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AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS REGARDING STUDENT EMPLOYMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL
CREDIT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS; PROVIDING THAT STUDENTS 16 YEARS OF
AGE OR OLDER MAY EARN CREDIT TOWARD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION THROUGH EMPLOYMENT
ON A PAID OR VOLUNTARY BASIS IN CERTAIN CARE SETTINGS; ALLOWING A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL
OR NONPUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TO IMPOSE CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS ON WORK
PERFORMED TO QUALIFY FOR HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Credit for employment -- congregate-care facilities, child-care facilities, and school-
age programs. (1) A student who is 16 years of age or older at a public school or nonpublic school and who is
employed on a paid or voluntary basis at a congregate-care facility, child-care facility, or school-age program
may earn one unit of credit for graduation for every 8,100 minutes worked at the congregate-care facility, child-
care facility, or school-age program.
(2) The public school or nonpublic school shall develop a written application for the student
seeking credit under this section. The application form must include the following information:
(a) the student's name;
(b) the name, address, and contact information for the congregate-care facility, child-care facility,
or school-age program at which the student is employed;
(c) the name of an individual supervising the student at the congregate-care facility, child-care
facility, or school-age program;
(d) a description of the work the student is performing at the congregate-care facility, child-care
facility, or school-age program; and
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(e) the number of minutes the student is employed at the congregate-care facility, child-care
facility, or school-age program.
(3) The public school or nonpublic school shall establish:
(a) deadlines for submission of the application; and
(b) a process for verification of the number of minutes the student works at the congregate-care
facility, child-care facility, or school-age program.
(4) The public school or nonpublic school may establish conditions and requirements on the type
of work the student is performing that the student shall satisfy to earn credit toward graduation.
(5) The public school or nonpublic school may not award credit to the student unless the school
approves the student's application and the student has satisfied all of the requirements under this section.
(6) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Child-care facility" means a day-care center, group day-care home, or family day-care home
licensed or registered under the provisions of Title 52, chapter 2, part 7.
(b) "Congregate-care facility" has the same meaning as:
(i) "community residential facility" as defined in 76-2-411;
(ii) "developmental disabilities facility" as defined in 53-20-202;
(iii) "long-term care facility" as defined in 50-5-101; and
(iv) "residential care facility" as defined in 50-5-101.
(c) "School-age program" means a program serving children 5 years of age or older during the
school year or summer.
Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title
20, chapter 7, part 3, and the provisions of Title 20, chapter 7, part 3, apply to [section 1].
Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2025.
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I hereby certify that the within bill,
HB 381, originated in the House.
___________________________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
___________________________________________
Speaker of the House
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
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President of the Senate
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
HOUSE BILL NO. 381
INTRODUCED BY E. BUTTREY
AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS REGARDING STUDENT EMPLOYMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL
CREDIT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS; PROVIDING THAT STUDENTS 16 YEARS OF
AGE OR OLDER MAY EARN CREDIT TOWARD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION THROUGH EMPLOYMENT
ON A PAID OR VOLUNTARY BASIS IN CERTAIN CARE SETTINGS; ALLOWING A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL
OR NONPUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TO IMPOSE CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS ON WORK PERFORMED
TO QUALIFY FOR HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.