February 27, 2019
Legislature advancing bills to help train, recruit and retain teachers in rural Montana
Author: Mike Dennison
HELENA – A trio of bills to help rural schools in Montana find and keep people for hard-to-fill teaching positions is moving through the Legislature – including two measures endorsed by the House Tuesday.
The Montana House voted 70-30 on Tuesday for a bill creating and funding a “grow your own” grant program, helping Indian reservation and other rural school districts identify and train high school students and others in the community to become certified teachers.
The idea behind House Bill 420