Terms Used In Montana Code 20-7-137

• Board: means the education and workforce data governing board established in 20-7-138. See Montana Code 20-7-137
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of higher education created by Article X, section 9, subsection (2), of the Montana constitution and 2-15-1506. See Montana Code 20-1-101
• Education data: means data collected or reported at the student level that is included in a student's educational record, including but not limited to:

  (a)career and college readiness indicators;

  (b)state and national assessment data;

  (c)course-taking and completion data in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education;

  (d)elementary, secondary, and postsecondary grade point average data;

  (e)4-year, 5-year, and 6-year high school graduation rate data;

  (f)first to second year retainment data;

  (g)certificate, diploma, and degree attainment data;

  (h)college enrollment course-taking, credit, and contact hour accumulation data;

  (i)attendance and transferability data;

  (j)special education data;

  (k)remediation data; and

  (l)demographics data. See Montana Code 20-7-137

• 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
• Workforce data: means data related to an individual's workforce outcomes, including but not limited to, an individual's:

  (a)labor and workforce training program participation and completion information data;

  (b)wage information;

  (c)unemployment claim eligibility information;

  (d)employer information; and

  (e)demographics data. See Montana Code 20-7-137