| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
 Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 11/2011 |
Postsec. |
Amends and reenacts section 15 of chapter 3 of the 2011 Session Laws, relating to authorization of the state board of higher education to issue revenue bonds; to provide legislative intent; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date.
http://legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/special-session/documents/11-0853-03000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1477
Source: http://legis.nd.gov |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 11/2011 |
Postsec. |
Allows the University of North Dakota to complete the directive of the State Board of Higher Education and to meet the terms of the 2007 settlement agreement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association by transitioning away from the current nickname and logo. Prohibits selection of any logo prior to 2015.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/special-session/documents/11-0830-04000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2370
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Accountability--Accreditation |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Establishes a certification system for the approval of public and nonpublic schools. Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to withhold state aid from public schools that are not in compliance. If a nonpublic school is not in compliance, the Superintendent of Public Instruction is directed to notify students' parents that they may be in violation of the compulsory attendance requirements.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/title-summaries/2011titlesummaries.pdf
Title: H.B. 1029
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Eleventh graders in both public and nonpublic schools were required in the past to take the ACT, but this bill adds a requirement that students take the writing portion of the ACT or the WorkKeys assessments. Provides that the cost is to be borne by the state. Each district superintendent and each nonpublic school administrator is required to report the number of 11th graders who took the ACT, including the writing test; too the three WorkKeys assessments; and the number of students who were exempted from these requirements.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0208-12000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that a teacher must notify the school principal if the teacher knows or has reason to believe that a student is using, is in possession of, or is delivering alcohol or a controlled substance while on school property, while involved in a school-related activity, or while in attendance at a school-sponsored event. However, the bill exempts teachers or administrators who participate in a juvenile drug court program and receive confidential information regarding a student as a result of that participation.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/title-summaries/2011titlesummaries.pdf
Title: H.B. 1086
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides that the State Board for Career and Technical Education may authorize the operation of an academic or professional postsecondary educational institution that offers educational credentials only upon approval by the director of the Department of Career and Technical Education and the commissioner of the State Board of Higher Education.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/title-summaries/2011titlesummaries.pdf
Title: H.B. 1092
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires each district to provide students in grade 7 or 8 with an individual consultative process or a nine-week course for the purpose of discussing the results of their career interest inventory, selecting high school courses appropriate to their educational pursuits and career interests, and developing individual high school education plans. Requires each district to notify students that they are entitled to a consultative review at least once during each high school grade and to provide the consultative review when requested to do so.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0208-12000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Curriculum--Sex Education |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Beginning July 1, 2012, each school district and nonpublic school is required to ensure that the portion of its health curriculum which is related to sexual health includes instruction pertaining to the risks associated with adolescent sexual activity and the social, psychological, and physical health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity before and outside of marriage.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0467-06000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1229
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Clarify that one of the four institutions of higher education that is assigned primary responsibility for workforce training qualifies as a "community" under the program and to provide that the institutions of higher education assigned primary responsibility for workforce training are required to use state funds the institutions receive under the program for business and customized training
activities.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/bill-actions/ba2056.html
Title: S.B. 2056 (H.B. 1016)
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Revises the funding formula: weighting factors related to English Language Learners, special education and isolated schools. Adds a middle school factor with a sunset clause. Makes baseline funding adjustments. Modifies the calculation of the statewide average inputed taxable per pupil amount. Excludes Ed Jobs Funds from the caluclation of unobligated fund balance. Increases the amount of money and interest rate discount that can be borrowed for school construction loans. Addresses rapid enrollment by appropriating $5 million from the oil and gas impact grant fund to any district with a 7% and at least 25 student increase over the previous fall enrollment count. Continues the requirement to use 70% of new funding for increasing teacher compensation or hiring additional staff. Creates a special interim legislative committee to study education and taxation issues.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0208-12000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Clarifies that in order to obtain a high school diploma, a student must have successfully completed 22 units of high school coursework and any additional units required by the entity issuing the diploma. Articulates the 22 units of high school coursework that constitute the minimum requirement for high school graduation: 4 units English Language Arts (lit., composition and speech); 3 units math; 3 units science, including 1 physical science, 1 biology and 1 of any other science or 2 half-units of any other science; 3 units social studies, including 1 U.S. history, 1/2 unit of U.S. government and 1/2 unit of economics or 1 unit or 2 half-units of any other social studies; 1 physical education or 1/2 physical education and 1/2 health; 3 units of foreign languages, Native American languages, fine arts or career and technical education; and any 5 additional units. Another bill, S.B. 2317, added the option of 2 units of theological studies as a portion of the additional 5 units.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0208-12000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
P-3 Governance |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Makes changes to definitions and adds commissioner of commerce (or designee) and an individual representing children with disabilities to membership of the council. Removes roles of principal and elementary teacher. Revises duties (i.e., review availability and provision of early childhood education, care and services; identify ways to assist with the recruitment and retention of individuals interested in working as providers of early childhood education, care and services, including training and continuing education or professional development opportunities; seek the advice and guidance of those uniquely familiar with the nature, scope and associated challenges of the field.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0208-12000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
P-3 Kindergarten |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires each board to provide at least a half-day kindergarten program for any student enrolled in the district or pay the tuition required for the student to attend a kindergarten program in another school district. Requires a kindergarten instructional calendar equal to at least fifty percent of the full-time instructional days required in accordance with section 15.1 - 06 - 04;
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0208-12000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
For Career and Technical Scholarship, and Academic Scholarship, adds sign language as a choice for scholarship coursework and replaces B average with a 3.0 GPA based on a 4.0 scale. For maintaining eligibility during college, allows a second chance for failing to maintain 2.75 GPA.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0208-12000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Rewrites approval requirements and core services requirements. Requires regional education association to offer coordination and facilitation of professional development activities for teachers and administrators; supplementation of technology support services; assistance with achieving school improvement goals identified by the state superintendent; assistance with the collection, analysis, and interpretation of student achievement data; and assistance with the expansion and enrichment of curricular offerings. Removes the list of administrative functions and student services that were statutorily required of a regional education association. Provides that each member of a regional association's governing board must be an individual currently serving on the board of a participating district or the designee of a participating district's board.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0208-12000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires school districts to receive state reimbursement for 80% of the room and board costs paid by the district for a student with disabilities who is placed in a facility regardless of whether that facility is located within or outside the student's school district of
residence.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/title-summaries/2011titlesummaries.pdf
Title: H.B. 1074
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Enacts the Compact on educational opportunity for military children to help with timely enrollment, accurate placement, facilitate on-time graduation, etc..
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0204-05000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1248
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs the state superintendent to forward that portion of a district's state aid that is attributable to the acquisition and use of PowerSchool and any related technology support services directly to the Information Technology Department. If the state aid exceeds the amount needed for the use and implementation of PowerSchool, the funds must be returned to the state department to be redistributed to districts in per student payments.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0208-12000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires the education standards and practices board (ESPB) to establish and administer a first-year teacher support (mentoring) program. Requires the employment of a coordinator who will select and train experienced teachers who will serve as mentors. If a district has no first-year teachers, the coordinator will select and train experienced teachers who will work with administrators to identify the needs of non-first-year teachers and help those teachers through the use of research-validated interventions and proven instructional methods. Permits ESPB to provide compensation, including stipends, to mentors and experienced teachers who assist beginning teachers. The board may not spend more than 5% of the moneys for administrative purposes. Expands the program to include districts, special education units, area career and technology education centers, regional education associations, and schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0208-12000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 |
Creates a new section that defines attendance (absence) (15.1 - 20 - 02.1).
1. To be deemed in attendance for purposes of this chapter, a student may not be absent from school without excuse for more than:
a. Three consecutive school days during either the first half or the second half of a school
or school district's calendar;
b. Six half days during either the first half or the second half of a school or school district's
calendar; or
c. Twenty-one class periods.
Requires each district board and the governing body of each nonpublic school to adopt a policy that:
a. Defines an excused absence as any absence from school, if that absence is supported
by either a verbal or written excuse supplied by the student's parent, teacher, or school administrator; and
b. Articulates the type of documentation that may be requested to verify a student's absence.
Does not preclude a school district or nonpublic school from withholding credit, removing a student from a course, or taking other punitive measures against a student who does not arrive in a timely fashion or who exceeds a specific number of absences, as
determined by the school district or nonpublic school.
Requires districts and nonpublic schools to submit data on absences.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0124-04000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2226
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires the superintendent of public instruction to develop detailed procedures for school districts (and others) to follow if there is any risk of defaulting on a fiscal oblication. Adds districts as entities that are bound by notification procedures established by law (i.e., must notify the superintendent of public instruction of potential defaults and to request payment under this section; and procedures for the state to expedite payments to prevent defaults).
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-8216-02000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1428
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires that all schools that sponsor or sanction athletic activities must adopt a concussion management program and outlines specific requirements that must be included in the program. The program must require that students be removed from competition and practice or training if they report or exhibit any sign or symptom of a concussion. Also requires that any student who is removed must be examined as soon as possible by a licensed, registered or certified health care provider and that the student does not return to competition or training until written permission is obtained by an authorized health care provider. Authorizes legislative management to study concussion management, including the nature, scope and applicability of programs designed to prevent or eliminate concussions.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0620-05000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2281
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires (between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2013) the superintendent of public instruction to conduct a study of Indian education issues to develop criteria for grants to low-performing schools. The superintendent is to determine:
1. The extent to which governance and collaborative models, including agreements with tribal governments, the bureau of Indian education, and the state, have on improving student achievement;
2. Whether success models are available and what makes these models effective; and
3. Whether federal, state, or local barriers exist that prevent schools and students from performing at high rates of student achievement.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0244-05000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1049
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/ |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
Postsec. |
Makes the North Dakota academic scholarships and the North Dakota career ad technical education scholarships available to any eligible resident student who fulfills the requirements and who graduates from a nonpublic high school in a bordering state while residing with a custodial parent in North Dakota.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0367-03000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1154
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Passed 04/2011 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to study the use of specialized companies to manage student financial aid refund operations and the online financial and banking services that the companies are offering to students.
