Montana Code 20-7-502. Duties of superintendent of public instruction
20-7-502. Duties of superintendent of public instruction. The superintendent of public instruction shall:
Terms Used In Montana Code 20-7-502
- district: means the territory, regardless of county boundaries, organized under the provisions of this title to provide public educational services under the jurisdiction of the trustees prescribed by this title. See Montana Code 20-6-101
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Superintendent of public instruction: means that state government official designated as a member of the executive branch by the Montana constitution. See Montana Code 20-1-101
- Teacher: means a person, except a district superintendent, who holds a valid Montana teacher certificate that has been issued by the superintendent of public instruction under the provisions of this title and the policies adopted by the board of public education and who is employed by a district as a member of its instructional, supervisory, or administrative staff. See Montana Code 20-1-101
- Teacher of traffic education: means an instructor approved by the superintendent of public instruction to teach traffic education. See Montana Code 20-7-501
- Traffic education: means instruction in motor vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian, and school bus traffic laws or motorcycle laws, in the acceptance of personal responsibility on the public highways, in the causes and consequences of traffic accidents, and in the skills necessary for the safe operation of bicycles and motor vehicles or motorcycles. See Montana Code 20-7-501
- Traffic education account: means the state treasury account in the state special revenue fund for the deposit and disbursement of state traffic education revenue. See Montana Code 20-7-501
- Traffic education course: means a course of traffic education that has been approved by the superintendent of public instruction. See Montana Code 20-7-501
(1)develop, administer, and supervise a program of instruction in traffic education;
(2)establish basic course requirements in instruction for traffic education;
(3)establish the qualifications for a teacher of traffic education;
(4)approve teachers of traffic education when the teachers are qualified;
(5)establish criteria for traffic education course approval based on the basic course requirements, teacher of traffic education qualifications, and the requirements of law;
(6)approve traffic education courses when the courses meet the criteria for approval, including a commercially available private traffic education course;
(7)promulgate a policy for the distribution of the traffic education money to approved traffic education courses and annually order the distribution of the proceeds of the traffic education account in the manner required by law;
(8)assist districts with the conduct of traffic education;
(9)periodically conduct onsite driver education program reviews;
(10)establish any alternative course requirements necessary to allow a district to provide an online or distance learning classroom component for a traffic education course pursuant to 20-7-503(2)(a); and
(11)establish any alternative course requirements necessary to allow the student’s parents or guardian to instruct the student in the hands-on driving component of a traffic education course pursuant to 20-7-503(2)(b).