20-3-363. Interdistrict agreements -- fund transfers. - Montana Statutes

     20-3-363. Interdistrict agreements -- fund transfers. (1) The trustees of any two school districts that have unified pursuant to 20-6-312, any two school districts that have created a joint board of trustees pursuant to 20-3-361, or a high school district and any elementary school district associated with that high school district may enter into an interdistrict agreement to provide for the joint funding and operation and maintenance of both districts upon the terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed to by the districts subject to the conditions of this section. An agreement must be approved by the board of trustees of both districts by February 1 of the current fiscal year.
     (2) All expenditures in support of the interdistrict agreement may be made from the interlocal cooperative fund as specified in 20-9-703 and 20-9-704. Each district may transfer funds into the interlocal cooperative fund from the general fund of the district. Transfers to the interlocal cooperative fund from each school district are limited to an amount not to exceed the direct state aid in support of the respective school district's general fund and must be completed by February 1 of the current fiscal year.
     (3) Expenditures from the interlocal cooperative fund under this section are limited to those expenditures that are permitted by law and that are within the final budget for the general fund from which the transfer was made.

     History: En. Sec. 21, Ch. 462, L. 2005.