HB 567 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise education laws related to multidistrict agreements

HB 567 revises education laws to increase flexibility for school districts to enter into "multidistrict agreements" for jointly funding and operating programs and services. These agreements allow two or more districts to share resources, staff, and services, and can now include private entities. Beginning in 2027, the bill offers a 50% increase in the total quality educator payment to school districts that establish comprehensive countywide multidistrict agreements encompassing all districts in a county. The aim is to enhance efficiency and resource sharing among districts across various functions like administration, instruction, and special education, without increasing local taxes.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 19, 2025 Signed May 13, 2025
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The bill text was updated to remove a redundant phrase 'MULTIDISTRICT AGREEMENTS TO INCLUDE PRIVATE ENTITIES' from the title. This change is purely technical and does not alter the bill's actual content, scope, or legal effect.
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Removed redundant descriptive text from the bill title that was likely a formatting error or placeholder.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 10, 2025 · House Apr 16, 2025

How they voted

426
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Apr 10, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
24 Yea 6 Nay 2
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
54
Key actions
13
Committee
12
Amendments
1
May 8, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 16, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (95-2-3)
house
Apr 10, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (42-6-2)
senate
Apr 10, 2025
Introduced
(S) Returned to House with Amendments
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 5, 2025
Committee
(S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Mar 14, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Appropriations
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Appropriations
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
(H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations
lower
Mar 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Education
lower
Mar 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Education
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Brad Barker
Brad Barker
RRepublican
MT
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