Montana Office of Public Instruction

2021 Legislative Priorities 

• BASE Aid plus inflation
• Adding special education to BASE Aid plus inflation
• Fund in-state residential treatment for at-risk students
• Transfer the Broadband for Montana Schools program from the Department of Commerce to the Office of Public Instruction

Program 9 (funding to schools) comparison

Program 6 (state-level activities) comparison

 

The OPI is committed to hosting Education and Tribal Education Caucuses this session:

OPI Tribal Education Caucus:

• 4:00pm every Thursday, Starting January 7th: Link to Join

OPI Education Caucus:

• 7:00 am Every other Tuesday morning Room 335 at the Capitol Starting January 12th

 

Federal COVID-19 Waivers

• Summer Food Service Program: extended to June 30, 2021
• Report Card: still required for available data points
• Assessment: ED has not made a decision on spring standardized assessments. The OPI is pursuing a waiver or determining how local interim data could be used instead
• The OPI continues to advocate an extension of the CRF deadline while encouraging the Governor to allocate additional funds to education

 

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