Montana Education Excellence

“I am excited and deeply honored to take on this responsibility,” Engstrom said. “The University of Montana is truly a special place."

It calls for basing how much state money each campus receives on how well each campus fares in achieving the regents’ goals — like getting higher numbers of students to stay in college and graduate.

“We truly believe the state needs to set an expectation that every student graduates. If we don’t have that expectation, I don’t know why we would be sitting here in public education.” Montana Superintendent Denise Juneau

Today the Apprenticeship and Training Program of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry along with, Passages Culinary Arts Program, and the Department of Corrections announced the State’s first formally recognized Pre-apprenticeship and Training program.

MSU President Waded Cruzado thanked the citizens of Montana and state lawmakers for providing the money to make it possible. Cruzado called Gaines Hall "one of the most important buildings" at MSU.

Bullying is a serious issue that affects students’ health, the school climate, academic achievement, and school liability.

"Without question, the two years I spent at Bozeman High were absolutely critical in my life," said McFaul, 46. "Without that, the rest wouldn’t happen."

An invisible epidemic is sweeping across the Treasure State, according to Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock. From Wolf Point to West Yellowstone, from Missoula to Miles City, prescription drug abuse is taking a deadly toll.

Under the "performance-based funding" proposal, the number of students who complete their classes could determine how millions of dollars are divvied up between state campuses.

"It’s using what our generation is used to," said student Morgan West, 15.

"He’s really awesome," Solomon Amsden, 16, said of Andersen. "He does things no other teachers do."