Montana State Legislature
Committee Topics
Education Interim Committee Topics
The committee discussed its work plan and topics to explore over the interim at its June 13, 2017, meeting. Education topics selected by the committee and relevant research documents will be updated here over the course of the interim.
At the March 22-23, 2018, committee meeting, Chair McClafferty established a Subcommittee on State Financial Aid Programs to further investigate existing state financial aid programs and bring back any recommendations for improvement for the full committee to consider. Sen. Facey was appointed to chair the subcommittee; Sen. Salomon and Reps. Anderson and Bachmeier were appointed as members.
K-12 Education
- Constitutional roles of the Legislature, Board of Public Education, and Board of Regents
- OPI 65th Legislative Session Wrap-Up
- School Funding
- Funding formula changes 2017 (rec'd viewing as ppt slide show; pdf version)
- School facilities and SB 307 (rec'd viewing as ppt slide show; pdf version)
- "School Funding 101" Presentation (slides)
- Oil and Gas Production Taxes and School Funding 2011-2017 brief
- Memo explaining school funding clean-up bill drafts (for June 2018 meeting)
- LC 307X - corrects drafting error in school major maintenance aid calculation (SB 307; 2017)
- LC O&NG - clarifies oil and gas production tax distribution related to school districts
- LC JOIN - removes irrelevant references related to special education joint boards
- LC 390X - addresses unintended consequence related to overestimated ANB increases and local taxes (HB 390; 2017)
- Retirement GTB (June 2018)
- Retirement GTB (follow up for Sept 2018)
- SB 307 and School Safety - LC 307S memo and draft
- Previously adopted bill drafts and LC PUPL memo
- Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
- Recruitment and Retention and Teacher Preparation
- Status of Legislative Policy Levers related to Teacher Recruitment and Retention
- Rural Educator Recruitment and Retention Task Force (website)
- RISE4MT (website)
- Educator Preparation and Licensure in Montana: Entities, Acronyms, Roles, and Duties (graphic)
- Critical Quality Educator Shortages (2017 OPI report to Board of Public Education)
- Student-Centered Learning
- Career and Technical Education and Work-Based Learning
- School Safety memo
- Staff memo on EDIC role in accreditation standards pursuant to 20-7-101, MCA
- Economic Impact Statement for new standard pertaining to suicide prevention and response
- NCSL report on National Board Certification for teachers
- School Districts Operating Schools in Other School Districts memo
HJR 1 Study of funding for educational programs serving students with special needs
- House Joint Resolution No. 1
- 20-9-309, MCA - definition of basic system of free quality public elementary and secondary schools and categories of students with special needs
- Categories of Students with Special Needs from 20-9-309, MCA (graphic)
- 2015-2016 School Funding Interim Commission final report (pages 30-38 relate to HJ 1)
- Overview of Previous Studies
- Special Education
- Special Education Funding (OPI)
- Special Education Funding graphic
- Special Education Cooperative Funding Task Force (2016)
- Memo explaining bill drafts (for June 2018 meeting)
- Gifted and Talented
- Gifted and Talented Policy Brief (Education Commission of the States)
- Excerpts from Montana Constitution, Statute, ARM, and OPI guidance related to gifted and talented
- OPI handout on current gifted and talented grant program (OPI)
- Funding for Gifted and Talented Education in Other States
- Committee letter sent to education entities
- Response from Montana Council of Deans of Education
- Response from Board of Public Education and Certification Standards and Practices Advisory Council
- Response from the Superintendent of Public Instruction
- At-risk students
- What are we talking about when we talk about "at-risk students"?
- The Importance of At-risk Funding (Education Commission of the States)
- At-risk Student Report (Fall 2018)
- American Indian Student Achievement Report (Fall 2018)
- English learners
- English Learners in Montana (story map)
- State funding mechanisms for English language learners (Education Commission of the States)
- EL Guidance for School Districts (OPI)
- Approaches to Funding Educational Programs for Students with Special Needs
- Possible Changes to Current Funding memo (for committee discussion March 2018)
- HJ Final Report
Montana University System and Higher Education
- EDIC Statutes and Duties memo
- History of LEG/MUS Interim Collaboration
- Shared Policy Goals for Education Background and Documents
- MUS Strategic Plan 2017
- Board of Regents members and bios (website)
- Board Governance Framework (slides presented to Regents September 2016)
- Montana Public Higher Ed Campus Organizational Structure (graphic)
- MUS Long Range Building Program (MUS one-pager)
- Dual enrollment update
- State-funded financial aid (see also Subcommittee on State Financial Aid Programs webpage)
- State Financial Aid Programs
- Financial Aid Overview (MUS slides)
- State Financial Aid Programs (chart with undergrad and teacher loan forgiveness programs)
- Financial Aid decision tree (for committee discussion March 2018)
- Memo from Subcommittee on State Financial Aid Programs
- "Building Blocks" document for LCs FAID and QELA explaining policy decisions
- LC FAID - revises state financial aid programs
- LC QELA - switches administration of Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program from Regents/OCHE to OPI
- Community College Funding Report
Preschool
- Montana Preschool Landscape 2017
- STARS Preschool update (January 2018)
- A Fair Start: Ensuring All Students are Ready to Learn (NCSL report)
- Preschool policy considerations (NCSL slides)
- STARS Preschool presentations (September 2018)
Other Topics
- Montana State Library (MSL) Budget reduction handout
- MSL Budget reduction planning slides (from MSL Commission meeting)
- Montana Historical Society Budget Impacts
- Report on State Heritage Properties from State Historic Preservation Office
