{"data":{"id":"us-mt/20-10-112","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"20-10-112","heading":"Duties of superintendent of public instruction.","body":"In order to have a uniform and equal provision of transportation by all districts in the state of Montana, the superintendent of public instruction shall:\n(1) prescribe rules and forms for the implementation and administration of the transportation policies adopted by the board of public education;\n(2) prescribe rules for the approval of school bus routing by the county transportation committee;\n(3) prescribe the format of the contract for individual transportation and supply each county superintendent with a sufficient number of contracts;\n(4) prescribe rules for the approval of individual transportation contracts, including the increases of the schedule rates because of isolation under the policy of the board of public education, and provide a degree-of-isolation chart to school district trustees to serve as a guide;\n(5) approve, disapprove, or adjust all school bus routing submitted by the county superintendent;\n(6) approve, disapprove, or adjust all individual transportation contracts submitted by the county superintendent;\n(7) prescribe rules for the consideration of controversies appealed to the superintendent and rule on the controversies; and\n(8) disburse the state transportation reimbursement in accordance with the provisions of law and the transportation policies of the board of public education.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","CHAPTER 10. TRANSPORTATION AND FOOD SERVICES","Part 1. School Buses and Transportation"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0200/chapter_0100/part_0010/section_0120/0200-0100-0010-0120.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:31Z","sha256":"1812b5697224d73dd2212a2fce8b667e3bfdd78abab32b0821ae29ec4fb3831a","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/20-10-111","next":"us-mt/20-10-113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}