Welcome to the Montana Board of Public Education Website
All agenda requests for Board and Council meetings must now be submitted online. Please visit www.AgendaRequest.mt.gov to submit your requests.
The Board would like to welcome Ms. Erin Williams of Missoula as its newest member.
Teacher licensure/certification questions? please click here or call (406)444-3150.
GED (General Education Degree) Question? Please call OPI (406)444-4438.
Home Schooling your child? Please call (406)444-6774.
The Board of Public Education has selected its members for the Montana Virtual Academy Governing Board:
Bruce Messinger - Administrator
Barbara Fettig - Teacher
Bryan Duvall - Trustee
Administrative Rules of Montana Link: http://www.mtrules.org/
Class 8 - Dual Credit Only Postsecondary Faculty License Application Link: http://www.opi.mt.gov/Cert/Index2.html#C8
Notice: The Montana Board of Public Education is a Renewal Unit Provider. If you attend a Board of Public Education meeting, or a Certification Standards and Practices Advisory Council meeting, you may be eligible to receive renewal units. Please contact Anneliese Warhank for more information at 444-6576 or awarhank@mt.gov.
Thank you for visiting our site. Select any of the categories above (in the green boxes) to learn more about BPE and the services we offer.
The Board of Public Education was created by the Montana Constitution of 1972 to exercise general supervision over the elementary and secondary schools of the state.
Some of the things we do include:
- Adopt standards of accreditation for Montana schools and establish the accreditation status of each school
- Effect a system of teacher certification, including the accreditation of the teacher and administrator training programs
- Consider the suspension or revocation of teacher certificates and hear appeals from the denial of teacher certificates
- Administer and order the distribution of state equalization aid
- Adopt policies for the special education of handicapped and gifted and talented students
- Act as the governing agency for the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind
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Last updated February 11, 2010.
