Montana § 20-8-107 Admission Of Nonresident Children And Advance Payment Of Cost -- Indian Children

Montana Statutes

§ 20-8-107 — Admission Of Nonresident Children And Advance Payment Of Cost -- Indian Children

Montana § 20-8-107

Title 20EDUCATION

Ch. 8MONTANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND

Part 1General Provisions

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 20-8-107 (2026).

Text

20-8-107 . Admission of nonresident children and advance payment of cost -- Indian children.

(1)Deaf or hard-of-hearing or visually impaired children who are not residents of the state of Montana may be admitted to the Montana school for the deaf and blind after proper application for admission, subject to all eligibility requirements prescribed for children who are residents of the state if:

(a)the school is paid in advance a sum of money for each child equal to an estimate of the whole per capita cost of maintaining the school during the year immediately preceding the date of the application; and

(b)the full capacity of the school is not required for children who are residents of the state.

(2)The Montana school for the deaf and blind is authorized to negotiate with an out-of-state e

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20-8-107 . Admission of nonresident children and advance payment of cost -- Indian children. (1) Deaf or hard-of-hearing or visually impaired children who are not residents of the state of Montana may be admitted to the Montana school for the deaf and blind after proper application for admission, subject to all eligibility requirements prescribed for children who are residents of the state if:
(a) the school is paid in advance a sum of money for each child equal to an estimate of the whole per capita cost of maintaining the school during the year immediately preceding the date of the application; and
(b) the full capacity of the school is not required for children who are residents of the state.
(2) The Montana school for the deaf and blind is authorized to negotiate with an out-of-state educational institution to place a student at the school. If a group of out-of-state students attends the Montana school for the deaf and blind, the educational institution of the other state shall pay in advance to the Montana school for the deaf and blind an amount of money for each student determined as a result of a negotiated agreement between the superintendent of the Montana school for the deaf and blind and the out-of-state educational institution. The agreement must be approved by the board of public education.
(3) Indian children who are Montana residents are eligible for admission and must be admitted to the school on the same terms as residents.
(4) The money paid by an out-of-state institution must be deposited in a state special revenue account and is statutorily appropriated, pursuant to 17-7-502 , to the Montana school for the deaf and blind for educational purposes.
(5) The provisions of 17-2-108 that require the expenditure of nongeneral fund money prior to the expenditure of general fund money do not apply to the expenditure of revenue made available to the Montana school for the deaf and blind from the negotiated agreements described in subsection (2) of this section and through the statutory appropriation provided for in subsection (4) of this section.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 7, Ch. 182, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 194, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 182, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 80-108; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 151, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 291, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 151, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 237, L. 2025.