Revise lottery proceeds laws to dedicate to education funding

The instruction text in Section 2 was capitalized to match standard legislative formatting conventions.

Mandates that lottery revenues be distributed to all school districts on an annual basis by June 1, replacing the previous quarterly distribution schedule.

Establishes a new calculation method for lottery fund distribution based on the total number of 'quality educators' employed by each district in the preceding school fiscal year.

Updates the definition of 'statutory appropriations' to explicitly list over 100 specific Montana statutes that authorize spending without requiring a biennial legislative appropriation.

Requires school districts receiving these funds to deposit them into a flexibility fund established under 20-9-543.

Created a new 'Lottery Education State Special Revenue Account' within the State Special Revenue Fund to specifically manage lottery revenues for schools.

Changed the distribution schedule for lottery funds to include both quarterly distributions and an annual distribution by June 1.

Expanded the list of eligible uses for the school flexibility fund to include facility expansion/remodeling, energy cost increases, and housing for teachers.

Added a new section (17-7-502) defining 'statutory appropriations' and listing specific laws that contain such appropriations.

Corrected the bill title to reflect the new account and updated the list of amended statutes to include 17-7-502.

The bill title and header were changed from LC1346 to HB 373 to align with the official House Bill number.