{"data":{"id":"us-mt/20-6-711","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"20-6-711","heading":"Tenure protected -- hiring preference for noncertified employees.","body":"(1) Whenever an elementary district is attached to a high school district to form a K-12 school district under the provisions of 20-6-701, a district superintendent, principal, teacher, or other certified employee of the elementary district who has a right of tenure under Montana law continues to have tenure in the K-12 district and the board of trustees of the high school district in which the person will perform duties shall recognize and give effect to the right of tenure.\n(2) A noncertified, nonprobationary employee of an elementary district that is attached to a high school district to form a K-12 district must be given preference in hiring for any position with the K-12 district for which the employee has substantially equal qualifications and, upon acceptance of a position, may not be given probationary status.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","CHAPTER 6. SCHOOL DISTRICTS","Part 7. K-12 School Districts"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0200/chapter_0060/part_0070/section_0110/0200-0060-0070-0110.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:19Z","sha256":"cf90efe701b73ef1664c0950de2b19c8a5358119e7ec34c1ff01948569c57001","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/20-6-705","next":"us-mt/20-6-712"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}