Title: S.C.R. 4026
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
Postsec. |
Defines a fee as any monetary charge, other than tuition, that a student is assessed for a specific purpose or supplemental service. Requires the state board of higher education to publish on its web site all fees by campus; limits annual mandatory fee increases to not more than 1% of the latest available average full-time, resident, on-campus, undergraduate tuition rate unless the board determines that there are documented extraordinary circumstances or certain evidence of student demand.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0351-07000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2351
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/ |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
Postsec. |
Requires the staff senate to annually appoint one individual to serve as an adviser to the state board of higher education. The adviser may attend and participate in all meetings of the state board but may not vote.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0399-03000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1213
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
AN ACT to provide for a legislative management interim study (2011-12) of developmental education issues affecting higher education. Requires the study to include a review with the department of public instruction and the North Dakota university system of the secondary schools attended by students requiring developmental education, the reasons students need developmental education, efforts to reduce the number of developmental education students at higher education institutions, the alignment of elementary and secondary education standards, curriculum, and textbooks with higher education admissions standards, and the best practices for alleviating developmental education at higher education institutions.Findings and recommendations, together with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, are to be provided to the sixty-third legislative assembly.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0245-03000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1036
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that if a public school or district remains closed or provides less than a full day of instruction because of severe weather or other emergency conditions, the Governor may waive the rescheduling in whole or in part. Although the governor has been prohibited from granting a waiver for less than a full day of instruction, if a public school or school district closes for only a portion of its regular schoolday, the hours during which the school or school district is closed may be added together to determine the number of additional full days of instruction that may be waived under this section.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0254-03000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1030
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/ |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 |
Before the state superintendent of education can approve new [school] construction or a renovation affecting more than fifty percent of an existing structure's square footage, the local district is required to demonstrate that circumstances within the district are likely to result in a stable or increasing student population. Deletes other approval requirements that would have gone into effect June 30, 2011.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0197-03000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1066
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Special Populations--Homeless Education |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 |
Removes the requirement that home education be supervised by a child's parent "in the child's home." Requires the local superintendent (or county superintendent, if no local) to report to the Superintendent of instruction the number of "Statements of Intent to Home School" that have been filed. Deletes requirement of an increased level of qualification for the parent (would have gone into effect July 31, 2011) and returns to the requirements that were effective prior to that date (high school diploma or submit to monitoring for two years). Repeals stricter monitoring requirements that were scheduled to be effective July 31, 2011 and returns to those currently in effect.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0027-05000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1211
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Allows districts to conduct readiness testing and formative assessments of incoming kindergarten students (within the regular school calendar or before the regular school calendar). Requires districts to provide to the parents of each incoming kindergarten student the date and time of the student's testing or assessment. Allows districts to consider up to two of the days set aside for readiness testing and formative assessments to be kindergarten instructional days. However, the attendance of a kindergarten student on those days is limited to the period of time during which the individual student's testing or assessment is scheduled.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0363-02000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1273
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
P-3 Kindergarten |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Allows exceptions to the kindergarten enrollment cut-off date (age 5 by August 1) unless the child will be 5 by Dec. 1 and can demonstrate, by means of developmental and readiness screening instruments approved by the superintendent of public instruction and administered by the school district, SUPERIOR ACADEMIC-TALENTS OR ABILITIES and social, and emotional readiness.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0682-02000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1436
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
Postsec. |
Bill text: University of North Dakota fighting Sioux nickname and logo.
The intercollegiate athletic teams sponsored by the university of North Dakota shall be known as
the university of North Dakota fighting Sioux. Neither the university of North Dakota nor the state board
of higher education may take any action to discontinue the use of the fighting Sioux nickname or the
fighting Sioux logo in use on January 1, 2011. Any actions taken by the state board of higher education
and the university of North Dakota before the effective date of this Act to discontinue the use of the
fighting Sioux nickname and logo are preempted by this Act. If the national collegiate athletic
association takes any action to penalize the university of North Dakota for using the fighting Sioux
nickname or logo, the attorney general shall consider filing a federal antitrust claim against that
association.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0349-02000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1263
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
School Safety |
Passed 03/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to study the feasibility and desirability of allowing school officials, including officials of higher education institutions, access to the otherwise confidential files and records of the juvenile court.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-3069-03000.pdf
Title: S.C.R. 4017
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Adds six new sections to chapter 15.1-19, relating to the prevention of bullying in public schools.
Defines bullying as conduct that occurs in a public school, on school district premises, in a district owned or
leased schoolbus or school vehicle, or at any public school or school district sanctioned or sponsored activity or event and which:
(1) Is so severe, pervasive, or objectively offensive that it substantially interferes with the student's educational opportunities;
(2) Places the student in actual and reasonable fear of harm;
(3) Places the student in actual and reasonable fear of damage to property of the student; or
(4) Substantially disrupts the orderly operation of the public school.
Clarifies that "Conduct" includes the use of technology or other electronic media.
Requires, prior to July 1, 2010, each districts to adopt a policy to address bullying at a public school, on school district premises, in a district owned or leased schoolbus or school vehicle, or at any public school or school district sanctioned or sponsored activity or event. A student may not engage in bullying or in reprisal or retaliation against (1) A victim of bullying; (2) An individual who witnesses an alleged act of bullying; (3) An individual who reports an alleged act of bullying; or (4) An individual who provides information about an alleged act of bullying. Sets out other elements that each policy must include (see full text field).
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-8212-04000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1465
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires each public and nonpublic school (added nonpublic) to conduct fire, tornado, and other emergency or disaster drills, including lockdown drills (added lockdown drills).
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0570-03000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1215
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Changes terminology from "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability." Removes the requirement that multidisciplinary team include medical professionals and requires school districts to obtain parental consent before accessing any family insurance options, whether public or private, to pay for the cost of determining a student's medically related disability.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0195-04000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1073, S.B. 2142
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
STEM |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Modifies the state department's program of grants for innovations in schools (science or technology projects or programs). Amount of grants is capped at $7,500 for K-12 level; at $20,000 for higher education. Allows the Department to require matching funds.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0626-02000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2289
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/ |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Adds new section requiring each high school to provide to the North Dakota university system a list of all students enrolled in grades ten and eleven as of April 15 each year, together with the students' addresses and telephone numbers. Requires the North Dakota university system to disclose this information to each institution under the control of the state board of higher education and to each nonpublic university and college in this state.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0736-04000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2278
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Attendance |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires teachers to notify administrators when a student is absent without an excuse. Requires administrators to investigate the absence. Provides for penalities. Unless the responsible party (parent, guardian) has made substantial and reasonable attempts to get student to attend, "Any person who fails to ensure that a child is in attendance as required by this chapter is
guilty of an infraction for a first offense and is guilty of a class B misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense."
