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Committee hears bill to clarify out-of-district attendance, transportation and special-education tuition
Summary
Sponsor Rep. David Beatty told the House Education Committee House Bill 250 would consolidate out-of-district attendance rules, clarify when districts may deny enrollment, define tuition responsibilities for nonoperating districts and students with disabilities, and centralize transportation provisions.
Rep. David Beatty, sponsor of House Bill 250, opened the House Education Committee hearing by saying the bill revises Title 20, chapter 5, part 3 of the Montana Code Annotated to make out-of-district attendance law easier to navigate. "House Bill 250 improves upon out of district attendance law as follows," Beatty said, before listing a set of clarifications and consolidations.
Beatty told the committee HB250 explicitly clarifies circumstances in which a district may deny enrollment, tightens and refines reporting requirements, spells out tuition responsibilities for nonoperating districts, clarifies tuition for students with special needs,…
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