17-7-162. Montana school for the deaf and blind exempt from vacancy savings. (1) Vacancy savings may not be imposed on authorized positions in the Montana school for the deaf and blind, as described in 20-8-101.
     (2) Each fiscal year, the board shall provide to the legislative audit committee provided for in 5-13-201 a detailed report on all authorized positions in the Montana school for the deaf and blind. At a minimum, the report must include the following information:
     (a) the number of positions that were filled during the year and the average salary paid at hire; and
     (b) the total number of vacancies incurred during the year broken out by position title, the cause of each vacancy, and the length of time the position remained vacant.
     (3) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
     (a) "Authorized positions" means those positions included in the list of current authorized positions that the board is required to maintain under 2-18-206.
     (b) "Board" means the board of public education created by Article X, section 9, subsection (3), of the Montana constitution and 2-15-1507.
     (c) "Vacancy savings" means the difference between the cost of fully funding authorized positions for an entire fiscal year and the actual cost of those authorized positions during that period.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 394, L. 2011.