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JBDE0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2217
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Attendance |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Modifies 15.1-06-01. Changes the cut-off date for enrollment in grade one from September first to August first. For kindergarten, the cut-off date changes from five by September first of the year of enrollment to August first. Provides exception for children who are six by December first (changed from January 1) and who meet other readiness indicators. Schools are free, open and accessible to students who have not reached the age of 21 prior to August first (changed from September first). Effective July 2010. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JBCQ0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1378
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
From the fiscal note: Section 1 requires the establishment of caseload criteria for English Language Learner teachers. Section 2 provides for one grant [$40,000] to a Regional Education Association (REA) for professional development opportunities and the purchase of materials for small districts that are starting ELL programs.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JAIK0600.pdf
Title: S.B. 2212
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates a state youth council; sets membership and duties. Requires the North Dakota youth council to develop a list of issues and concerns pertinent to residents of this state who have not yet reached the age of twenty-five. The list may include education, health care, employment opportunities, and quality of life issues such as recreation and entertainment. The council, on its own and in conjunction with any guests it elects to invite, is to explore its issues and concerns, review current situations, and develop recommendations for consideration by local, regional, and state-level policymakers. The council is required to provide a report and any recommendations to the legislative council before September 1, 2010.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JBNH0400.pdf
Title: H.B. 1463
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Adds students enrolled in grade ten as eligible for enrollment in a postsecondary options program.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JBEH0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1273
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
P-3 |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Relates to the creation of an early childhood services advisory board to advise during a review of all early childhood services rules. The recommendations, the goal of which is to streamline and improve the quality of the early childhood services process, must seek to balance the need for rules that ensure safe quality child care with the need to revise or eliminate rules that create unnecessary barriers for early childhood service providers.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JBLR0600.pdf
Title: H.B. 1472
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to financial assistance for students. Defines "Eligible institution" as an accredited public or private (deleted nonprofit) postsecondary institution located (added the term located) in this state and (added) offering a program of instruction at least equal in length to two academic years. Grants have to be paid directly to the institution, not to the student.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JASQ0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2166
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires that the Commissioner of Higher Education study the interplay between the State University System and tribally controlled community colleges. Specifically, requires the commissioner to address ways in which the North Dakota university system as a whole and the individual campuses can better interact with tribally controlled community colleges through improved communication, collaboration, and relationship-building activities. In addition, the commissioner shall focus on ways in which tribally controlled community colleges can encourage American Indians to pursue options in higher education, thereby bringing economic benefit to their families and communities and ways in which the university system and the individual campuses can work with tribally controlled community colleges to provide tutoring, mentoring, and other types of assistance necessary to ensure that the retention rates and
graduation rates of American Indian students are increased. The commissioner shall report any findings and recommendations, together with any legislation required to implement the
recommendations, to the sixty-second legislative assembly.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JBPS0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1566
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Relates to school enrollment procedures to aid in the identification and location of missing children. When a child enrolls in a public or nonpublic school, licensed day care facility, home
education, licensed day care center, licensed child care facility, headstart program, or nursery school for the first time, the school, licensed day care facility, headstart program, or school superintendent of the jurisdiction shall: a. Require the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian to present to the school, licensed day care facility, or school superintendent of the jurisdiction, within forty days of enrollment, proof of identity of the child; and b. Request the appropriate school records for the child from the previous school attended by the child. The school enrolling the child shall make the request within thirty days of enrollment of the child. When a school, licensed day care facility, or school superintendent receives a notice from
a law enforcement authority, parent, guardian, or legal custodian that a child who is or has been enrolled in that school or facility has been reported as a lost, missing, or runaway child, the school, licensed day care facility, or school superintendent shall: a. Flag the records of the child; and b. Notify the bureau and a local law enforcement authority if a request for school records is received from any source.Establishes other details and related provisions.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JQVU0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2161
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Students |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides for a legislative council study of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JAMP0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1309
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires districts to administer annually to students in grades 2-10 the measures of academic progress test or any other interim assessment approved by the superintendent of education. Requires all 11th grade public and nonpublic school students to take the ACT or set of three WorkKeys assessments (students choose which). The district pays for the cost of one summative assessment and its administration per student. Requires the career advisor or counselor to meet with students to review results. Students can be exempt if taking the test is not required by an IEP or if there are other special circumstances. If the state superintendent determines that costs can be reduced through the use of a state procurement process, the superintendent is to work with districts to procure and arrange for administration of assessments and withhold each district's share of the total cost from state aid. Students under age 21 pursuing a GED may take the ACT or three WorkKeys assessments, and the student's career advisor or guidance counselor must meet with the student to review the student's assessment results.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Secs. 22, 24, 25 Assessment
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Beginning with the 2010-11 school year, each district must have available one full-time equivalent student performance strategist for every four hundred students in average daily membership in kindergarten through grade three. Each school district shall submit documentation to the superintendent of public instruction, at the time and in the manner directed by the superintendent, verifying the amount of time that each student performance strategist expended in tutoring students on a one-to-one basis or in groups ranging from two to five, or in providing instructional coaching to teachers. For purposes of this section, a "student performance strategist" must meet the qualifications of an elementary school teacher as set forth in
section 15.1-18-07 and serve as a tutor or an instructional coach.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Sec. 8, Strategist
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires the department to develop a program leading to a certificate in career development facilitation. The department shall award the certificate to any individual who:
a. Holds a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher education;
b. Has at least a five-year employment history; and
c. Successfully completes the department's programmatic requirements.
2. An individual holding a certificate awarded under this section is a career advisor.
Allows the department to provisionally approve an individual to serve as a career advisor if the individual:
a. Holds a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher education;
b. Has at least a five-year employment history; and
c. Provides the department with a plan for completing the department's programmatic
requirements within a two-year period.
2. Provisional approval under subsection 1 is valid for a period of two years and may not be
extended by the department.
Provision added (section 23) requires districts to administer to students (once during grades 7 or 8 and once in grade 9 or 10) a recommended career interest inventory.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Career Development Section
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Any resident student who graduates from a high school during or after the 2010-11 school year is eligible to receive a North Dakota career and technical education scholarship provided the student completes all requirements for a high school diploma and:
1. a. Completes one unit of algebra II; b. Completes two units of a coordinated plan of study recommended by the department of career and technical education and approved by the superintendent of public instruction; and c. Completes three additional units, two of which must be in the area of career and technical education; 2. Obtains a grade of at least "C" in each unit or one-half unit required for the diploma; 3. Obtains a cumulative grade point of at least "B", as determined by the superintendent of public instruction; and 4. Receives: a. A composite score of at least twenty-four on an ACT; or b. A score of at least five on each of three WorkKeys assessments. Requirements for an academic scholarship are similar, except for the WorkKeys score option, and requiring one unit of advanced placement and AP exam or a dual-credit course.
Scholarships are available to eligible students in the amount of $700 for each semester during which enrolled full time at an accredited state institution and maintains a cumulative grade point average of 2.75. Scholarships are capped at $6,000 and go to the institutions in which the students are enrolled. Students are not required to be enrolled in consecutive semesters. However, a scholarship under this section is valid only for six academic years after the student's graduation from high school and may not be applied to graduate programs.These scholarships are available to any eligible student who graduates from a high school in this state or from a high school in a bordering state under chapter 15.1-29.http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Scholarships
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Beginning July 1, 2010, each school district shall ensure that its curriculum for either
economics or problems of democracy includes the exposure of students to concepts of
personal finance, including:
a. Checkbook mechanics, including writing checks, balancing, and statement
reconciliation;
b. Saving for larger purchases;
c. Credit, including credit card usage, interest, and fees;
d. Earning power, including jobs for teenagers;
e. Taxation and paycheck withholdings;
f. College costs;
g. Making and living within a budget; and
h. Mortgages, retirement savings, and investments.
Upon written request, the state superintendent may allow a school district annually to select courses other than economics or problems of democracy for purposes of
exposing students to the concepts of personal finance, as listed in this section, provided the school district can demonstrate that the number of students exposed to the concepts in
the other selected courses would meet or exceed the number of students exposed under the requirements of subsection 1. The requirements may be provided by the regular classroom teacher of the course in which the concepts of personal finance are incorporated.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Sec. 25, Personal Finance
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Summer school courses and programs eligible for payment from the state: 1. a. Remedial mathematics provided to students enrolled in any grade from kindergarten
through eight; b. Remedial reading provided to students enrolled in any grade from kindergarten through eight; c. Beginning after the conclusion of the 2009-10 school calendar, mathematics provided to students enrolled in any grade from five through eight; d. Beginning after the conclusion of the 2009-10 school calendar, reading provided to students enrolled in any grade from five through eight; e. Beginning after the conclusion of the 2009-10 school calendar, science provided to students enrolled in any grade from five through eight; and
f. Beginning after the conclusion of the 2009-10 school calendar, social studies provided to students enrolled in any grade from five through eight; and 2. Any other high school summer courses that satisfy requirements for graduation, comprise at least as many clock-hours as courses offered during the regular school term, and comply with rules adopted by the superintendent of public instruction.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Summer School Section
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
During the 2009-10 school year and at least once every eight years thereafter, each district is required to obtain an appraisal of its buildings and its facilities, and an inventory of their
contents. Requires annual review the terms of any insurance policies providing coverage for its buildings, its facilities, and their contents and ensure that there are in place
policies sufficient to provide in full for the repair or replacement of the buildings, its facilities, and their contents, in the event of a loss. Requires districts to annually certify that they are in compliance.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Section 10, Insurance
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires the superintendent of public instruction to notify the superintendent and board of each school district in the state, by certified mail, that any education stabilization fund dollars
received by the district as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 must be used first to restore funding deficiencies in the 2009-10 school year when compared to the 2005-06 school year and that any additional dollars received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 must be used for one-time, nonrecurring expenditures because this state is not responsible for replacing that level of funding or otherwise sustaining that level of funding during the 2011-13 biennium. 2. During the thirty-day period following receipt of the notification, the superintendent of each school district shall arrange to publish the notice at least twice in the official newspaper of the district.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Stabilization Fund Dollars
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
From the fiscal note: The total funding increases addressed in the bill is $198,544,337. It is made up of $102,800,000 general fund, 10,100,000 state tuition fund, and $85,644,337 federal ARRA state fiscal stabilization funds. The breakdown is as follows:
$82,204,416 million State School Aid (HB 1013):
---> 67,644,416 for the main funding formula.
---> 1,000,000 for required assessments.
---> 2,600,000 for regional education associations (through a factor in formula.
---> 3,680,000 for one student contact day on the school calendar. Begins the second year.
---> 3,780,000 for student performance strategists. Begins the second year.
---> 2,700,000 for career advisors. Begins the second year.
---> 400,000 for regional education associations (grants).
---> 400,000 for gifted and talented programs (grants).
10,000,000 for Transportation grants (HB 1013).
-2,000,000 for Special Education Contracts (HB 1013).
16,795,584 for supplemental operations grants (HB 1013).
85,644,337 for supplemental one-time grants (HB 1013).
2,300,000 for a teacher support program (HB 1400).
500,000 for a national board certification fund (HB 1400).
100,000 for continuing education grants (HB 1400).
3,000,000 for ND scholarships for 2009-2010 graduates (SB 2003). Begins the second year.
The increases projected for the 2011-2013 biennium are based on the cost to maintain the K-12 funding level established in the second year of the 2009-2011 biennium. Included in the cost is $5.5 million for the "At-Risk" factor that becomes effective July 1, 2011 and $3 million to cover the cost of the additional year for ND scholarships.
HB 1400 includes:
Section 48 - $2,300,000 for a grant to ESPB for a teacher support system program.
Section 49 - $500,000 for the purpose of creating the National Board Certification fund.
Section 50 - $100,000 for the creation of the national board certification fund.
