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Senate committee advances fix to ESA remittance timing for small districts

Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee · February 27, 2025
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Summary

SB 486 would let districts elect to receive ESA remittance payments in the first year a special-needs student participates, intended to ease cash-flow issues for small districts; proponents said it addresses a local budget timing problem and the committee advanced the bill.

Sen. Sue Vinton presented SB 486, a noncontroversial measure to allow school districts to elect receiving remittance payments for Montana's special-needs ESA program in the first year a participating student…

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