Montana Code 20-3-105. Administrative powers and duties
20-3-105. Administrative powers and duties. In administering the affairs of the office, the superintendent of public instruction has the power and it is the superintendent’s duty to:
Terms Used In Montana Code 20-3-105
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- County superintendent: means the county government official who is the school officer of the county. See Montana Code 20-1-101
- district: means the territory, regardless of county boundaries, organized under the provisions of this title to provide public educational services under the jurisdiction of the trustees prescribed by this title. See Montana Code 20-6-101
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Printing: means the act of reproducing a design on a surface by any process. See Montana Code 1-1-203
- school: means an institution for the teaching of children that is established and maintained under the laws of the state of Montana at public expense. See Montana Code 20-6-501
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Superintendent of public instruction: means that state government official designated as a member of the executive branch by the Montana constitution. See Montana Code 20-1-101
(1)keep a record of official acts and all documents applicable to the administration of the office, preserve all official reports submitted to the superintendent for the period required by law, and surrender them to the superintendent’s successor at the expiration of the term;
(2)preserve all books, educational media, instructional equipment, and any other articles of educational interest and value that come into the superintendent’s possession and surrender them to the superintendent’s successor at the expiration of the term;
(3)cause the printing and distribution of all reports and forms necessary for the proper conduct of business by a district or school in the manner prescribed by the provisions of this title;
(4)provide and keep an official seal of the superintendent of public instruction by which official acts must be authenticated;
(5)if considered necessary, cause the printing of a complete and updated volume of the school laws of the state, which must be offered and sold at cost of the printing and shipping to any school official or other person;
(6)whenever a replacement volume is not printed under the provisions of subsection (5), cause the printing of a cumulative supplement to the most recent volume of school laws immediately after the conclusion of any session of the legislature at which new school laws or amendments to the school laws were adopted. It must be offered and sold at cost of the printing and shipping to any school official or other person.
(7)counsel with and advise county superintendents on matters involving the welfare of the schools and, when requested, give a county superintendent a written answer to any question concerning school law;
(8)call an annual meeting of the county superintendents when considered advisable;
(9)as far as practicable, address public assemblies on subjects pertaining to education in Montana; and
(10)faithfully work in all practical and possible ways for the welfare of the public schools of the state.