# Montana HB 250: Generally revise education laws related to out-of-district attendance. Montana HB 250, Generally revise education laws related to out-of-district attendance., is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by David Bedey (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-08 (Chapter Number Assigned); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB250-2025 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 250 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Generally revise education laws related to out-of-district attendance. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-17 - Last action: 2025-05-08, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: David Bedey (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Education - K-12, Taxation--Property, Education - School Finance - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (493 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 7 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Lower levies from tuition accounting changes: benefit, low. Districts must count expected tuition receipts against their general‑fund levy and deposit tuition and transportation receipts in the correct funds. Extra tuition for students with disabilities or high‑cost programs goes to the miscellaneous programs fund. Certain reimbursements must go to the tuit… - How much districts pay for tuition: mixed, medium. Your home district pays the attending district regular tuition, prorated for the student’s actual days enrolled. If a nonresident student turns 18 and becomes a resident during the year, tuition stays paid for the rest of that school year. The payment amount equals the smaller of the two districts’… - New rules to enroll across districts: mixed, medium. Schools must enroll resident students first and give set priority to some nonresident students. Trustees can set application timelines. Within 10 days of your application, the district tells you the expected decision date. Within 10 days of the decision, you get the approval or a specific denial re… - Remote classes across districts, with limits: mixed, medium. Starting July 1, 2025, students may take a remote class from another district if their home district does not offer an equivalent course. Districts that offer remote classes must accept these students unless adding them would break accreditation class‑size rules. Students taught remotely count in t… - Special and high‑cost placement tuition rules: mixed, medium. When a child with a disability attends in another district, the home district pays regular tuition plus a special‑education tuition set under state rules. The receiving district must reduce that tuition by any funding it already gets for the student and may base it on the actual cost to provide a f… - Who pays student transportation costs: mixed, medium. If a parent requests the transfer, the parent pays for transportation, and the child is not an eligible transportee. If the child’s IEP includes transportation, the home district must pay for it. For transfers under 20‑5‑321(1)(a) or (1)(b), the home district must provide transportation. For placem… - Deadlines to bill and report tuition: mixed, low. By July 15 after the attendance year, the attending district must tell the home district what tuition is owed. The home district must pay at least 50% by December 31 of the next school fiscal year and the rest by June 15, using the tuition fund, transportation fund, general fund, or other legal fun… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: David Bedey (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-11 | House | Do Concur | pass | 100 | 0 | | | 2025-04-11 | House | Do Concur | pass | 98 | 1 | | | 2025-04-02 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 49 | 1 | | | 2025-04-01 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 47 | 0 | | | 2025-02-07 | House | Do Pass | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-02-06 | House | Do Pass | pass | 100 | 0 | | ## Actions (28) - 2025-05-08: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-05: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-04-25: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-04-25: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-14: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-11: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-11: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-11: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-02: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-02: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-01: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-28: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Hearing Canceled (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-10: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-02-07: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-02-06: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-02-04: Committee Report (House) - 2025-02-03: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-03: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-01-22: Hearing (House) - 2025-01-20: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-01-20: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-01-17: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ebed8719-c886-4bdd-a49b-964b0dc9b8b2) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-03-28: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=dffb2b44-7370-47f2-a901-14f15fc1bd74) - Introduced, 2025-01-17: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=b4956f7a-efcd-4c9f-a386-0bb790553455) ## Related bills - SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed) - HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed) - HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed) - SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) - SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ebed8719-c886-4bdd-a49b-964b0dc9b8b2) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=dffb2b44-7370-47f2-a901-14f15fc1bd74) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=b4956f7a-efcd-4c9f-a386-0bb790553455) ## Related - [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025) - [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025) - [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025) - [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB250-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).