Montana State Legislature
2005-2006 Quality Schools Committee
- Senator Dave Lewis
- Senator Don Ryan
- Senator Bob Story, Jr.
- Senator Jon Tester
- Representative Bill Glaser
- Representative Monica Lindeen
- Representative Holly Raser
- Representative Pat Wagman
Rep. Governor Brian Schweitzer
- David Ewer
- Superintendent of Public Instruction Linda McCulloch
- Dr. Kirk Miller, Presiding Officer, Board of Public Education
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Agenda
- Minutes
- November 1
- November 2
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Agenda
- Minutes
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- Minutes
PowerPoint presentations from August 30, 2005 meeting
- American Indian Achievement - (Silverthorn)
- Determining the cost of providing an adequate education in the State of Montana- (Wood-Smith)
- Montana K-12 Funding Needs Assessment and Cost Analysis - (Farrier-Robson)
- Recruitment, Retention, and Teacher Salaries
- State Funding Issues for Small and Isolated Schools and Districts - Michael Griffith
Assigned Studies
Staff Reports
- Defining and Funding a Basic System of Free Quality Public Elementary and Secondary Schools (Final Report of the Quality Schools Interim Committee)
- Final Report on School Facilities (Mike Burke)
- The Achievement Gap in Montana: Features and Policy Prescriptions (Chris Lohse)
- American Indian Student Achievement in Montana Public Schools (Chris Lohse and Susan Ockert)
- July 21-22, 2005
- September 8, 2005
- September 14, 2005
- K-12 Health Care Package
- Cover Letter from David Ewer, Budget Director
- Purpose, Background, and Major Components
- State of Montana Employee Benefits Plan
- Capital and Risk Management - Large Claim Component Statewide K-12
- Capital and Risk Management - Large Claim Component by District Size
- MT K-12 Claimant Distribution Data
- Article on Reinsurance
- K-12 Health Care Package
- September 23, 2005
- Equalizing School Mills Statewide (OBPP)
- A Proposed Mechanism for Funding Montana Schools (Chris Lohse)
- September 30, 2005
- Classroom Entitlement Options (Working Group)
- Progress Report on Work of the Quality Schools Interim Committee (Jim Standaert for Legislative Finance Committee)
- October 17, 2005
- October 24, 2005
- Accredited Program Component - Madalyn Quinlan and Joan Anderson
- Revenue for General Fund and Retirement for FY 2004 - Jim Standaert
- November 1-2,2005
- November 18, 2005
Consultants' Final Reports
- Recruitment, Retention, and Salaries of Teachers and Other School Personnel- Dr. Douglas Young and Dr. Christiana Stoddard
- Determining the Cost of Providing an Adequate Education in the State of Montana - R.C. Wood & Associates
Legislation
- State of Montana School Funding Formula, Report of Joint Select Committee on Education Funding, 2005 Legislative Session
- R.C. Wood and Associates RFP
- Teacher Compensation Contract Awarded to Montana State University-Bozeman
- R.C. Wood & Associates' Website - District Needs Assessment and Public Surveys www.mtk12funding.org
- Montana Virtual Education Consultancy Report
- Governor Schweitzer's letter to education community, September 22, 2005
- Governor's Schweitzer's letter to Attorney General McGrath, September 30, 2005
- The Montana Constitution: Progressive Spirit of the Rocky Mountain West, Seminar II: Indian Education
