Superintendent Arntzen's Response to the Education Interim Budget Committee's Attack on the Great Work OPI Employees are Doing to Implement Legislation

• Brian O'Leary
• March 13 2024

HELENA - "This is a political persecution. I am being attacked because I am a conservative. I stood up for limited bureaucracy, fought the radical transgender agenda, opposed woke-ism, promoted good government, and delivered results for our children, parents, and schools.

Disregarding written law would be dereliction of OPI’s duty and set a dangerous precedent for Montana.

The Legislature must stand by its words. Relinquishing law writing power for convenience would be a slippery slope. We have seen where this leads nationally; agencies are unresponsive to the rule of law. Montana does not want an administrative state.

OPI will continue to abide by the written law, as we are constitutionally required to do. Anything less would put our state, children, and families at risk of agency overreach now and in the future." - Superintendent Elsie Arntzen

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