{"data":{"id":"us-mt/20-9-806","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"20-9-806","heading":"School closure by declaration of emergency.","body":"(1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2), if a school is closed by reason of an unforeseen emergency that results in a declaration of emergency by the board of trustees, the trustees may later adopt a resolution that a reasonable effort has been made to reschedule the pupil-instruction time lost because of the unforeseen emergency. If the trustees adopt the resolution, the pupil-instruction time lost during the closure need not be rescheduled to meet the minimum requirement for aggregate hours that a school district must conduct during the school year in order to be entitled to full BASE aid.\n(b) At least 75% of the pupil-instruction time lost due to the unforeseen emergency must have been made up before the trustees can declare that a reasonable effort has been made.\n(2) The board of trustees may close school for 1 school day each school year because of an unforeseen emergency and may not be required to reschedule the pupil-instruction time lost because of the unforeseen emergency. The 1-school-day closure under this subsection is not subject to the reduction in BASE aid pursuant to 20-9-805.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","CHAPTER 9. FINANCE","Part 8. Emergency School Closure"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0200/chapter_0090/part_0080/section_0060/0200-0090-0080-0060.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:30Z","sha256":"5f9647d9557c545ca582d4011a55633da82a44a8696e36d179e067e092535064","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/20-9-805","next":"us-mt/20-9-901"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}