HOUSE BILL NO. 272
INTRODUCED BY A. OLSON, DALE, DAVIES, FUCHS, LEHMAN, MCGEE, K. MILLER, PATTISON, A. PETERSON, K. PETERSON, RIPLEY, SCHRUMPF, SLITER, WALTERS
AN ACT ALLOWING A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR WHICH A STUDENT MAY BE RELEASED FROM SCHOOL FOR RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION; AND AMENDING SECTION 20-1-308, MCA.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 20-1-308, MCA, is amended to read:
"20-1-308. Religious instruction released time program. (1) The trustees of an elementary or high a school district
may provide for a religious instruction released time program under which a pupil may be released from regular school
attendance for a period not to exceed 2 hours per week for the purpose of receiving religious instruction upon written
request, renewed at least annually, of the pupil's parent or guardian. The trustees shall determine the amount of time for
which a pupil may be released for religious instruction.
(2) No A religious instruction released time program may not be established or administered in such a way that public
school property is utilized for the purpose of religious instruction.
(3) No public moneys Public money may not be used, directly or indirectly, for such the religious instruction.
(4) Any period for which a pupil is released under a religious instruction released time program is part of the school day
and week for purposes of 20-1-301, 20-1-302, 20-5-103, 20-9-311, and all other provisions of Title 20, and such the release
may not adversely affect the pupil's attendance record."
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