HB 1013 includes:
Grants – State school aid $808,370,295
Grants – Special education contracts $15,500,000
Grants – Transportation $43,500,000
Grants – Supplemental one-time $85,644,337
Grants – Supplemental operations $16,795,584
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/fiscal-notes/JARF0900.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 and H.B. 1013 - Appropriations
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires the superintendent of public instruction and the department of human services to jointly develop a system under which families of children enrolling in the public school system are provided with information regarding state and federally funded health insurance programs and encouraged to apply for such coverage if determined to be eligible.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Health Insurance
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
High School |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
For high schools to be approved, they must make available certain courses to students. This amendment requires more specificity in courses offered: from four units of English language arts to units from a sequence that includes literature, composition, and speech; From four units of mathematics to four units of math, including: (1) One unit of algebra II; and (2) One unit for which algebra II is a prerequisite; four units of science;, including: (1) One unit of physical science; and (2) One unit of biology; four units of social studies, including one: (1) One unit of world history and one; (2) One unit of United States history; and (3) (a) One unit of problems of democracy; or (b) One-half unit of United States government and one-half unit of economics. Allows native American language as a foreign language course choice. Adds requirement for one unit of an advanced placement course or one unit of a dual-credit course; and specifies that the requriement of two units of career and technical education come from a coordinated plan of study recommended by the department of career and technical education and approved by the superintendent of public instruction.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Sec. 14, Course Offerings
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires all high schools to offer one dual enrollment course or one Advanced Placement course.
Increases total number of Carnegie units for high school graduation from 21 to 22 units. These must include:
1. Four units of English language arts from a sequence that includes literature, composition,
and speech;
2. Three units of mathematics;
3. Three units of science, including:
a. One unit of physical science;
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b. One unit of biology; and
c. (1) One unit of any other science; or
(2) Two one-half units of any other science;
4. Three units of social studies, including:
a. One unit of United States history;
b. (1) One-half unit of United States government and one-half unit of economics; or
(2) One unit of problems of democracy; and
c. One unit or two one-half units of any other social studies, which may include civics,
civilization, geography and history, multicultural studies, North Dakota studies,
psychology, sociology, and world history;
5. a. One unit of physical education; or
b. One-half unit of physical education and one-half unit of health;
6. Three units of:
a. Foreign languages;
b. Native American languages;
c. Fine arts; or
d. Career and technical education courses; and
7. Any five additional units.
If after completing at least two years of high school a student has failed to pass at least one-half unit from three of these areas or has a grade point average at or below the twenty-fifth percentile of other students in the district who are enrolled in the same grade, the student may request that the student's career advisor, guidance counselor, or principal meet with the student and the student's parent to determine if the student should be permitted to pursue an optional high school curriculum. If a student's parent consents in writing to the student pursuing the optional high school curriculum, the student is eligible to receive a high school diploma upon completing the following requirements: 1. Four units of English language arts from a sequence that includes literature, composition, and speech; 2. Two units of mathematics; 3. Two units of science; 4. Three units of social studies, which may include up to one-half unit of North Dakota studies and one-half unit of multicultural studies; 5. a. One unit of physical education; or b. One-half unit of physical education and one-half unit of health; 6. Two units of: a. Foreign languages; b. Native American languages; c. Fine arts; or d. Career and technical education courses; and 7. Any seven additional units.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Sections 15 and 16
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Parents may supervise home education if the parent holds a high school diploma or a general educational development (GED) diploma. Previous policy required baccalaureate degree and licensed or approved to teach by the education standards and practices board and met or exceeded the cutoff score of a national teacher examination. This provision is in effect until 7/31/2011. After that, parents will need to be licensed, hold a BA, and pass a national examination.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Sec. 28, Home Education
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends the membership and duties of the North Dakota Commission on Education Improvement. The commission is supposed to:
a. Examine the current system of delivering and financing public elementary and secondary education and shall develop recommendations addressing educational
adequacy, the equitable distribution of state education funds, the allocation of funding responsibility between federal, state, and local sources, and any other matters that could result in the improvement of elementary and secondary education in the state;
b. Examine the state's high school graduation requirements, curricular standards, and assessments to ensure that students have the academic skills necessary to move seamlessly and without remediation from high schools to institutions of higher education or to meet the performance levels expected by employers;
c. Examine the measures enacted by the most recent legislative assembly to improve student performance, confirm their full implementation, and recommend future measures for continued improvement; and
d. Examine the measures enacted by the most recent legislative assembly to improve the quality of instruction, confirm their full implementation, and recommend future measures for continued improvement.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Sec. 40, Commission on Education Improvement
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Sets the membership, terms and duties of the North Dakota early childhood education council. The council is to:
1. Review the delivery of early childhood education in this state;
2. Conduct a needs assessment;
3. Review early childhood education standards and propose revisions to the standards as
needed;
4. Review opportunities for public and private sector collaboration in the delivery of early
childhood education in this state;
5. Develop a comprehensive plan governing the delivery of early childhood education in this
state; and
6. Provide a biennial report regarding its activities to the governor and the legislative council.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Sec. 43, Early Childhood Council
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
For 2009-10, requries 180 days in the calendar, with 173 days used for instruction. Three must be used for holidays; up to two must be used for parent-teacher conferences or compensatory time for conferences held outside school day; and two days must be used for professional development. For 2010-11, requires at least 181 days in the calendar. 174 days must be used for instruction; three days for holidays; up to two days must be used for: 1) Parent-teacher conferences; or (2) Compensatory time for parent-teacher conferences held outside of regular school hours; and d. Two days must be used for professional development. Sec. 5 defines a full day of instruction as at least 5.5 hours for kindergarten and elementary students and at least six hours for high school students.
Beginning with the 2011-12 school year, requires districts to provide a school calendar of at least 182 days.
a. 175 must be used for instruction; b. Three must be used for holidays, c. Up to two days must be used for: (1) Parent-teacher conferences; or (2) Compensatory time for parent-teacher conferences held outside of regular school hours; and d. Two days must be used for professional development.
4. A day for professional development must consist of: a. Six hours of professional development, exclusive of meals and other breaks, conducted within a single day; or b. Two four-hour periods of professional development, exclusive of meals and other breaks, conducted over two days.
5. If a school district offers a four-hour period of professional development the district may schedule instruction during other available hours on that same day and be credited with providing one-half day of instruction to students. This subsection does not apply unless the one-half day of instruction equals at least one-half of the time required for a full day of instruction, as defined in this section.
Beginning with the 2010-11 school year, if a district elects to provide an optional third day of professional development, the school district shall do so by: a. Meeting the requirements for a day of professional development as set forth in subsection 4; or b. Shortening four instructional days, for the purpose of providing for two-hour periods of professional development, provided: (1) Each instructional day on which such professional development occurs includes at least four hours of instruction for kindergarten and elementary students and
four and one-half hours for high school students; (2) The instructional time for each course normally scheduled on that day is reduced proportionately or the daily schedule is reconfigured to ensure that the same course is not subject to early dismissal more than one time per school calendar, as a result of this subdivision; and (3) All teachers having a class dismissed as a result of this subdivision are required to be in attendance and participate in the professional development.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Calendar Section
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/ |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Statewide coordination of data systems. Notwithstanding any other technology requirements imposed by the superintendent of public instruction, the information technology department, or the North Dakota educational technology council, each school district is required to acquire PowerSchool through the information technology department and use it as its principle student information system.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Sec. 9, Data systems
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Beginning with 2010-11 school year, requires each district to have one full-time equivalency counselor for every 300 students. Up to one third of this requirement can be met by career advisors (defined as holding a certificate in career development facilitation or who is provisionally approaved by the department of career and technical education to serve as a career advisor. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Counselor Positions Section
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates the national board certification fund in the state treasury. Requires the education standards and practices board to make grants aailable (not to exceed $2,500 each). As a condition of the grant, the board may require recipients to mentor other individuals who are licensed to teach.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Sec. 12, NBPTS
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires districts to adopt a professional development plan. The plan must include a description of the professional development activities that the district offers or makes
available, the district's requirements for participation by teachers, and the manner in which participation is documented. 2. Each school district is required to review and if necessary modify its plan at least once every five years. 3. Requires each district to file a copy of its most recent professional development plan with the superintendent of public instruction. Requries the state superintendent to review plans. Also requires the state superintendent to appoint a professional development advisory committee to: a. Examine the delivery of professional development in this state; b. Review professional development needs from the perspective of teachers, school administrators, school board members, and parents; c. Review the professional development plans filed by school districts and propose changes to improve the opportunities for professional development; and d. Advise the superintendent regarding regulatory and statutory measures that could be pursued to improve the quality and availability of professional development opportunities.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Section 13, Prof. Devt.
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides for inclusion of the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution in the school social studies curriculum; provides for graduation requirements. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JBDQ0500.pdf
Title: H.B. 1435
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
A bill relating to early childhood care workforce development, child care capacity, and quality improvement for early childhood facilities and to provide an apppropriation. Requires the department to provide voluntary, progressive training opportunities leading to credentials and to provide supports for the early childhood care and education workforce. The department is required to implement a registry to track workforce participation. From the Fiscal Note: The Department currently provides training opportunities and support for early childhood care and education workforce. The Department has also implemented a child care registry as well as a voluntary quality improvement process through current contracts with the Child Care Resource and Referral organizations. Federal funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act have been made available through federal action to stimulate the economy or address state fiscal recovery and will be used to expand or enhance these efforts to the extent allowed by the Act. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JATN0400.pdf
Title: H.B. 1418
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides for consistent policies regarding corporal punishment. Prohibits a school board from expanding through policy the definition of corporal punishment beyond that provided by this subsection. (The subsection allows for reasonable force but prohibits corporal punishment). Requires local boards to develop guidelines for how all incidents are to be investigated. Requires boards to ensure that the policies, procedures, and guidelines applicable to all elementary schools in the district are identical, that the policies, procedures, and guidelines applicable to all middle schools in the district are identical, and that the policies, procedures, and guidelines applicable to all high schools in the district are identical..
