Local superintendents oppose Windy Boy charter school bill

Some public school superintendents in north-central Montana say a bill to change how charter schools are overseen is unnecessary.

In Montana, current administrative rules say charter schools can be established if a school district’s publicly elected board of trustees submits a charter to the Montana Board of Public Education. If approved by the Board of Public Education, a charter school is then formed and overseen by the trustees.

House Bill 376, introduced last month by state Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, and passed by the Montana House of Representatives, would do away with the Mont...