Lawmakers Set Up Studies of Media Literacy, School Safety, Special Education, and School Counselors

As the 2025 legislative session comes to a close, lawmakers are moving to set themselves up for next session with a series of bills that would start studies analyzing the efficacy of public school programs like special education, media literacy, school safety and counselors.

Jessica Reynolds is a speech pathologist for Helena Public Schools and supported the special education study, representing Montana Speech Language Hearing Association.

“I’m ending my 11th year with Helena School District, and I can tell you that the needs faced by special education when I first started are drastically diff...