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JBCF0400.pdf
Title: S.B. 2289
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides for consistent policies regarding corporal punishment. Prohibits a school board from expanding through policy the definition of
corporal punishment beyond that provided by this subsection. (The subsection allows for reasonable force but prohibits corporal punishment). Requires local boards to develop guidelines for how all incidents are to be investigated. Requires boards to ensure that the policies, procedures, and guidelines applicable to all elementary schools in the district are identical, that the policies, procedures, and guidelines applicable to all middle schools in the district are identical, and that the policies, procedures, and guidelines applicable to all high schools in the district are identical..
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JBCF0400.pdf
Title: S.B. 2289
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 |
Revises due process provisions relates to discharge for cause of a teacher, principal or assistant superintendent prior to the expiration of a contract.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JBLI0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2357
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Increases funding for for the Department of Career & Technical Education by $4.9 million, 29 percent over from the previous biennium. The $4.9 million in this legislation is part of a total $8 million increase in workforce training funds coordinated between K-12 education, the University System, Commerce Department, Job Services North Dakota and the Department of Career and Technical Education. Creates a North Dakota elementary student entrepreneurship program under the authority of the state board. Requires the state board to adopt policies to create a program of grants to support entrepreneurship education that is coordinated with classroom curriculum, standards, and activities encouraging and showcasing entrepreneurial activities at the elementary education level. The grants must be administered through local school districts and require matching funds of up to fifty percent of the curriculum and activity costs. Defines membership of the Workforce Enhancement Council: The private sector members of the workforce development council, the director of the department of career and technical education, and the director of the division of workforce development, who shall serve as chairman. Establishes procedures for how the Council will approve grants.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HQML0500.pdf
Title: H.B. 1019
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/ |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Adds two new sections: Section 45 and 46. Defines English language learner means a student who:
1. Is at least five years of age but has not reached the age of twenty-two; 2. Is enrolled in a school district in the state; 3. Has a primary language other than English or comes from an environment in which a language other than English significantly impacts the individual's level of English language proficiency; and 4. Has difficulty speaking, reading, writing, and understanding English, as evidenced by a language proficiency test approved by the superintendent of public instruction and aligned to the state English language proficiency standards and the state language proficiency test. Defines a new immigrant English language learner is an English language learner who was not born in the United States and has not attended
school in the United States for more than three school years or the monthly equivalent of three school years.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HAFK1400.pdf
Title: S.B. 2200 (English language learner provisions)
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Adds a new section that sets school district size weighting factors -- weighted student units. Another new section establishes minimum and maximum allowable increases for base rate funding. Also revises student unit funding levels for high schools and elementary schools that become unaccredited. Revises how funding is allocated to districts. Revises allocation of funding to students with special needs, including a provision for students choosing to attend out of district: Requires the superintendent of public instruction to reimburse the student's school district of residence for all excess costs (for students who require the greatest school district expenditures) in order to provide them with special education and related services. The excess costs of providing special education and related services to these students are the responsibility of the state and the superintendent of public instruction shall reimburse
the school districts for any excess costs (to qualify, costs must exceed four and one-half times the state average cost of education per student. Amends school construction loan provisions.
Title: S.B. 2200 (finance provisions)
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Deletes the requirement that the state superintendent of public instruction hold a professional teaching license.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HAEI0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1169
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires the state superintendent to purchase and distribute automated external defibrillators (AEDs. From the Fiscal Note: SB 2313 allocates $400,000 to be used to purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for all school buildings and provides minimal funds for contracted services for overall plan design, RFP development, scoring, equipment ordering, dissemination, training and evaluation. This is a one-time service.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HBNN0600.pdf
Title: S.B. 2313
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/ |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
This bill establishes high school graduation requirements effective 2008-09, 2009-10, and 2011-12. Beginning with the 2009-10 school year, the number of units required increases to twenty-two and beginning with the 2011-12 school year, the number of units required increases to twenty-four. For 2008-09, requirements are:
a. Four units of English language arts;
b. Two units of mathematics;
c. Two units of science;
d. Three units of social studies, which may include one-half unit of North Dakota studies
and one-half unit of multicultural studies;
e. One unit of physical education, which may include up to one-half unit of health; and
f. One unit of a foreign or native American language, fine arts, or career and technical
education.The bill requires the Department of Public Instruction work with schools to identify courses that meet requirements for graduation and that schools notify the department of local graduation requirements.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HBJQ0600.pdf
Title: S.B. 2309
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires an approval process related to electronic course delivery.
1. Before a person may provide elementary or high school courses electronically to a student, school, or school district in this state, the person must obtain annual approval from the
superintendent of public instruction. The electronic delivery of a course includes online and technological delivery methods.
2. Before the superintendent of public instruction may grant approval to a person, the superintendent shall verify that:
a. All courses offered by the person in this state are aligned with the state content and performance standards and if standards do not exist for a particular course, the criteria must ensure that the course content is sufficiently challenging for students, given the grade level at which it is offered;
b. All teachers involved in the electronic delivery of a course meet or exceed the qualifications and licensure requirements placed on the teachers by the state in which the course originates; and
c. All students receiving a course electronically have ongoing contact time with the teachers of the course.
3. The approval process provided for in this section does not apply to a course provided electronically between approved schools in this state.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HBIR0400.pdf
Title: H.B. 1491
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
The bill provides for early childhood care transition assistance. This bill allows the department to establish a statewide system to build systematic early childhood workforce voluntary training, which may include distance learning formats, a professional registry, certificates, and specialization.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HBBF0700.pdf
Title: S.B. 2186
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Beginning with the 2008-09 school year, a full day of instruction consists of: (1) At least five and one-half hours for kindergarten and elementary students, during which time the students are required to be in attendance for the purpose of receiving curricular instruction. Previously, kindergarten not included in the full day definition.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HAFK1400.pdf
Title: S.B. 2200 (kindergarten section)
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Privatization |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Allows institutions of higher education and school districts to provide (for fee) catered meal services off-site as long as those functions meet certain parameters (i.e., are related to school or institution activities).
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HBPS0500.pdf
Title: S.B. 2344
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Prohibits sexual offenders from being near public and nonpublic schools and establishes penalties.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HBIU0500.pdf
Title: H.B. 1472
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Relates to requirements for drivers of school vehicles. Specifies that if a school vehicle for which a commercial driver's license is not required, but which is designed to seat ten to fifteen passengers, the individual must: (1) Hold a North Dakota driver's license; (2) Meet the physical and medical requirements established for commercial vehicle drivers; (3) Complete any annual training required by the superintendent of public instruction; and (4) Be at least twenty-one years of age, unless the board of a school district determines that an individual not meeting this requirement can safely and adequately perform the required duties. Deletes provision that required an annual health exam, although district boards may request that a health professional examine an individual.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HBDD0600.pdf
Title: H.B. 1334
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Adds two provisions for which the board may issue a written warning or reprimand to the individual, suspend the individual's teaching license, or revoke the individual's teaching license: If the individual knowingly taught without having met state standards for qualifications; or if the individual is a school district administrator and knowingly permitted another individual to teach in violation of state requirements (for qualifications).
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HBOL0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2287
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires employer contributions on re-employed retirees; and beginning 7/1/08 increases employer contributions by .50% and reduces benefits for new hires. Estimated fiscal impact is $2.8 million for 2007-09, and $5 million for 2009-11 biennium.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HADC0600.pdf
Title: S.B. 2046
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends 15.1-06-04. Defines a "day for professional development activities" as: (1) Six hours of professional development activities, exclusive of meals and other breaks, conducted within a single day; or (2) Two four-hour periods of professional development activities, exclusive of meals and other breaks, conducted over two days. 3. If a school district offers a four-hour period of professional development activities, as permitted in subdivision c of subsection 2, the school district may schedule instruction during other available hours on that same day and be credited with providing one-half day of instruction to students. The provisions of this subsection do not apply unless the one-half day of instruction equals at least one-half of the time required for a full day of instruction.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HAVN0500.pdf
Title: H.B. 1270
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
Postsec. |
A new section requires the state board of higher education to manage and regulate information technology planning and services for institutions under its control, including:
a. Development of information technology policies, standards, and guidelines in coordination with the information technology department.
b. Implementation of a process for project management oversight and reporting.
c. Integration of higher education information technology planning and reporting with the board's strategic planning process and annual performance and accountability report.
d. Participation in internet2 or other advanced higher education or research-related networking projects.
e. Development of an annual report concerning higher education information technology planning and services.
Also requires the state board of higher education to collaborate with the information technology department to coordinate higher education information technology planning with statewide
information technology planning and to provide advice to the information technology department regarding the development of policies, standards, and guidelines relating to
access to or use of wide area network services. Requires the state board of higher education to present information regarding higher education information technology planning, services, and major projects to the information technology committee on request of the committee.
