{"data":{"id":"us-mt/20-2-121","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"20-2-121","heading":"Board of public education -- powers and duties.","body":"The board of public education shall:\n(1) effect an orderly and uniform system for teacher certification and specialist certification and for the issuance of an emergency authorization of employment by adopting the policies prescribed by 20-4-102 and 20-4-111;\n(2) consider the suspension or revocation of teacher or specialist certificates and appeals from the denial of teacher or specialist certification in accordance with the provisions of 20-4-110;\n(3) administer and order the distribution of BASE aid in accordance with the provisions of 20-9-344;\n(4) adopt and enforce policies to provide uniform standards and regulations for the design, construction, and operation of school buses in accordance with the provisions of 20-10-111;\n(5) adopt policies prescribing the conditions when school may be conducted on Saturday and the types of pupil-instruction-related days and approval procedure for those days in accordance with the provisions of 20-1-303 and 20-1-304;\n(6) adopt standards of accreditation and establish the accreditation status of every school in accordance with the provisions of 20-7-101 and 20-7-102;\n(7) approve or disapprove educational media selected by the superintendent of public instruction for the educational media library in accordance with the provisions of 20-7-201;\n(8) adopt policies for the conduct of special education in accordance with the provisions of 20-7-402;\n(9) adopt rules for issuance of documents certifying equivalency of completion of secondary education in accordance with 20-7-131;\n(10) adopt policies for the conduct of programs for gifted and talented children in accordance with the provisions of 20-7-903 and 20-7-904;\n(11) adopt rules for student assessment in the public schools; and\n(12) perform any other duty prescribed from time to time by this title or any other act of the legislature.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","CHAPTER 2. STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS","Part 1. State Board of Education -- Board of Public Education -- Board of Regents"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0200/chapter_0020/part_0010/section_0210/0200-0020-0010-0210.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:12Z","sha256":"867e1808fcd25b8e9400af8daa31ce5548d4451f148d0991f20928bfb6dfd894","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/20-2-116","next":"us-mt/20-2-122"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}