{"data":{"id":"us-mt/20-4-304","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"20-4-304","heading":"Attendance at instructional and professional development meetings.","body":"The trustees of a school district shall close the schools of the district for the annual instructional and professional development meetings of teachers' organizations. A teacher may attend instructional and professional development meetings without loss of salary or attend other appropriate inservice training that may be prescribed by the trustees without loss of salary. If a teacher does not attend, the teacher may not be paid.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","CHAPTER 4. TEACHERS, SUPERINTENDENTS, AND PRINCIPALS","Part 3. Teachers' Powers, Duties, and Privileges"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0200/chapter_0040/part_0030/section_0040/0200-0040-0030-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:14Z","sha256":"1356ebad9d2060dc29b34ce3807f836759682460284f99121f3a194467264c8f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/20-4-303","next":"us-mt/20-4-401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}