A second new section prohibits the northern tier network, part of a national research network infrastructure, from replacing any wide area network services to any city, county, or school district which are provided by the information technology department. Prohibits the North Dakota university system from using the northern tier network infrastructure for traditional internet, voice, video, or other telecommunications services beyond those required for research networks. The North Dakota university system or any entity associated with the university system
may not resell any portion of the northern tier network infrastructure to nonuniversity entities other than research collaborators. Requires the North Dakota university system to provide a comprehensive biennial report of northern tier network activities for the 2007-09 biennium and must submit to a biennial audit of the northern tier network activities beginning with the 2009-11 biennium.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HBOE0400.pdf
Title: H.B. 1461
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Relates to school district tuition per student payments; relates to students sent to another district.Specifies that the tuition amount payable for the individual student is the
lesser of: (1) The full cost of education per student incurred by the admitting district; or (2) One hundred fifty percent of the state average full cost of education per student.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HANK0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1281
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends several pieces of required instruction; changes from United States history, geography, and government to 1) geography; 2) government; and 3) North Dakota studies, with an emphasis on the geography, history, and agriculture of this state, in the fourth and eighth grades. In addition to these requirements, each public and nonpublic high school
is required to make available to each student, at least once every two years, one-half unit of North Dakota studies, with an emphasis on the geography, history, and agriculture of this state. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HARP0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 1172
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
From the fiscal note: This bill as amended requires that North Dakota Studies be taught in grades 4 and 8. It also requires that North Dakota's high schools must offer a semester course in North Dakota studies at least once every two years. Most schools will not require additional teachers. Larger school districts may have to alter assignments or hire
additional teachers. The curriculum and materials for the course may have a fiscal impact on districts. Development of the 4th grade and 8th grade texts was funded with state funds last legislative session. The Division of Independent Study plans the completion of the texts for next summer and estimates the cost at $40 for each Grade 4 and 8. There is no high school text under development so costs are unknown. The cost of materials for these classes will vary from district to district and cannot be determined.Relates to studies requirements for public and nonpublic elementary and middle schools.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HARP0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1172
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends graduation requirement of one-half unit of physical education during each school year to include the following: Once every
four years the unit must be a concept-based fitness class that includes instruction in the assessment, improvement, and maintenance of personal fitness.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HBCN0400.pdf
Title: S.B. 2354
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/ |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends the process for the naming of a school district. The proposed name change (to go before the voters) must include the phrase "school district" or "public school
district" and may include no more than two additional words.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HANM0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1261
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Relates to the payment of school district reorganization bonuses; provides a formula for determining the amount of the bonus: (1) Fifty thousand dollars per one hundred-square-mile [259-square-kilometer] block, or a major portion therof, included within the reorganized district and calculated by determining the lesser of the total square miles [kilometers] of the
reorganized district or one thousand four hundred square miles [3625.98 square kilometers], and subtracting from that amount the square miles [kilometers] of the largest district or portion of a district involved in the reorganization; (2) One thousand dollars per student calculated by determining the lesser of the total fall enrollment of the newly reorganized district or seven hundred fifty and subtracting from that amount the fall enrollment in the district or portion of the district that had the largest student population of those districts or portions of districts participating in the reorganization during the school year immediately preceding the effective date of the reorganization; and (3) Fifty thousand dollars for each whole school district that formed the reorganized district.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HALI0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1178
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Relates to membership on rural school boards; for districts that have undergone reorganization, the reorganization plan may provide for school board membership
requirements that are different from those specified for other rural boards.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HBCS0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1305
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Schools considering construction projects are required to get approval from the state superintendent. If the superintendent denies the request, the district may appeal to the state board. New provisions establish the requirements that the state board must consider in the review:
(1) The need for the project;
(2) The educational utility of the project;
(3) The school district's ability to sustain a stable or increasing student enrollment
for a period of time at least equal to the anticipated usable life of the project;
(4) The potential use of the project by a future reorganized school district;
(5) The capacity of the district to pay for the project; and
(6) Any other objective factors relative to the appeal.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HANF0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1248
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
For vacant teaching positions where all means have been taken to recruit a qualified candidate, and where only 45 days remain to the start of the school year, the board is authorized to offer higher compensation. Relates to salary increases for unfillable positions. If a position becomes vacant during the school year, the superintendent is required to contact the several education associations in the state and ask that they assist the board of the school district in any way possible to locate and employ an individual under the terms of the district's existing negotiated agreement. Only when the superintendent determines that all reasonable efforts have been unsuccessful may the superintendent authorize the board, notwithstanding the terms of any agreement negotiated under this chapter, to offer the level of compensation it deems necessary in order to attract a suitable and highly qualified individual.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HAPV0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1177
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
Bilingual/ESL |
Adopted 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules pertaining to English language learner programs. Requires districts to: (1) provide written assurance to the department that it has a policy
for providing alternative language services in compliance with state law; (2) designate a program representative who serves as a contact for English language learner student services and data; and (3) develop a plan to identify and assess the language prociency of students who have a primary language other than English or come from an environment in which a language other than English signicantly impacts the student's level of English language prociency.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/information/acdata/html/..%5Cpdf%5C67-28-01.pdf
Title: NDAC 67-28-01-01 thru -08
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/ |
Federal |
Adopted 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules for Title I coordinator 1, Title I coordinator 2, and Title I coordinator 3 positions. Establishes requirements for credentials, duties, application, and renewal of credentials.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/information/acdata/pdf/67-11-03.3.pdf
Title: NDAC 67-11-03.3-01, -03.3-02, -03.3-03, -03.3-04
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Adopted 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Repeals rules pertaining to kindergarten or first grade early entrance.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/information/acdata/pdf/67-26.pdf
Title: NDAC 67-26
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/ |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Adopted 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends administrative rules pertainingto credentials for Title I coordinator, library media, special education director, special education strategist, and reconfiguration ofinstructional days, high school summer school payments, and entrance standards or high school, elementary and kindergarten students. Special education Director Credential (Ch. 67-11-08): http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/resource/rules/proposed/67-11-08.pdf
Paraprofessionals (sec. 67-11-14-05) : http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/resource/rules/proposed/67-11-14.pdf
Special education strategist credential (sec. 67-11-16-03): http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/resource/rules/proposed/67-11-16.pdf
*** Accreditation procedures ( Ch. 67-19-01): http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/resource/rules/proposed/67-19-01.pdf
High school summer school, cooperative programs (67-2-01): http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/resource/rules/proposed/67-20.pdf
Corrective action procedures (67-22-01): http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/resource/rules/proposed/67-22-01.pdf
Elementary summer school (67-24-01): http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/resource/rules/proposed/67-24.pdf
Title: NDAC 67-11-01-01, thru 01-07.1 non-seq, 67-15-02-01 thru 02-07non-seq, 67-19-01-01 thru 01-43 non-seq, 67-20-01-01 thru 01-08, 67-22-01-01thru 01-03, 67- 24-01 thru -01-07
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
Issued 01/2006 |
P-12 |
Executive Order 2006-01 Creates the Commission on Education Improvement to examine the current system of delivering
and financing elementary and secondary public education.
Title: Executive Order 13
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNew |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
English language learners - Program of instruction. Each school district shall provide a
program of instruction for students who are English language learners. The program may be provided
by a school district or in conjunction with one or more districts.
Program establishment. The superintendent of public instruction shall:
1. Appoint a state advisory committee to assist with the establishment and administration of
English language learner programs and the state English language proficiency
assessment;
2. Establish standards for English language learner programs;
3. Ensure that the English language learner programs use effective research-based methods
to teach the students;
4. Assist school districts with the development and administration of English language learner
programs and services;
5. Employ a program administrator and other necessary personnel; and
6. Coordinate federal, state, and local funding to maximize the services available to students.
English language learner services - Individualized plans. If a school district determines
through assessment that a student requires English language learner services, the school district shall
convene a team to review the student's language and educational needs. The team may develop an
individualized language plan and recommend specialized language instruction and related services.
Title: H.B. 1374
Source: StateNet |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to fees provided to the state board for career and technical education for authorizations to operate private postsecondary institutions; relates to the authorizations to operate private postsecondary institutions and use of false academic degrees; provides a continuing appropriation.; authorizes a fee fund.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FQPN0400.pdf
Title: S.B. 2120
Source: StateNet |
Finance |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of public instruction, the school for the deaf, North Dakota vision services - school for the blind, and the state library; to provide an appropriation to the division of independent study; to provide for the distribution of special education payments; to provide for a legislative council study; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to amend and reenact section 15.1-02-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the salary of the superintendent of public instruction; and to declare an emergency
The legislative council shall study, during the 2005-06 interim, the state's elementary and secondary education system, including
key measurements of student progress, programs that address the state's competitiveness with other
states, costs incurred by the state relating to implementing the No Child Left Behind Act, and the most
effective means of using taxpayer dollars at the state and local levels to ensure the best possible
education for the children of this state.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FQNG0500.pdf
Title: H.B. 1013
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Provides an appropriation for eligible school districts receiving reduced amounts of state aid.
The superintendent of public instruction shall use the first $119,190, or so much of that
amount as is necessary, for the purpose of reimbursing eligible school districts that
received reduced amounts of state aid. For the purposes of this subsection, an eligible
school district is one that received a reduction in state aid during the second year of the
2003-05 biennium because the district's general fund levy fell below one hundred forty
mills as the result of a reorganization or the dissolution of a contiguous district. The
following affected districts listed are entitled to receive reimbursements:
Velva 1 $24,355
TGU 60 93,514
Lewis and Clark 1,321
Title: H.B. 1311
Source: StateNet |
No Child Left Behind |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Before the superintendent of public instruction may submit to the United States secretary of education any proposed changes in the state accountability plan required under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 [Pub. L. 107-110; 115 Stat. 1425; 20 U.S.C. 6301, et seq.], the superintendent shall present the proposed changes to the interim no child left behind committee. The committee shall review the proposed changes; accept testimony and documentary evidence regarding the impact of the proposed changes on the students, schools, school districts, and taxpayers of this state; and provide advice and recommendations regarding the proposed changes to the superintendent.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAFS0400.pdf
Title: H.B. 1434
Source: StateNet |
P-3 Child Care |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to the services included within the definition of early childhood services. Adds the following definition: "Drop-in care" means the care of children on a one-time, occasional, or unscheduled basis to meet the short-term needs of families.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAAF0400.pdf
Title: S.B. 2304
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
The educational standards and practices board, in cooperation with the department of public instruction,
shall enter discussions with officials from each state bordering North Dakota to develop a unified
system of licensure and credential qualifications or reciprocity between the states. The board shall
report its progress, findings, and any pending action to the sixtieth legislative assembly.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FBOB0400.pdf
Title: S.B. 2375
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to licensing, qualifications, and national certification of teachers.
