Montana Legislature

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2008 candidate recommendations
How they are made

2007 Legislature in review

  MEA-MFT Voting Record

  What we gained: Our Point of View

  Education advocates fought uphill battle

2007 special session

  Priority bills: status

2007 regular session

  MEA-MFT priority bills.

Public employee bills
Governor signs state & university pay plan.

K-12 school bills
$200 million more for schools.

Higher education bills
Attack on academic freedom defeated. Retirement fix passes. (HB 95). Higher ed funding restored.

General bills
Initiative reform passes!
TABOR bill killed.

Retirement bills
Victories for teachers and other public employees

  The case for full-time kindergarten
One of our top legislative priorities. Stand Up For Education coalition launches ad campaign on full-day kindergarten.

  Your legislative lobby team
The team working for YOU at the capitol

2005 SPECIAL SESSION

  '05 special session voting record: Grade your legislators.

  Special session results

  What does the special session mean for your school? OPI spreadsheet shows what individual school districts will receive for Fiscal Year '07 as compared to Fiscal Year 2006.

2005 Legislature

  The grades are in
MEA-MFT 2005 legislative voting record

2003 Legislature

  2003 voting record
Grade your legislators

Contacting Congress
Click here for information on contacting Montana's congressional delegates: Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester, and Representative Denny Rehberg.