Jim Elliott

I like the sound of that word. I came up with it when I read that Montana Senate President Matt Regier had submitted the first bill draft request for the 2027 legislature (nothing like being first out of the gate) to make sure that teachers do not have what Regier calls political agendas when it comes to teaching Montana’s children.

The controversy developed when a person made clandestine recordings of a few meetings at the PIR (pupil-instruction-related) meeting put on by the Montana Federation of Public Employees teachers conference in Missoula last October. He then broadcast them on social media. He focused on discussions in 4 of the 320-plus different seminars offered. Teachers who attend the conference receive pay through their school districts. For the full background y

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