The board reviewed an amended CTE regional agreement (ConVal, Conant and a third sending district) updated to reflect recent legislative changes, including a requirement that regional centers develop a CTE access program by Jan. 1, 2026.

Superintendent staff highlighted redline changes and said the update allows sending-district students to enroll part time or full time in non-CTE courses at receiving districts. A board member identified a drafting error in the part-time tuition formula and requested correction so that the per-credit payment is computed as 80% of the sending district's average per-pupil cost divided by five and then multiplied by the number of credits (an editorial fix to the current language that the board flagged).

The agreement contains a seat-apportionment section; legal counsel recommended retaining the historical 75% ConVal / 25% seats for non-ConVal students for now while awaiting clearer statutory interpretation. The presentation also noted the Department of Education may pay tuition for nonpublic or charter students who attend geographically proximate CTE programs under state rules.

Separately, board members noted the State Board hearing on Francistown and Temple withdrawal is scheduled for Dec. 11; the board plans to send representatives to the hearing and to report back to the full board after the meeting with the new commissioner of education.

The board did not vote to sign the amended regional agreement at the Dec. 3 meeting; the superintendent asked the board to review the edits and be prepared to sign at the Dec. 18 meeting if no additional changes were requested.