Montana State Legislature

2015-2016 Education and Local Government Committee

he Education and Local Government (ELG) Interim Committee is a joint bipartisan committee of the legislature that meets between legislative sessions. The ELG’s statutory duties include review of proposed administrative rules and draft legislation, as well as completing any studies assigned to it. The committee also monitors the operations of, and provides information to, the State Board of Education, the Board of Public Education, the Board of Regents of Higher Education, and the Office of Public Instruction. As the Montana Historical Society, the Montana Arts Council, and the Montana State Library Commission are allocated to the State Board of Education, ELG also monitors the operation of those entities. Finally, the ELG acts as a liaison with citiesand counties, providing an important forum for discussion of strong, effective governance at the community and county level.

  • REPRESENTATIVE SETH BERGLEE (R)
  • REPRESENTATIVE MOFFIE FUNK (D)
  • REPRESENTATIVE DONALD W JONES (R)--Chair
  • REPRESENTATIVE DEBRA LAMM (R)
  • REPRESENTATIVE JEAN PRICE (D)
  • REPRESENTATIVE TOM WOODS (D)
  • SENATOR ELSIE M ARNTZEN (R)
  • SENATOR JILL COHENOUR (D)
  • SENATOR MARY MOE (D)
  • SENATOR MATTHEW ROSENDALE (R)
  • SENATOR SHARON STEWART-PEREGOY (D)--Vice Chair
  • SENATOR GORDON VANCE (R)

Agenda 

Minutes Log 

SJR 20 study of county road ROW on state trust land
Bill draft: LC sj20

SJR 21 study of local fire and emergency services
Bill draft: LCFIPT
Public comment document

State Historic Preservation Office - State Agency Biennial Reports on State-Owned Heritage Properties and SHPO Report to the Legislature: Montana's Shared Heritage

Office of Public Instruction
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children report to the Legislature
American Indian Data Report
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Montana Implementation

K-12 Transportation
Staff research memo

School Funding Interim Commission website

Education SuperHighway website and K-12 Broadband Upgrade presentation

Digital Learning Presentation - Part 1 and Part 2: Sen. Howard Stephenson, Utah State Senate 

Agenda 

Minutes Log 

SJR 20 study
Staff study review
Legal staff memo on 77-1-130
Forest Service Reciprocal Access Program
County Road Easements, April 2016
Cost estimate for statewide road study

SJR 21 study
LC FIPT draft
Fire Insurance Premium Tax Revenue & Firefighter Pension Payouts LFD memo

Montana State Library
Unfunded Land Information Grant Projects memo
State Library EPP Prioritization Framework
Montana Land Information Account Collection FY 16
2014 Broadband Map

Montana School for the Deaf and Blind

Administrative Rule Review staff memo

Montana University System
TRIO grants: Montana TRIO Fact Book
MUS Research Initiative
Board of Regents
Dual Credit - High School Connections

K-12 Transportation: staff research memo

Office of Public Instruction monitoring
Science Content Standards Economic Impact Statement
2017 Legislative Proposals
U.S. Departments of Education and Justice Guidance on Transgender Students
SJR 10 Data Collection Audit report and presentation

 

 

 

Rules Proposed by Agencies Assigned to ELG

*The complete text for any of the proposed rules listed below, including any hearing information, may be accessed by visiting http://mtrules.org and entering the MAR Notice Number in the "Search by Notice No." field in the bottom right-hand corner of the page.

Additional information regarding rulemaking and the Legislature's role in the administrative rulemaking prcess may be accessed here. Rule summaries presented to the Education and Local Government Interim Committee are linked below.
June 2015 Dec 2015 Feb 2016
April 2016 June 2016 Sept 2016

Board of Public Education, Office of Public Instruction, and entities attached to the Board of Education

Notice Date MAR Notice No. Agency, Board or Commission Subject Staff Memo/Other Documents
         

 

 

ELG Legislation

The ELG will begin to develop draft legislation based on its findings in the fall before the 2017 Legislative Session. The committee's legislative proposals will be listed here at that time.

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