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House Education amends but then rejects released‑time credit changes; HB343 tabled after close vote
Summary
Committee attached one amendment changing academic credit for religious released‑time to optional but rejected a second amendment and defeated the bill once amended 8–7 then 7–8; members then voted to table HB343.
House Education opened executive action on House Bill 343, a sponsor‑led cleanup of Montana’s released‑time rules that would revise when school districts may award academic credit for religious instruction.
Committee staff walked members through a stack of redrafts and two competing amendments. One amendment turned a previously mandatory trustee duty to award credit into permissive language and added criteria if districts chose to grant credit; it also clarified…
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