Montana State Legislature
2013-2014 Education and Local Government Interim Committee
At its September meeting, the committee approved two bill drafts for introduction in the 2015 Legislature: LC 406 regarding incident management teams, and LC 448 revising public records laws. The committee also adopted a resolution opposing the preschool accreditation standards being considered by the Board of Public Education.
- Representative Kristin Hansen (R)
- Representative Donald W Jones (R)--Vice Chair
- Representative Edie L McClafferty (D)
- Representative Jean Price(D)
- Representative Daniel Salomon (R)
- Representative Tom Woods (D)
- Senator Tom Faced (D)--Chair
- Senator Dave Lewis (R)
- Senator Frederick (Eric) Moore (R)
- Senator Matthew Rosendale (R)
- Senator Sharon Stewart-Peregoy (D)
- Senator Jonathan Windy Boy (D)
HJR 2 Electronic Records Management
Legislative Council has assigned the study associated with House Joint Resolution 2 to the Education and Local Government Interim Committee (ELG). HJR 2 requests an interim study to investigate electronic records management by state and local government.
As part of the ELG work plan, the committee sanctioned a Work Group to contribute to this investigation; more info on HJR 2 and the Work Group can be found here.
Shared Policy Goals
The Education and Local Government Interim Committee formed a Subcommittee on Shared Policy Goals for Education to review, and possibly revise, previous shared policy agreements. Information on the subcommittee can be found here.
- Agenda
- Minutes Log -- Sept. 23 -- Sept. 24
- Final Work Plan (proposed)
- Shared Policy Goals brief
- K-12 Shared Policy Goals and Accountability Measures
- K-20 Shared Policy Goals and Accountability Measures
- MUS Shared Policy Goals and Accountability Measures
- Accreditation Standards report
- GED and HiSET memo
HJR 2--Investigate Electronic Records Management (ERM) Materials
- HJR 2 Background
- ERM Legal Overview (revised 9/26/13)
- ERM from 30,000 feet (PowerPoint)
- HJR 2 ERM Work Group Plan (revised 10/3/13)
- Agenda
- Minutes Log
- Administrative Rule Review Summary for December 2013
- HJR 2 Study: Investigate Electronic Records Management
- Review of 2013 Charter School Legislation
- School Transportation Funding and Safety Audit
- Board of Public Education presentation (ppt)
- Shared Policy Goals subcommittee proposal memo
- Final Agenda
- Minutes Log - February 3, 2014 - February 4, 2014
- SB 175 Fiscal Impacts Report, LFD
- Accreditation Standards report (for reference; presented to ELG in Sept 2013)
- Administrative Rule Review summary for February 2014
- Review of Advisory Councils and Required Reports memo
- Early Childhood Education
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- Brain Development, Todd Grindal, Abt Associates (ppt)
- Program research and policy considerations, Robyn Lipkowitz, NCSL (ppt)
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- HJR 2 Study: Investigate Electronic Records Management
- Final Agenda
- Minutes Log - February 3, 2014 - February 4, 2014
- SB 175 Fiscal Impacts Report, LFD
- Accreditation Standards report (for reference; presented to ELG in Sept 2013)
- Administrative Rule Review summary for February 2014
- Review of Advisory Councils and Required Reports memo
- Early Childhood Education
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- Brain Development, Todd Grindal, Abt Associates (ppt)
- Program research and policy considerations, Robyn Lipkowitz, NCSL (ppt)
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- HJR 2 Study: Investigate Electronic Records Management
- Agenda
- Minutes Log - June 16
- Minutes Log - June 17
- Montana Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children Report
- LC9309 - K-12 funding study bill draft
- Digital Learning Policy FAQs
- Administrative Rule Review Summary for June 2014
- Eastern Montana Impact and Infrastructure Project (Governor's Office)
- Local Government Economic Impacts Defined (LFD report for LFC)
- Local Incident Management handout
- LCMHSC - MHS Digital Archives Consultant bill draft
- LCOptC - Public Records Law reorganization bill draft
- Public Records Law comparison chart
- Final Agenda
- Minutes Log-September 15
- Minutes Log-September 16
- State Heritage Properties Report
- MHS Biennial report
- HJR 2/Records Management
- LC MHSC - bill draft for consultant to develop plan for digital archives at MHS
- LC OptC - bill draft revising and reorganizing public records laws (revised following June ELG meeting)
- LC OptC chart - compares proposed changes to current statutes (revised following June ELG meeting)
- Process for reviewing LC OptC
- Memo on additional considerations/alternatives
- Letter from Montana Newspaper Association
- Shared Policy Goals for Education
- Administrative Rule Review memo
- Update on Governor Bullock's preschool proposal
- OPI reports
- School funding study bill drafts
- All-hazard Incident Management
| *The complete text for any of the proposed rules listed below, including any hearing information, may be accessed by visiting http://mtrules.org and entering the MAR Notice Number in the "Search by Notice No." field in the bottom right-hand corner of the page. Additional information regarding rulemaking and the Legislature's role in the administrative rulemaking prcess may be accessed here. Rule summaries presented to the Education and Local Government Interim Committee are linked below. |
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| June 2013 | Dec 2013 | Feb 2014 |
| April 2014 (no proposed rules) | June 2014 | Sept 2014 |
Board of Public Education, Office of Public Instruction, and entities attached to the Board of Education
| Notice Date | MAR Notice No. | Agency, Board or Commission | Subject | Staff Memo/Other Documents |
| TBD | TBD | Board of Public Education | Preschool accreditation standards | Sept 2014 Summary |
| TBD | TBD | Board of Public Education | Professional educator preparation program standards | Sept 2014 Summary |
| TBD | TBD | Board of Public Education | Educator licensure | Sept 2014 Summary |
| 8/7/2014 | 10-59-270 | Board of Public Education | School for the Deaf and Blind Foundation membership | Sept 2014 Summary |
| 8/7/2014 | 10-64-266 | Board of Public Instruction | School bus driver qualifications | Sept 2014 Summary |
| 8/7/2014 | 10-7-123 | Office of Public Instruction | School bus driver certification process and requirements | Sept 2014 Summary |
| 6/6/2013 | 10-55-265 | Board of Public Education | Accreditation standards clean-up; high school transcripts | |
| 3/28/2013 | 10-66-264 | Board of Public Education | Adult education and repeal of rules relating to GED tests | June 2013 Summary |
| 3/28/2013 | 10-64-261 | Board of Public Education | School bus requirements | June 2013 Summary |
| 10/31/2013 | 10-102-1201 | Montana State Library | Transfers responsibility for the Montana Land Information Act to the Montana State Library | December 2013 Summary |
| 12/26/2013 | 10-102-1201 | Montana State Library | Transfers responsibility for the Montana Land Information Act to the Montana State Library | February 2014 Summary |
| 5/22/2014 | 10-64-266 | Board of Public Education | School bus driver qualifications | June 2014 Summary |
| 5/22/2014 | 10-7-123 | Office of Public Instruction | School bus driver certification process and requirements | June 2014 Summary |
