20-9-632. Countywide school transportation block grants. (1) The office of public instruction shall distribute one-half of the amount appropriated for countywide school transportation in November and the remainder in May. The total amount for each county is as follows:

	FY 2002	FY 2003
	Payment	Payment
Beaverhead	$29,924	$26,197
Big Horn	43,635	52,920
Blaine	3,727	13,433
Broadwater	14,935	21,769
Carbon	23,493	23,040
Carter	8,675	6,592
Cascade	84,382	43,722
Chouteau	33,063	27,043
Custer	7,069	6,272
Daniels	16,771	12,993
Dawson	21,356	14,001
Deer Lodge	14,392	12,532
Fallon	20,447	25,428
Fergus	58,765	29,415
Flathead	89,846	77,223
Gallatin	81,262	90,930
Garfield	17,284	7,135
Glacier	37,740	34,300
Golden Valley	3,547	3,664
Granite	8,153	6,858
Hill	46,409	40,781
Jefferson	36,329	34,817
Judith Basin	16,878	20,322
Lake	69,756	52,163
Lewis & Clark	58,287	69,535
Liberty	15,874	9,584
Lincoln	50,388	22,795
Madison	21,263	12,828
McCone	12,498	11,788
Meagher	4,237	6,976
Mineral	7,478	9,038
Missoula	93,969	94,480
Musselshell	12,945	20,627
Park	31,904	32,394
Petroleum	9,854	7,300
Phillips	31,080	43,872
Pondera	22,599	18,308
Powder River	21,304	21,795
Powell	16,622	14,507
Prairie	8,544	4,809
Ravalli	60,579	38,440
Richland	32,995	29,315
Roosevelt	25,740	40,216
Rosebud	97,820	90,850
Sanders	71,581	69,930
Sheridan	12,946	24,274
Silver Bow	21,872	18,381
Stillwater	27,358	17,543
Sweet Grass	14,996	6,340
Teton	28,202	20,759
Toole	17,208	15,592
Treasure	5,446	5,073
Valley	26,677	27,775
Wheatland	9,142	6,386
Wibaux	6,198	8,816
Yellowstone	149,314	146,210
Total	1,814,759	1,650,088

     (2) The average of the block grants in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 must be increased by 0.76% in fiscal year 2004 and in each succeeding fiscal year.

     History: En. Sec. 246, Ch. 574, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 27, Ch. 13, Sp. L. August 2002; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 518, L. 2003.