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Montana Quality Education Coalition 

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"To secure and maintain adequate school funding necessary to provide quality education for all Montana children as guaranteed by Article X of the Constitution of the State of Montana."

The Montana Quality Education Coalition is committed to working with policy makers, the education community and the public to pass legislation that helps the legislature meet its constitutional promise to provide a system of quality public schools in every Montana Community.
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How You Can Help

All of us can help move this discussion forward. Here are some ways you can help:

  • If your school district is not yet a member of MQEC, encourage your Superintendent and School Board to join.
  • If your school district is a member, thank your School Board members for their work with MQEC and ask how you can help in educating the community.
  • Become an Associate Member: Students, individuals, families and community groups (PTA, Parent Council, Rotary, Teachers Unions) are encouraged to join a growing group of Associate Members from across Montana. Return the simple sign-up card today.
  • Get directly involved in the public debate. You can have a direct impact by learning about the issue and expressing your views in guest editorials, letters to the editor and in helping schedule appearances for MQEC spokesman with community groups.

   

 
Events and Items of Interest Minimize

SB 175 (Sen. Llew Jones, R-Conrad) Passes 3rd Reading in House 58-41

SB 175, as amended, has passed 3rd reading in the Montana House of Representatives. The bill will now be returned to the Senate for acceptance of the House Amendments.

3rd Reading: 58-41

2nd Reading: 60-40

Votes switched from no to yes: Lavin

Votes switched from yes to no: Fitzpatrick, Lang, Schwaderer

Cuffe, a no vote, was absent


Yes Votes

 

Democrats: 

 

B. Bennett

Boland

Boss Ribs

Brockie

Coffin

Court

Curtis

Dudik

Eck

Gursky

Hill

Hollenbaugh

Hunter

Jacobson

Lieser

Lynch

MacDonald

McCarthy

McChesney

McClafferty

McNally

Mehlhoff

Neill

Noonan

Pease-Lopez

Peppers

Pierson

Pomnichowski

Price

Schreiner

B. Smith

Squires

Steenberg

Swanson

Whitford

Williams

Wilmer

Wilson

Woods

 

Republicans

 

Ankney

Bangerter

Berry

Clark

Connell

Cook

Flynn

Gibson

Hagan

Halvorson

Hollandsworth

Hoven

Lavin (switched from 2nd Reading)

Miller

O’Hara

Salomon

Shaw

Washburn

Welborn

 

No Votes

 

Republicans

 

Balance

J. Bennett

Blasdel

Blyton

Brodehl

Doane

Edmunds

Ehli

Fiscus

Fitzpatrick (switched from 2nd Reading)

Galt

Glimm

Greef

Hagstrom

Hansen

Harris

Hertz

Howard

Ingraham

Jones

Kary

Kerns

Knudsen

Lang (switched from 2nd Reading)

Laszloffy

Lenz

McNiven

Moore

O’Neil

Osmundson

Randall

Redfield

Regier

Reichner

Schwaderer (switched from 2nd Reading)

C. Smith

Vance

Wagoner

Warburton

White

Zolnikov

 

Absent

 

Cuffe

 

http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2013/billpdf/SB0175.pdf

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To view the document "Essential Truths About the Great Work of Montana's Public Schools" click the link below:

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Message from Mark Lambrecht, Executive Director Minimize

Please plan to attend the next MQEC Board of Directors Meeting in Helena on May 20 at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will be held in the 4th floor conference room at MTSBA (863 Great Northern Boulevard).

 

Mark Lambrecht
Executive Director
MT Quality Education Coalition
55 S Rodney
Helena, MT 59601 
(406) 594-2955
marklambrecht@mt.net

 

 
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