Schools Open Montana Now Live

Go check out Schools Open Montana for information on MT’s K-12 schools.

The first thing that caught my eye is the documented feedback the Montana Policy Institute received on their information request regarding salaries for public school employees. Apparently, most MT schools aren’t an any rush to reply to public information requests. Only 14 of the 205 schools bothered to send some or all of the requested information. That’s a pretty poor performance.

The Montana Public Records Act guarantees citizens the right to view public documents and receive information. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised of the poor access to information, since the Better Government Association ranked Montana #46 in the nation with an overall percentage of 38.40%.