Montana Code Annotated 1997

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     20-9-166. State financial aid for budget amendments. Whenever a final budget amendment has been adopted for the general fund or the transportation fund to finance the cost of an amendment resulting from increased enrollment, the trustees may apply to the superintendent of public instruction for an increased payment from the state for direct state aid or for state transportation reimbursement, or both. The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules for the application. The superintendent of public instruction shall approve or disapprove each application for increased state aid made in accordance with 20-9-314 and this section. When the superintendent of public instruction approves an application, the superintendent of public instruction shall determine the additional amount of state aid from the state or the state transportation reimbursement that will be made available to the applicant district because of the increase in enrollment. The superintendent of public instruction shall notify the applicant district of the superintendent's approval or disapproval and, in the event of approval, the amount of additional state aid that will be made available for the general fund or the transportation fund. The superintendent of public instruction shall disburse the state aid to the eligible district at the time the next regular state aid payment is made.

     History: En. 75-6729 by Sec. 235, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6729; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 767, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 43, Ch. 633, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 509, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 22, L. 1997.

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