# Montana SB 37: Clarify calculations for significant enrollment increases

Montana SB 37, Clarify calculations for significant enrollment increases, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Daniel Emrich (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-17 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Montana SB 37
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Clarify calculations for significant enrollment increases
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2024-12-12
- Last action: 2025-04-17, Chapter Number Assigned
- Sponsor: Daniel Emrich (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Education - K-12, Education - School Finance
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (299 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Extra aid for fast-growing schools: benefit, low. The law gives extra general fund aid when a budget unit’s enrollment jumps. A unit qualifies when its current October ANB is at least 110% of its budget‑limit ANB from three years earlier. By December 1, the superintendent sets a payment equal to: 80% of the per‑ANB entitlement using October enroll…
- Extra state help for school busing: benefit, low. The law creates a way to get more state transportation reimbursement. After adopting a final transportation fund budget amendment, trustees apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The superintendent sets application rules, approves or denies each request, and sets the added amount if app…
- When these school funding rules start: benefit, low. The law takes effect July 1, 2025. The changes apply to school fiscal years that begin on or after July 1, 2025. Districts with fiscal years starting on or after that date follow the new rules.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Daniel Emrich (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Melissa Romano (Democrat), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-31 | House | Do Concur | pass | 99 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-29 | House | Do Concur | pass | 100 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-21 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-20 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 50 | 0 |   |

## Actions (27)

- 2025-04-17: Chapter Number Assigned (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Transmitted to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-07: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Returned from Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Sent to Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-03-29: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-03-27: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-03-26: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-03-21: Hearing (House)
- 2025-01-22: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-01-22: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-01-21: Transmitted to House (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-20: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-17: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-01-16: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: Fiscal Note Printed (Senate)
- 2025-01-10: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-01-10: Fiscal Note Unsigned (Senate)
- 2025-01-07: Fiscal Note Received (Senate)
- 2025-01-07: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-01-06: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2024-12-18: Fiscal Note Requested (Senate)
- 2024-12-12: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ef607664-ed2e-46a8-9c01-cee382061a94)
- Introduced, 2024-12-12: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=b4ff5819-5a35-4702-8e9f-2f5b75abf61d)

## 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=ef607664-ed2e-46a8-9c01-cee382061a94)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=b4ff5819-5a35-4702-8e9f-2f5b75abf61d)

## 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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB37-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).