{"data":{"id":"us-mt/20-1-302","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"20-1-302","heading":"School term, day, and week.","body":"(1) Subject to 20-1-301, 20-1-308, and any applicable collective bargaining agreement covering the employment of affected employees, the trustees of a school district shall set the number of days in a school term, the length of the school day, and the number of school days in a school week and report them to the superintendent of public instruction.\n(2) When proposing to adopt changes to a previously adopted school term, school week, or school day, the trustees shall:\n(a) negotiate the changes with the recognized collective bargaining unit representing the employees affected by the changes;\n(b) solicit input from the employees affected by the changes but not represented by a collective bargaining agreement; and\n(c) solicit input from the people who live within the boundaries of the school district.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","Part 3. School Terms and Holidays -- Released Time"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0200/chapter_0010/part_0030/section_0020/0200-0010-0030-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:11Z","sha256":"302cde9123f240131cfd03e430821fe5004219dbb349c9f8c50b5ff75e0b2d5a","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/20-1-301","next":"us-mt/20-1-303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}