Montana Supreme Court makes key changes to student eligibility rules

By: Darrell Ehrlick

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: May 1, 2026

Words: 1,371

Last Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago

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Before Zayne Hert ever put on a Colstrip High School basketball uniform – before he was even born – Montana Supreme Court Justice James Nelson predicted his future, when the justice wrote about student athletes who may try for an extension of eligibility, only to have the season or school year end before a court could intervene.

Hert had struggled with remote learning and online classrooms during COVID, and his grades dropped, leading to academic …

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