The Montana Legislature passed a House Bill 707, that would allow those boards to stay independent for kindergarten through eighth grade, but come together on a high school district.
In a flurry of legislative maneuvers Thursday, major marijuana implementation bills first died and then were resurrected as legislators work against a looming procedural deadline.
The House will consider all three proposals next week, when lawmakers will have the chance to make amendments or blend certain provisions from each bill into a single proposal. It took some last-minute wrangling to get the legislative package out of committee, however. There was definitely a plan to have all three at least come to the floor to have the discussion up there, House Speaker Wylie Galt, R-Martinsdale, told reporters Thursday. Then when one went down, there was kind of a domino effect that had to be undone to get em going again.â