The superintendent may not approve a school unless: 2. Each classroom teacher is teaching only in those course areas or fields for which the
teacher is licensed or for which the teacher has received an exception under section 2;
This bill also adds a new section entilted: "Licensure to teach - Course area or field - Request for exception - Report."
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FQOM0400.pdf
Title: H.B. 1076
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to returning to employment after retirement under the public employees retirement system defined contribution retirement plan.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAJD0400.pdf
Title: H.B. 1266
Source: StateNet |
Technology |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to eligibility for loans under the technology occupations student loan program and eligibility for loan forgiveness under the teacher shortages loan forgiveness program. Applicants for the technology occupations student loan program must be gaduates of board-approved colleges.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FQOK0400.pdf
Title: S.B. 2078
Source: StateNet |
Attendance |
To governor 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to contract terms for the cross-border attendance of elementary and high school students.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAKJ0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1194
Source: StateNet |
Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Concerns enrollment and provision of services to elementary and high school students placed by out- of-state agencies or entities; relates to elementary and high school student residency determinations.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FADV0700.pdf
Title: S.B. 2033
Source: StateNet |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires the state superintendent to submit an annual report on the financial condition of school districts to the governor, legislative council, and the secretary of state. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FQOT0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2083
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Allows the board of a school district to adopt policies governing the disbursement of school district moneys by the business manager. The policies adopted under subdivision a may include:
(1) The authorization, creation, and approval of negotiable instruments;
(2) The use of credit or debit cards;
(3) The payment of invoices;
(4) The use of petty cash;
(5) The use of electronic payments; and
(6) The use of facsimile signatures.
The policies adopted under subdivision a must include internal controls to safeguard school district moneys.Relates to the disbursement of moneys by a school district business manager.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAJU0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1228
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to the formula for calculating supplemental payments to high school districts; relates to property taxes, transportation levy, and high school tuition levy.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAIC0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1032
Source: StateNet |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Directs a study of education funding by the legislative council.
1. The legislative council shall study enhanced funding for elementary and secondary
education and methods, including sales tax, income tax, and tax exemptions, by which the
state's reliance on property taxes to fund elementary and secondary education could be
reduced.
2. The legislative council shall report its findings and recommendations, together with any
legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the sixtieth legislative assembly.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FBPH0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2404
Source: StateNet |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to the power of school boards to lease equipment, furniture, supplies and textbooks; and dismiss district personnel.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FARU0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2226
Source: StateNet |
Health |
To governor 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Changes what each public and nonpublic high school must make available to each student In order to be approved by the superintendent of public instruction from one-half unit of health and one-half unit of physical education during each school year, to just one-half unit of health and one-half unit of physical education.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAKI0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1048
Source: StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to students' possession and self-administration of medication for the treatment of asthma and anaphylaxis
Title: S.B. 2163
Source: StateNet |
Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Allows a parent of a child with a developmental disability to continue to supervise home education (deleted provision that prohibited home education for students with developmental disabilities -- except for those with autism.)
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAOD0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1265
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
P-3 |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Any person or school district operating an
early childhood education program may request approval of the program from the superintendent of
public instruction. The superintendent shall approve an early childhood education program if the
program:
1. Is taught by individuals who are licensed to teach in early childhood education by the
education standards and practices board;
2. Follows a developmentally appropriate curriculum; and
3. Is in compliance with all municipal and state health, fire, and safety requirements.
Per student funding will not be provided to individuals or school districts offering a prekindergarten
program.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FBJE0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2260
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to applicants for State scholarships; relates to test scores.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAKK0200.pdf
Title: S.B. 2064
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 2 of section 15-62.2-02 of the North Dakota Century
Code is amended and reenacted as follows:
2. Determine the amount of individual grants, but not to exceed one thousand
dollars per recipient per academic year under the North Dakota student financial
assistance program.
Title: S.B. 2077
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Concerns free higher education tuition and fees for dependents of veterans and survivors of firefighters and peace officers.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FQOL0400.pdf
Title: S.B. 2079
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Concerns the definition of resident student for tuition purposes.
Adds that a "resident student" for tuition purposes includes: A child, spouse, widow, or widower of a veteran as defined in section 37-01-40 who was killed in action or died from wounds or other service-connected causes, was totally disabled as a result of service-connected causes, died from service-connected disabilities, was a prisoner of war, or was declared missing in action.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FQOI0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2076
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to loans for part-time students and loan guarantee funds.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FBFV0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1360
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to tuition waivers for dependents of veterans who were killed in action or died from wounds or other service-connected causes, was totally disabled as a result of service-connected causes, died from service-connected disabilities, was a prisoner of ward, or was declared missing in action.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FBEC0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1271
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
The state board of higher education shall create a policy for all institutions under its control, relating to the assessment of faculty and teaching assistant communication skills, including the ability to speak English clearly and with good pronunciation, the notification to students of opportunities to file complaints, the process for responding to student complaints, and the resolution of reported communication problems. Before July 1, 2006, the state board of higher education shall report to the legislative council regarding implementation of the policy.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FBGB0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1364
Source: StateNet |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to reconfiguration of instructional days by school districts.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAIM0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2066
Source: StateNet |
Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Provides for forwarding of special education per student payments to whichever program is providing the services to the student. The superintendent of public instruction is to forward any per student payments, payable on behalf of that student, directly to the school district of
residence for purposes of calculating per student payments in which the student receives such services. Applies additionally to programs such as summer schools. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAJT0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1237
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
The board of a school district may provide a stipend to a student teacher assigned to a school in the district.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAMQ0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1232
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Requirements for providing notice of contract renewal or nonrenewal do not apply to teachers and administrators hired after January first. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FBFF0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1358
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Rule Adoption 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding initial licenses, distance learning instructor - definition - qualifications - licensure, two-year and five-year renewals, professional development for license renewal, multicultural education and native american studies, and reentry.
Title: NDAC 67.1-02-02-, -04, -05, -07, -09
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality |
Rule Adoption 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding organization of the education standards and practices board. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/information/acdata/pdf/67.1-01-01.pdf
Title: NDAC 67.1-01-01-01 thru -03
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality |
Rule Adoption 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding interim licenses for teacher shortages. Addresses interim licenses for substitute teachers, provisional licenses, interim reciprocal licensure, trade, industry, technical, and health occupations interim license, interim licensure clinical practice option, and interim licensure of applicants with a bachelor's degree from a teacher education program approved by another jurisdiction.
Title: NDAC 67.1-02-04-01, -02 thru -08
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 05/2004 |
P-12 |
Repeals rules regarding instructional personnel - curriculum or instructional area director, secondary school teacher qualifications; specific subject area preparation. Addresses Middle Level or Junior High School Teacher Qualifications - general preparation; Elementary School Teacher Qualifications - general preparation and specific subject preparation. NORTH DAKOTA REG 3834 (SN)
Title: Repeals NDAC 67-19-01-23 thru -29
Source: StateNet |
Governance |
Rule Adoption 12/2003 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding organization of the department of public instruction. Address history, superintendent, administrative units, divisions, and inquiries and contact information. NORTH DAKOTA REG 3675 (SN)
Title: 67-01-01-01, -02
Source: StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Rule Adoption 12/2003 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding minimum standards required. Addresses all public school buses operated in North Dakota must meet the minimum body and chassis standards established or referenced in this chapter. NORTH DAKOTA REG 3678 (SN)
Title: 67-12-01-01
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 12/2003 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding definitions, certificate of completion required, issuing agency, certificate of completion standards, verification process - exclusion, effective dates, reconsideration, and use of federal rules and policies. NORTH DAKOTA REG 3676 (SN)
Title: 67-11-14-00.1, -01, -02, -03, -04, -05, -06, -07
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding credential standards. Addresses an applicant for a special education strategist credential must meet the standards set out in this section. Regards the documentation on each standard must be verified by the department before a special education strategist credential is issued. NORTH DAKOTA REG 3688 (SN)
Title: NDAC 67-11-16-03
Source: StateNet |
Demographics |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
School district demographics - Long-term planning process.
1. Between January first and June thirtieth of every even-numbered year, the board of each school district is to invite the public to participate in a planning process addressing the effects that demographics might have on the district in the ensuing three-year and five-year periods, and specifically addressing potential effects on: a. Academic and extracurricular programs; b. Instructional and administrative staffing; c. Facility needs and utilization; and d. District tax levies.
