{"data":{"id":"us-mt/20-4-403","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"20-4-403","heading":"Powers and duties of principal.","body":"(1) Whenever the trustees of a district employ and appoint a school principal but do not employ and appoint a district superintendent, such principal shall perform the duties of a district superintendent as prescribed in subsections (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of 20-4-402 and shall have general supervision of such school and the personnel assigned to such school.\n(2) If granted authority by the board of trustees, a school principal in a district that does employ and appoint a district superintendent may suspend for good cause any pupil of the school where the principal is employed.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","CHAPTER 4. TEACHERS, SUPERINTENDENTS, AND PRINCIPALS","Part 4. District Superintendent and Principal"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0200/chapter_0040/part_0040/section_0030/0200-0040-0040-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:15Z","sha256":"3a2e145eb2cb5222ffa3fc56906b177a68881fef66c00a3ee8df371527db8740","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/20-4-402","next":"us-mt/20-4-501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}