{"data":{"id":"us-mt/20-5-314","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"20-5-314","heading":"Reciprocal attendance agreement with adjoining state or province.","body":"(1) The superintendent of public instruction may execute a reciprocal attendance agreement with the superintendent of public instruction or a department of education of any state or province adjoining Montana to allow a child who is a Montana resident to attend school in the adjoining state or province and a child of the adjoining state or province to attend school in Montana. In negotiating a reciprocal attendance agreement, the tuition rates prescribed by 20-5-323 are waived and the reciprocal tuition rate may be negotiated as a flat amount or an actual-cost-per-pupil amount. The superintendent of public instruction shall supply a copy of any reciprocal attendance agreement that is executed to the county superintendent of each county that may be affected by the agreement.\n(2) An out-of-district attendance agreement approved under the provisions of 20-5-320 and 20-5-321 must be completed for a child's attendance at a school outside the state or for an out-of-state child to attend a school in Montana.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","CHAPTER 5. PUPILS","Part 3. Attendance Outside School District"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0200/chapter_0050/part_0030/section_0140/0200-0050-0030-0140.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:16Z","sha256":"a7aa2cba257e55facb885fc4194e1a02de784be96f9e18eb65b63b9c6fa7e232","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/20-5-313","next":"us-mt/20-5-315"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}