HB 814 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Require plans for school district reorganization

House Bill 814 aimed to reorganize elementary and high school districts into K-12 school districts across the state. It intended for these K-12 districts to be formed within existing high school district boundaries by July 1, 2029. The bill mandated county superintendents to collaborate with school district officials to develop a reorganization plan for their county. These plans, which included existing district details, enrollment data, and financial concerns, were to be reported to the education interim committee by March 1, 2026, for review and potential legislative recommendations.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Feb 26, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025

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LC4332.pdf → HB0814_1.pdf · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from LC 4332 to HB 814 and updated to reflect the 69th Legislature's 2025 session. The text was converted into an 'Authorized Print Version' format, indicating it is now the official published text of the legislation.

TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from LC 4332 to HB 814, and the header was updated to include the specific session year (69th Legislature 2025).

The document title was updated to 'Authorized Print Version - HB 814', signifying the transition from a legislative committee draft to the official published version.

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Amendments

Mar 1, 2025

Amended

(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Education

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors