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Board of Public Education-backed bill would clarify timelines, funding and opening rules for new public charter schools
Summary
The House Education Committee heard House Bill 28, an agency-request technical bill from the Board of Public Education that would clarify timelines, exemptions and funding rules in Montana’s new Public Charter School Act.
The House Education Committee heard House Bill 28 on Wednesday, an agency-request bill carried by Representative David Beatty that would amend Montana’s Public Charter School Act (enacted as House Bill 549 in 2023) to clarify timelines and administrative responsibilities, adjust opening requirements, and set funding rules for new public charter schools.
David Beatty, House District 86, opened the bill on behalf of the Board of Public Education. McCall Flynn, executive director of the Board of Public Education, told the committee the changes are largely technical and administrative fixes identified during implementation of the 2023 law: clarifying that…
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