Rex Weltz

The Trump administration is holding back more than $26 million that Congress already approved for Montana schools. The frozen funding represents more than 10% of what the federal government typically sends to Montana schools each year, according to an analysis from the Learning Policy Institute.

Helena Public Schools trustees voted to close its historic Hawthorne Elementary. The district cites the need to close a budget gap.

Helena Public Schools trustees voted to lay off 52 non-tenured teachers during their May 14 meeting.

Montanans in May voted down tax increases to pay for public schools at rates not seen in at least 25 years, according to school board administrators.

School administrators in Polson are figuring out how to move forward, after pictures of two students wearing t-shirts with a Confederate flag and "white…