HOUSE BILL NO. 685
INTRODUCED BY MENDENHALL
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT ALLOWING A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO COUNT STUDENTS IN A CHILD-CARE AGENCY--RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER CERTAIN FACILITY IN THE DISTRICT'S ANB COUNT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AN APPLICABILITY DATE, AND A TERMINATION DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
NEW SECTION. Section 1. ANB for students in certain facilities. A school district with a CHILD-CARE AGENCY--residential treatment center FACILITY for school-aged children located within the district's boundaries may include a student in the treatment center in the district's ANB ENROLLMENT count A STUDENT WHO IS UNDER THE PROTECTIVE CARE OF A STATE AGENCY OR HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED BY A MONTANA COURT TO BE A YOUTH IN NEED OF INTERVENTION OR A DELINQUENT YOUTH, AS DEFINED IN 41-5-103, OR A STUDENT WHO IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AS THE RESULT OF A PLACEMENT IN FOSTER CARE OR IN A GROUP HOME LICENSED BY THE STATE if:
(1) THE CHILD-CARE AGENCY--RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER FACILITY IS LICENSED BY THE STATE AS A YOUTH GROUP HOME THAT PROVIDES THERAPEUTIC SERVICES;
(1)(2) the district retains written verification from the CHILD-CARE AGENCY--residential treatment center FACILITY documenting the student's participation in the CHILD-CARE AGENCY--RESIDENTIAL treatment center's FACILITY'S education program on the date that enrollment is counted;
(2)(3) the CHILD-CARE AGENCY--residential treatment center has applied for accreditation for its education program from the board of public education;
(3)(4)(3) all of the teachers in the CHILD-CARE AGENCY--residential treatment center's FACILITY'S education program are certified, as provided in 20-4-101; AND
(4) the residential treatment center is licensed by the state as a youth group home that provides therapeutic services; and
(5)(4) the school district has entered into a contractual agreement with the CHILD-CARE AGENCY --residential treatment center FACILITY to provide educational services to the students in the center.
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 20, chapter 9, part 3, and the provisions of Title 20, chapter 9, part 3, apply to [section 1].
NEW SECTION. Section 3. Effective date -- applicability. [This act] is effective July 1, 2003, AND APPLIES TO SCHOOL BUDGETS FOR SCHOOL FISCAL YEARS BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2003.
NEW SECTION. Section 4. Termination. [This act] terminates June 30, 2005.
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