House Bill No. [insert number] seeks to enhance the School Facility and Technology Account and revise related definitions while facilitating transfers to and from the Community College FTE Adjustment Account. A significant amendment includes raising the resident nonbeneficiary student payment for tribal colleges from $3,280 to $4,183 per full-time equivalent student. The bill also requires the Education Interim Budget Committee to conduct a study on interlibrary resource sharing programs and the structure of the Office of Public Instruction, along with establishing quarterly reporting requirements for various educational agencies.

The bill amends several sections of the Montana Code Annotated (MCA), introducing new funding purposes for the School Facility and Technology Account and adjustments to community college funding definitions. It establishes a community college FTE adjustment account and outlines the payment distribution process to tribal colleges based on eligible enrollment. Additionally, it mandates that the superintendent of public instruction distribute a portion of $1 million allocated for school technology to each district by the end of August, based on their BASE budget ratio. The bill also removes provisions allowing the transfer of excess funds from the school facility and technology account to the school major maintenance aid account and sets a new effective date of July 1, 2025, with certain sections terminating on December 31, 2026.

Statutes affected:
LC Text: 20-9-516, 20-15-310, 20-15-328, 20-25-428
HB0864_1(1): 20-9-516, 20-15-310, 20-15-328, 20-25-428
HB0864_1(2): 20-9-516, 20-15-310, 20-15-328, 20-25-428
HB0864_1(3): 20-9-516, 20-15-310, 20-15-328, 20-25-428
HB0864_1(4): 20-9-516, 20-15-310, 20-15-328, 20-25-428
HB0864_1(5): 20-9-516, 20-15-310, 20-15-328, 20-25-428
HB0864_1: 20-9-516, 20-15-310, 20-15-328, 20-25-428
HB0864_2(1): 20-9-516, 20-15-310, 20-15-328, 20-25-428
HB0864_2(2): 20-9-516, 20-15-310, 20-15-328, 20-25-428
HB0864_2(3): 20-9-516, 20-15-310, 20-15-328, 20-25-428
HB0864_2(4): 20-9-516, 20-15-310, 20-15-328, 20-25-428
HB0864_2(5): 20-9-516, 20-15-310, 20-15-328, 20-25-428
HB0864_2(6): 20-9-516, 20-15-310, 20-15-328, 20-25-428
HB0864_2(7): 20-9-516, 20-15-310, 20-15-328, 20-25-428
HB0864_2(8): 20-9-516, 20-15-310, 20-15-328, 20-25-428
HB0864_2: 20-9-516, 20-15-310, 20-15-328, 20-25-428