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At the half-way mark of the 2023 Montana Legislature, three House bills that would dictate how public schools in the state handle religion, prayer and sex education just barely made it to the deadline to stay alive.

Caven Wade UM Legislative News Service University of Montana School of Journalism At the half-way mark of the 2023 Montana Legislature, three House

The Legislature is rapidly hearing bills as the March 3 transmittal deadline looms.

Montana Free Press A House committee Tuesday advanced a bill that would solidify out-of-home placement protections for American Indian children with

Lawmakers are debating a bill that would expand on a computer science program for schools on reservations established in the 2021 legislative session

JoVonne Wagner Montana Free Press and ICT The Montana State Senate voted Tuesday afternoon against discussing a bill that would have established

A bill brought by Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy aims to firm up Indian Education for All by establishing new requirements — for instruction and for reporting.

Montana spends $3.5 million a year to make sure that students in public schools learn about Indigenous culture in the classrooms. But an advocate told lawmakers on Monday that more than half of that funding for “Indian Education for All” has not been accounted for.

Mara Silvers and JoVonne Wagner via Montana Free Press House Bill 317, sponsored by Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, would create the Montana

House Bill 317 would cement federal protections for Native American children and families in Montana law.