Welcome to the Montana Board of Public Education Website

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The Certification Standards and Practices Advisory Council would like to welcome Ms. Sharon Applegate and Ms. Patty Muir as the newest members. Ms. Applegate has been appointed as the K-8 Teacher and Ms. Muir has been appointed as the K-12 Specialist. The Council is also happy to announce the re-appointment of Dr. Mary Susan Fishbaugh for a second term as the Higher Education member.

*HEARINGS*
Hearings will take place at the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education
Conference Room at 46 N Last Chance Gulch

The Literacy/Library Media Content and Perfomance Standards hearing will take place Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. Timeline, Standards

The Technology Content and Performance Standards hearing will take place Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. Timeline, Standards

The Distance Learning hearing will take place Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. Standards

The Class 8 Licensure hearing will take place Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. Timeline, Standards

Thank you for visiting our site. Select any of the catagories above (in the green boxes) to learn more about BPE and the services we offer.

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 July 15 , 2008