2025 Legislative Session

This webpage will be regularly updated with information to assist SAM members in following the 69th Montana Legislative Session.

SAM Legislative Network 2025 Registration:  SAMLN25 Registration 
Be sure to include your personal email and your cell phone for texting purposes during calls of action.

Decennial Study Information (Starting June 2025)

• School Funding Interim Commission (Legislative committee charged with completing the study.)
  • Website Link
  • Agenda for June 4 - First Meeting
• SAM Bulletin Article from May 2
• General Info: What is the Decennial Study? How long will it take? Who is involved?
• HB153 Full Text (Defines the 2025-2027 Decennial Study)
• MCA 20-9-309 (Defines Quality Education)

STARS Act Info - For securing funding in the first year (Action needed by May 15)

• General communication to Superintendents and County Superintendents regarding May 15 Deadline
• Small School (no union, no collective bargaining agreement) Policy 5505
• Option 1: Prerequisite Form
• Option 2: MOU Sample Language

School-Based Behavioral Health Survey (Section B, Joint Appropriations Committee)

• SAM School-Based Behavioral Health Survey, Overall Results

• SAM School-Based Behavioral Health Survey, By District Size

• Summary of Survey Presented to the Joint Appropriations Committee, Jan 22.

• Summary of Survey Results with data from schools on or near Tribal Reservations.

Rob's Legislative Links - (Updated May 30, 2025)

• Session Reports
  • Start of Session Bill Summary (Jan. 6)
  • SAM Transmittal Report, March 7, 2025
  • SAM 2025 Legislative Session, End of Session Wrap-Up Report, May 30
  • Final Bill Tracking Report, All SAM Tracked Bills, May 29
  • SAM 3Ps List (Bills that passed that will impact Policy, Procedure, Practice), May 30
• Special Education Related Bills
  • Presentation at MCEC Conference, April 2025
• Talking Points
  • HB927, Immigration Bill, Talking Points, April 2025
  • HB252, STARS Act, Talking Points, March 2025
  • HB841&842, Sales Tax, Talking Points, March 2025
• Transmittal Information
  • SAM Transmittal Report, March 7, 2025
• General Legislature INFO
  • Important Advocacy Dates & Events (Monday meetings, Day of Advocacy)
  • Session Calendar
  • House Committees
  • Senate Committees
  • Legislators by School District
• MISC Info
  • SAM Legislative Priorities, 2025 Session (Approved at Delegate Assembly in June 2024)

SAMLN25 Meeting Recordings:

• 4-28-25 Meeting
• 4-22-25 Meeting
• 4-14-25 Meeting
• 4-7-25 Meeting
• 3-31-25 Meeting
  • Infinite Campus Session Recording META Conference March, 2025
• 3-24-25 Meeting
• 3-17-25 Meeting
• 3-3-25 Meeting
• 2-24-25 Meeting
• 2-18-25 Meeting
• 2-10-25 Meeting
• 2-3-25 Meeting
• 1-13-25 Meeting
• 1-6-25 Meeting

SAM Legislative Network 2023 Webpage (includes Legislative Updates)