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Bill would remove overlapping 'general supervision' language from superintendent statute
Summary
Representative David Beatty told the House Education Committee that House Bill 138 would resolve a constitutional conflict by removing a statutory reference to "general supervision of the public schools" from the superintendent of public instruction's duties and leaving that authority with the Board of Public Education.
Representative David Beatty, sponsor of House Bill 138, told the Montana House Education Committee that the bill would remove statutory language creating an apparent conflict between duties assigned in the state constitution and duties listed by law for the superintendent of public instruction.
"The board of public education is tasked with the duty to exercise general supervision over the public school system," Beatty said, citing Article X, Section 9 of the Montana Constitution, and contrasted that constitutional duty with duties currently placed in statute at MCA 20-3-106. He told the committee the overlapping phrasing has produced disputes among the superintendent's office and the Board of Public Education.
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