{"data":{"id":"us-mt/20-5-109","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"20-5-109","heading":"Nonpublic and home school requirements for compulsory enrollment exemption.","body":"(1) To qualify its students for exemption from compulsory enrollment under 20-5-102, a nonpublic school:\n(a) shall maintain records on pupil attendance and disease immunization and make the records available to the county superintendent of schools on request;\n(b) shall provide at least the minimum aggregate hours of pupil instruction in accordance with 20-1-301 and 20-1-302;\n(c) must be housed in a building that complies with applicable local health and safety regulations; and\n(d) shall provide an organized course of study that includes instruction in the subjects required of public schools as a basic instructional program pursuant to 20-7-111.\n(2) To qualify its students for exemption from compulsory enrollment under 20-5-102, a home school:\n(a) shall notify the county superintendent of schools of the county in which the home school is located in each school fiscal year of the student's attendance at the school;\n(b) shall maintain records on pupil attendance and make the records available to the county superintendent on request;\n(c) shall provide at least the minimum aggregate hours of pupil instruction in accordance with 20-1-301 and 20-1-302; and\n(d) shall provide an organized course of study that includes instruction in the subjects required of public schools as a basic instructional program pursuant to 20-7-111.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","CHAPTER 5. PUPILS","Part 1. Attendance"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0200/chapter_0050/part_0010/section_0090/0200-0050-0010-0090.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:15Z","sha256":"779c8318f9bb119152c0f23d9742b98dcdcf321a9ca915f19e0ddb79e46f044b","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/20-5-108","next":"us-mt/20-5-110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}