Windy Boy Native language bills progressing through Legislature

State Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, said several bills on Native language education are moving through the Legislature including one of his bills that has a hearing in the House Education Committee today at 3 p.m.

“There’s a whole host of bills that’s tied around this particular issue,” Windy Boy said this morning.

The hearings are livestreamed and saved for future viewings on the Legislature’s website on a “Watch/Listen To Meetings” button under the “Legislative Meetings & Hearings are Streamed and Recorded” header at https://leg.mt.gov .

The changes to state law, which has been in ef...