{"data":{"id":"us-mt/20-7-456","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"20-7-456","heading":"Tenure of teachers employed by cooperatives.","body":"(1) Teachers who have tenure rights with a district and are employed by a cooperative of which their district is a member do not lose their tenure with the district.\n(2) Nontenured teachers employed by a cooperative acquire tenure with a cooperative in the same manner as prescribed in 20-4-203, and the provisions of 20-4-204 through 20-4-207 are applicable to teachers employed by a cooperative.\n(3) Tenure for a teacher employed by a cooperative is acquired only with the cooperative and not with a member school district of a cooperative.\n(4) For the purposes of tenure of a teacher employed by a cooperative, cooperative contract renewals may not be used to limit the teacher's progress toward tenure status.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","CHAPTER 7. SCHOOL INSTRUCTION AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS","Part 4. Special Education for Exceptional Children"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0200/chapter_0070/part_0040/section_0560/0200-0070-0040-0560.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:21Z","sha256":"18481c561c8fb11571283a0620a20cbd2a89d6f28ee26720a17d9ef6aa1fef16","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/20-7-455","next":"us-mt/20-7-457"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}