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Committee advances bill separating homeschool and nonpublic rules, removing some county-level record requirements
Summary
House Bill 778 would separate statutory language for homeschools and nonpublic schools, remove county-superintendent storage of immunization records and drop certain building-code references for homeschools; proponents said the change protects family privacy and aligns state law with HIPAA-era expectations.
Rep. Randon Greg said House Bill 778 clarifies Montana code by distinguishing homeschools from nonpublic schools, removing outdated references that allowed county superintendents to request and store immunization records and eliminating a requirement that homeschools meet building-code standards applicable to institutional settings.
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