Montana Title 20. Education § 20-9-381. Future ready payment--purpose--calculation--definitions

(a) expand personalized career and technical education opportunities for middle school and high school pupils;

(b) reduce out-of-pocket costs for pupils and families in support of a pupil's postsecondary success;

(c) empower pupils to actively engage in forming their postsecondary success path;  and

(d) provide expanded flexibility to districts to support the alignment of each pupil's postsecondary success path with each pupil's individual interests, passions, strengths, needs, and culture.

(a) goal level 1, high school graduates who while in high school earned 15 or more postsecondary or CTE-equivalent credits;

(b) goal level 2, high school graduates who while in high school earned 30 or more postsecondary or CTE-equivalent credits;  and

(c) goal level 3, high school graduates who while in high school earned an associate-level degree.

(3)(a) A high school graduate may reach goal levels 1 and 2 using any combination of postsecondary and CTE-equivalent credits.

(b) A high school graduate who achieves a higher future ready goal level does not generate a lower goal level payment.

(a) “CTE-equivalent credit” means the career and technical education (CTE) credit value ascribed by the department of labor and industry as set forth in 20-9-382.