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Daines, Tester secure funding for rural schools

by WILL LANGHORNE
The Western News | April 9, 2021 7:00 AM

Montana’s two senators, Steve Daines and Jon Tester, have helped secure over $12 million for rural counties in Montana by reauthorizing critical federal funding.

Following the decline of timber production in federal forests, Congress passed the Secure Rural Schools Program and Community Self Determination Act in 2000 to compensate rural counties...

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