid. The changes are effective July 1, 2025.
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