Welcome to the Montana Board of Public Education Website
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The Certification Standards and Practices Advisory Council is currently seeking candidates for the areas of Teacher K-8 and Specialist or K-12 Specialist. If you hold one of either these positions and are interested in applying for the Council, please follow the link for an application.
The Distance Learning Task Force Phase II will be meeting on the following dates at the MTSBA Conference Room from 10:00 am - 4 pm in Helena, MT.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - Subgroup - Class 8 Dual-Credit Postsecondary Education License
Tuesday, May 1, 2008
If you need to access the meeting through Vision Net please call Carol Will at (406)444-0302 at least 3 work days prior to meeting.
Board of Public Education moves forward with distance learning rule Press Release
Purpose, Charge, and Principle of the Distance Learning Task Force Phase II.
The Distance Learning Task Force Phase II is conducting three work topics centered around: Teacher Qualifications/Dual Credit; Supplement, Not Supplant; and Funding.
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The Board of Public Education was created by the Montana Constitution of 1972 to exercise general supervision over the elementary and secondary schools of the state.
Some of the things we do include:
- Adopt standards of accreditation for Montana schools and establish the accreditation status of each school
- Effect a system of teacher certification, including the accreditation of the teacher and administrator training programs
- Consider the suspension or revocation of teacher certificates and hear appeals from the denial of teacher certificates
- Administer and order the distribution of state equalization aid
- Adopt policies for the special education of handicapped and gifted and talented students
- Act as the governing agency for the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind
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Last updated February 12, 2008
