Below is the transcript of the 2019 State of Education Address delivered by State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen

Helena, MT —There is hope and there is help. That’s the message national award-winning speaker and country singer Jason DeShaw is imparting on the Montana Schools Tour. The tour reached 11 schools last fall and begins again this month. It is in collaboration with State...

The Office of Public Instruction’s Teacher Learning Hub will now offer Montana teachers a program called “At-Risk: Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Role-Play Simulations”.

Governor Steve Bullock announced today significant progress in locating long term community placements for clients living in the Montana Developmental Center (MDC) in Boulder.

Governor Steve Bullock announced today that $1 million in funding is available over the next two years to reimburse health facilities that provide short-term voluntary inpatient care for individuals in mental health crisis. 

Governor Steve Bullock today again emphasized Montana’s commitment to serving people with severe and disabling mental illness in the community by announcing $3 million in additional services to Montanans with Severe and Disabling Mental Illnesses (SDMI).

Governor Steve Bullock announced today the State of Montana is launching a pilot project in five Montana communities that will focus on changing the way community-based mental health services are provided to youth and families.  

Governor Steve Bullock announced today 16 Montana counties have received a total of $1.8 million in state funds designed to create or improve existing jail diversion and crisis intervention strategies at the local level for people in a mental health crisis.