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Final Amendment Approval Letter from the U.S. Department of Education - December 23, 2024
Montana OPI ESSA Consolidated State Plan Amendment Request - April 24, 2024
Final Amendment Approval Letter from the U.S. Department of Education
January 2024: Proposed Changes to Montana's ESSA Plan - Rigorous Action
October 2023: Amendment to Montana's Consolidated State Plan under Every Student Succeeds Action regarding Rigorous Action - Public Comment
February, 2023: Montana Accountability System Proposed Waiver Request
February, 2023: Montana Accountability System Public Notice for Waiver Request - The Montana OPI extended public comment on this to April 19 and presented the information to the Education Advocates on April 19, 2023.
September, 2022: Montana State Plan Update Letter
April, 2022: Montana Addendum Approval Letter
January 28, 2022: OPI Seeking Public Comment on ARP-ESSER State Template
June 2021: Funding Flexibility Waiver Notice
January 18, 2021: OPI Seeking Public Comment on the 2020-21 Strategic Waivers for Teting, Accountability, Reporting Flexibility
2020-2021 Montana Strategic Waiver Actions Schedule
December 2020: Changes to Accountability System - Waiver Requests
October 2020: Small School Amendments
September 2020: ESSA Waiver Related to 21st CCLC - Public Comment Needed
August 2020: Targeted & Comprehensive Support for the Start of the 2020-2021 School Year
July 2020: DOE Approves Montana's Plan Updating English learner Proficiency & Exit Criteria
June 10, 2020: Seeking Public Comment on Federal Waivers, Comprehensive & Targeted Support and Improvement Updates
April 28, 2020: Seeking Public Comment on COVID Waivers
March 26, 2020: Waivers Received Due to COVID-19
February 12, 2020: Annual Accountability Designations, Report Cards, and Amendment Process for 5th indicator
January 23, 2020: Research Measures of School Quality for 5th Indicator
December 3, 2019: SBAC Interim Assessments & Targeted Support Grant Opportunity
October 11, 2019: Amendments to Montana's State Plan under ESSA
September 20, 2019: Improvement Steps
July 8, 2019: Amendment Approved
June 20, 2019 State Plan Amendment Clarification
May 13, 2019 State Plan Amendment
April 22, 2019: Report Card Release
March 25, 2019 State Plan Amendment
March 6, 2019: MCLP/Comp Support Meeting
December 2018: No December Report Card
November 2018: Continued Report Card Feedback
October 2018: Report Card Feedback
September 2018: Student Growth, Data Certification, CSIP
August 2018: Title IV, Part A - Student Support & Academic Enrichment
July 2018: OPI Points of Contact for Comprehensive Schools
June 2018: School Improvement Title IV, Part A & Title I
April 2018: Comprehensive & Targeted School Notifications
March 2018: School Support Under ESSA for Comprehensive & Targeted Schools
February 2018: Process to Define Ineffective Teacher
January 26, 2018: Approval of Montana's ESSA Plan
January 17, 2018: Implementation Update for the Report Card, E-Grants & CSIP, Comprehensive & Targeted Support, Ineffective Teacher, and Expenditure Reporting
January 4, 2018: Feedback & Re-submission of the Montana ESSA Plan
December 22, 2017: Submission of Updated Version of the Montana ESSA Plan
December 13, 2017: Response Received from the DOE on the Montana ESSA Plan
November 30, 2017: Changes in Foster Care Requirements
November 21, 2017: Report Card Requirement
November 2, 2017: Requirements for Collaboration between the OPI, Schools, and Tribal Nations
October 30, 2017: Transparency in Reporting Update
October 17, 2017: Upcoming ESSA Survey & Next Steps in Implementation
October 4, Update on ESSA Submission & Next Steps in Implementation
September 26, 2017: Update on ESSA Submission & Next Steps in Implementation
September 14, 2017: ESSA Plan Submission & Thank You to OPI Staff & Partners in Education
August 24, 2017: Executive Summary & Other Plan Highlights
August 18, 2017: Update on Feedback, Changes, and Long-term Goals
August 8, 2017: Title IV A, Long-term Goals, Peer Review & Collaboration
July 2017: Timeline
June 21, 2017: Statewide Meetings, Feedback, and New Info from the DOE
Jun 6, 2017: Upcoming Presentations, Webinars, & Focus Group Announcements
June 1, 2017: Upcoming Webinars & Focus Groups Announcement with Info about December 2016 Plan
May 2017: Expenditure Reporting, Long-term Goals, Accountability Indicators, College & Career Readiness, and CSIP
April 2017: Defining ESSA and the OPI's Plan Moving Forward
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