# Mont. Code Ann. § 20-9-303: 20-9-303 Nonisolated school BASE budget funding -- special education funds

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## Section

- **Citation:** Mont. Code Ann. § 20-9-303
- **Heading:** 20-9-303 Nonisolated school BASE budget funding -- special education funds
- **Jurisdiction:** Montana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** MT Code / Title 20 / Chapter 9 / Part 3 / Section 20-9-303

## Text

20-9-303 . Nonisolated school BASE budget funding -- special education funds. (1) An elementary school that has an ANB of nine or fewer pupils for 2 consecutive years and that is not approved as an isolated school under the provisions of 20-9-302 may budget and spend the BASE budget amount, but the county and state shall provide one-half of the direct state aid, and the district shall finance the remaining one-half of the direct state aid by a tax levied on the property of the district. When a school of nine or fewer pupils is approved as isolated under the provisions of 20-9-302 , the county and state shall participate in the financing of the total amount of the direct state aid.

(2) Funds provided to support the special education program may be expended only for special education purposes as approved by the superintendent of public instruction in accordance with the special education budgeting provisions of this title. Expenditures for special education must be accounted for separately from and in addition to the balance of the school district general fund budgeting requirements provided in 20-9-308 . The amount of the special education allowable cost payments that is not matched with district funds, as required in 20-9-321 , will reduce by a like amount the district's ensuing year's allowable cost payment for special education.

## Nearby sections

- [Mont. Code Ann. § 20-9-302 20-9-302 School isolation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T20_C9_P3_S20-9-302.md)
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- [Mont. Code Ann. § 20-9-306 20-9-306 Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T20_C9_P3_S20-9-306.md)
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- [Mont. Code Ann. § 20-9-309 20-9-309 Basic system of free quality public elementary and secondary schools defined -- identifying educationally relevant factors -- establishment of funding formula and budgetary structure -- legislative review](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T20_C9_P3_S20-9-309.md)
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- [Mont. Code Ann. § 20-9-311 20-9-311 Calculation of ANB -- 3-year averaging](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T20_C9_P3_S20-9-311.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 20-9-313 20-9-313 Circumstances under which regular ANB may be increased](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T20_C9_P3_S20-9-313.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 20-9-321 20-9-321 Allowable cost payment for special education](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T20_C9_P3_S20-9-321.md)
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- [Mont. Code Ann. § 20-9-325 20-9-325 Data-for-achievement payment](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T20_C9_P3_S20-9-325.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 20-9-326 20-9-326 Annual inflation-related adjustments to basic entitlements and per-ANB entitlements -- reporting](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T20_C9_P3_S20-9-326.md)
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