# Montana HB 567: Revise education laws related to multidistrict agreements Montana HB 567, Revise education laws related to multidistrict agreements, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Brad Barker (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-13 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB567-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 567 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Revise education laws related to multidistrict agreements - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-19 - Last action: 2025-05-13, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Brad Barker (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Education - K-12, Counties, Education - School Finance - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (455 yes, 37 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - 50% educator payment for county partnerships: benefit, medium. Beginning in school fiscal year 2027, districts that meet the countywide resource‑sharing goal get a 50% increase in their total quality educator payment. To qualify, the agreement must include all districts with a majority of their territory in the county. It must jointly fund and operate services… - Easier school district partnerships and sharing: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, school boards can form a multidistrict cooperative to run services and programs together and pool funding. Cooperatives may include public or private partners if school laws are followed. Agreements can offer culturally rooted instruction or Indian language immersion across… - New rules for school cooperative funds: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, districts can move money into an interlocal cooperative fund from their general fund and most other funds. Transfers from retirement and debt service funds are not allowed, and federally restricted dollars can move only if federal rules allow it. A general fund transfer cann… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Brad Barker (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-16 | House | Do Concur | pass | 95 | 2 | | | 2025-04-15 | House | Do Concur | pass | 100 | 0 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 42 | 6 | | | 2025-04-05 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 43 | 7 | | | 2025-03-06 | House | Do Pass | pass | 88 | 11 | | | 2025-03-04 | House | Do Pass | pass | 87 | 11 | | ## Actions (38) - 2025-05-13: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-08: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-05-02: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-05-02: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-19: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-16: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-16: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-15: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-10: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-10: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-04-05: Rereferred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-04-05: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-14: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-03-14: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-03-06: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-03-04: Committee Report (House) - 2025-03-04: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-03-04: Hearing (House) - 2025-03-04: Rereferred to Committee (House) - 2025-03-04: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-03-04: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-03-04: Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-03-04: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-03-01: Committee Report (House) - 2025-02-28: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-24: Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-02-21: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-19: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-02-19: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-02-19: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-17: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=63233c20-4e52-4c83-bdb9-385de547d490) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-04-02: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=3951405a-bdad-4ea8-b0ce-03f8c0cdfaaa) - Introduced, 2025-02-19: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=eda3a385-a7e5-494d-8df8-c4d3a04dafef) ## 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 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=63233c20-4e52-4c83-bdb9-385de547d490) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=3951405a-bdad-4ea8-b0ce-03f8c0cdfaaa) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=eda3a385-a7e5-494d-8df8-c4d3a04dafef) ## 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 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [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-HB567-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).