HB 252 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Create the student and teacher advancement for results and success act (STARS)

HB 252, known as the STARS Act, revises state school funding laws to support students and school staff. It enhances the school funding formula by offering incentives to increase teacher base salaries and encourage resource sharing among school districts. The bill also provides increased budget authority for districts with high housing costs and restores full funding to the Advanced Opportunities program. Additionally, it establishes a new "Future Ready" funding component for K-12 schools focused on postgraduation preparation and includes certain district clerks and staff with emergency authorizations in educator funding.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Signed May 13, 2025
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The legislative text shows a formatting adjustment where the phrase 'AND 20-9-366' was removed from the list of referenced statutes. This change appears to be a technical correction or simplification of the bill's legal citations rather than a substantive policy shift.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains unchanged; the modification only affects the list of cited statutes.
TECHNICAL

Removed the citation to statute 20-9-366 from the list of referenced laws in the bill text.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2025 · House Feb 22, 2025

How they voted

437
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 22, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
25 Yea 7 Nay
78% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
55
Key actions
13
Committee
12
May 8, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (43-7)
senate
Apr 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Committee
(S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Feb 22, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (88-9-3)
house
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Appropriations
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Appropriations
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
(H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Education
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Education
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Llew Jones
Llew Jones
RRepublican
MT
18