Montana Code 20-7-1503. Definitions
20-7-1503. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:
Terms Used In Montana Code 20-7-1503
- Advanced opportunity: means any course, exam, or experiential, online, or other learning opportunity that is incorporated in a district's advanced opportunity plan and that is designed to advance each qualifying pupil's opportunity for postsecondary career and educational success. See Montana Code 20-7-1503
- Advanced opportunity aid: means , for each fiscal year:
(a)for an elementary district, 4. See Montana Code 20-7-1503
- District: means a school district as defined in 20-6-101. See Montana Code 20-7-1503
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Pupil: means an individual who is admitted by the board of trustees pursuant to 20-5-101 and who is enrolled in a school established and maintained under the laws of the state at public expense. See Montana Code 20-1-101
- 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
- Total quality educator payment: means the payment resulting from multiplying $3,566 for fiscal year 2024 and $3,673 for each succeeding fiscal year by the sum of:
(a)the number of full-time equivalent educators as provided in 20-9-327; and
(b)as provided in 20-9-324, for a school district meeting the legislative goal for competitive base pay of teachers, the number of full-time equivalent teachers that were in the first 3 years of the teacher's teaching career in the previous year. See Montana Code 20-9-306
- Trustees: means the governing board of a district. See Montana Code 20-1-101
(1)”Advanced opportunity” means any course, exam, or experiential, online, or other learning opportunity that is incorporated in a district‘s advanced opportunity plan and that is designed to advance each qualifying pupil‘s opportunity for postsecondary career and educational success.
(2)”Advanced opportunity aid” means, for each fiscal year:
(a)for an elementary district, 4.5% of the district’s total quality educator payment defined in 20-9-306 in the prior year;
(b)for a high school district, 30% of the district’s total quality educator payment defined in 20-9-306 in the prior year; and
(c)for a K-12 district, 18% of the district’s total quality educator payment defined in 20-9-306 in the prior year.
(3)”Advanced opportunity plan” means a plan adopted by a board of trustees of a district that provides advanced opportunities for the pupils of the district.
(4)”District” means a school district as defined in 20-6-101.
(5)”Qualifying pupil” means a pupil, as defined in 20-1-101, that is enrolled and admitted by a district qualified for advanced opportunity aid under 20-7-1506(3) who is in grades 6 through 12.