2. At the conclusion of the planning process, the board is to prepare a report, publish a notice in the official newspaper of the district indicating that the report is available, and make the report available upon request. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/special-session/bill_text/DBOP0500.pdf
Title: S.B. 2421 (First of Four New Sections)
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/special-session |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
The board of a school district may carryover moneys to the ensuing fiscal year to meet the cash requirements of all funds or purposes to which the credit of the school district may be legally extended. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2003, and ending on December 31, 2007, the amount carried over by a school district may not exceed fifty percent of the current annual budget for all purposes other than debt retirement and amounts financed from bond sources plus twenty thousand dollars. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, the amount carried over by a school district may not exceed forty-five percent of the current annual budget for all purposes
other than debt retirement and amounts financed from bond sources plus twenty thousand dollars. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/special-session/bill_text/DBOP0500.pdf
Title: S.B. 2421 (Fourth of Four New Sections)
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/special-session/ |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Beginning July 2, 2003, a high school district may not become an elementary district. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/special-session/bill_text/DBOP0500.pdf
Title: S.B. 2421 (Second of Four New Sections)
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/special-session/ |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
If school districts participating in joint powers agreements wish to receive reimbursement for expenses, as provided in section 19 of this Act, the school districts must request that the superintendent of public instruction approve their joint powers agreement. In order for the superintendent of public instruction to approve a joint powers agreement, the superintendent shall determine and annually verify that:
1. a. The participating school districts are contiguous; and b. (1) The total land mass of the participating school districts exceeds 4000 square miles [1035995 hectares];
(2) The total land mass of the participating school districts exceeds two thousand 500 square miles [647497 hectares] and the participating school districts number at least six; or
(3) The total land mass of the participating school districts exceeds 2500 square miles [1035995 hectares] and the total number of students
in average daily membership in the participating school districts exceeds 2500.
2. The joint powers agreement provides that a school district contiguous to any school district
already participating in the joint powers agreement may become a participant in the
agreement at any time.
Also adds specific provisions concerning joint powers. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/special-session/bill_text/DBOP0500.pdf
Title: S.B. 2421 (Third of Four New Sections)
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/special-session |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Adds new section: 15.1-18 to address elementary and secondary teacher qualifications. Elementary teachers 1. Must be licensed to teach by the education standards and practices board and a. Have a major in elementary education; or b. Have a major equivalency in elementary education. 2. To teach any grade from one through three in an elementary school, must be licensed to teach by the education standards and practices board and: a. Have a major in early childhood education; or b. Have a major equivalency in early childhood education.
3. In order to teach any grade from one through eight in a self-contained classroom, must be licensed to teach by the education standards and practices board and: a. Have a major in elementary education; or b. Have a major equivalency in elementary education.
Middle school teacher qualifications. In order to teach any grade from five through eight in a middle school, must be licensed to teach by the education standards and practices board and: 1. Have a major in middle level education, with content in the areas taught by the individual and defined by the education standards and practices board as core academic areas; 2. Have a major equivalency in middle level education, with content in the areas taught by the individual and defined by the education standards and practices board as core academic
areas; or 3. Have a major, a major equivalency, a minor, or a minor equivalency in each area taught by the individual and not defined by the education standards and practices board as a core academic area.
To teach grades 7-12, an individual must be licensed to teach by the education standards and practices board and must: 1. Have a major in the areas taught by the individual and defined by the education standards and practices board as core academic areas; 2. Have a major equivalency in the areas taught by the individual and defined by the educational standards and practices board as core academic areas; or 3. Have a major, a major equivalency, a minor, or a minor equivalency in each area taught by the individual and not defined by the education standards and practices board as a core academic area.
A specialty teacher (art, business education, computer education, a foreign language, music, physical education, and special education) at any grade level from 1-8, may teach provided the individual:
a. Is licensed to teach by the education standards and practices board;
b. Is approved to teach in that area by the education standards and practices board; and
c. Meets all requirements set forth in rule by the superintendent of public instruction.
2. An individual may teach Native American languages provided the individual is an
eminence credentialed teacher.
3. An individual may teach in the areas of trade, industry, technical occupations, or health
occupations, provided the individual has been issued a license to teach in such areas by
the education standards and practices board.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DBGS0700.pdf
Title: H.B. 1489
Source: North Dakota Legislature Web Site |
Assessment |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to assessment of public school students in reading, mathematics and science. From the Fiscal Note: SB 2065 requires the state to develop and implement state assessments in reading/English language arts, mathematics, and science in identified grades as established by a specified schedule. The fiscal impact from SB 2065 falls entirely on the state. School districts are responsible for the administration of the state assessments within their proscribed instructional periods; therefore, there are no additional costs that impact local schools.
Costs associated with the development and implementation of the state assessments include: the development of state content standards, the development of state achievement standards, the alignment of state content standards with test items; the development of future test items, the administration of the actual assessments to students; the scoring of student tests; the establishment of achievement cut scores related to the state achievement standards; the printing and dissemination of reports to students, schools, districts, and the state; the development of school and district Report Cards and Profiles; the use of student data analysis and reporting applications, and associated professional development and technical assistance to schools. A state advisory committee has concurred with the Department of Public Instruction's identification of these development and administration activities. Listed below is an outline of the projected costs associated with the state assessment program.
Activity 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
Standards Development: 350,000 275,000 50,000 50,000 350,000
Assessment Development: 800,000 2,480,000 3,310,000 4,150,000 3,950,000
State Accountability Initiatives: 1,500,000 1,050,000 950,000 300,000 300,000
Total 2,650,000 3,805,000 4,310,000 4,500,000 4,600,000
These projections may vary depending on the final determination of contract negotiations, unanticipated costs or
savings, schedule delays or postponements, or other associated project activities. Fiscal Note: http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/fiscal_notes/DQVU0500.pdf; bill text: http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_actions/BA2065.html
Title: S.B. 2065
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to reports made to the county superintendent of schools and the Superintendent of Public Instruction; regards students in average daily membership and apportioned funds. On or before June thirtieth of each year, the school board must certify to the superintendent of public instruction, in the form and manner prescribed by the superintendent, the students in average daily membership for the recently completed school year. The superintendent shall notify the school district of any student average daily membership that is disallowed. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DQVQ0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1166
Source: StateNet |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Vetoed 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns school district per student payments and weighting factors, supplemental payments and teacher compensation.
Title: S.B. 2154
Source: StateNet |
Leadership |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
1. Before September eleventh of each year, each school district is requried to report the following information to the superintendent of public instruction, with respect to each teacher and class of teachers and with respect to each administrator and class of administrators:
a. The number of days each was employed during the preceding school year.
b. The base salaries.
c. The amount of compensation provided for extended contracts.
d. The amount of compensation provided for cocurricular activities.
e. The amount expended for contract buyouts.
f. The amount of compensation provided in lieu of salaries.
g. The amount paid for signing bonuses.
h. The amount of compensation provided for substitute teaching and workload
adjustment.
i. The amount of compensation provided for any other purposes. j. The amount expended for health insurance benefits.
k. The amount expended for dental, vision, and cancer insurance benefits.
l. The amount expended for life and long-term disability insurance benefits.
m. The amount of retirement contributions and assessments, including individual shares
if paid by the district.
n. The district's share of Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes.
o. The amount of dues or membership fees paid by the district.
p. Any other benefits provided by the district.
2. In addition to the requirements of subsection 1, each school district must also indicate: a. Whether each teacher and administrator is employed on a full-time or a part-time basis. b. The number of days used to determine the base salary of each teacher and administrator.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DBBJ0500.pdf
Title: H.B. 1295
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly |
No Child Left Behind |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Creates an investigating committee regarding implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The legislative council is to appoint a select committee consisting of five members of the senate and six members of the house of representatives for the purpose of investigating
the adoption of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, its rationale, the promulgation of any federal regulations implementing the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the direct and indirect impact of the Act and its regulations on the school districts of this state, and the financial impact of the Act and its regulations on the budget of this state and on the taxpayers of this state. When an agency files a notice of proposed rulemaking with the office of the legislative council on any matter governed by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the agency shall provide a copy of the notice to the chairman of the committee. The chairman shall convene the committee within sixty days of receiving the notice, or as soon thereafter as practicable, for the purpose of receiving a presentation by the agency regarding the nature and scope of the proposed rules and for the purpose of receiving presentations by members of the public regarding the nature and scope of the proposed rules. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DBNR0600.pdf
Title: S.B. 2418
Source: |
No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
A student's parent may apply to a contiguous school district for admission of the student at any time during the school year if: a. The student was a victim of violence occurring within the school in which the student was enrolled and the violence was documented; b. The superintendent of public instruction has declared the school in which the student was enrolled to be an unsafe school; or c. The superintendent of public instruction has identified the school in which the student was enrolled as one that requires program improvement for six consecutive years.
2. The school district receiving an application under subsection 1 shall review the application to ensure compliance with the provisions of subsection 1 and shall notify the student's parent and the student's school district of residence of the arrangements for the student's transfer within five days from the date the application was received. 3. The student's school district of residence shall consider the student transferred as of the date of enrollment by the admitting district. 4. Upon transfer of a student under this section, the board of the admitting district and the
board of the student's school district of residence shall enter into a tuition agreement. The student's school district of residence shall reimburse the admitting district for all costs incurred by the admitting district in providing education for the student. The sending district absorbs transportation costs. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DRAA0500.pdf
Title: H.B. 1086
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
P-3 Ensuring Quality |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board to issue major equivalency endorsements and minor equivalency endorsements (new requirement). Also adds new requirement for early childhood by requiring the education standards and practices board to issue an optional early childhood education teaching license or endorsement to an applicant who meets the requirements set by the board. Deletes prior requirements and replaces them with provision that preK and kindergarten teachers must be licensed to teach by the education standards and practices board. Also must:
1. Have a major in elementary education and a kindergarten endorsement;
2. Have a major equivalency in elementary education and a kindergarten endorsement;
3. Have a major in elementary education and an early childhood education endorsement;
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4. Have a major equivalency in elementary education and an early childhood education
endorsement;
5. Have a major in early childhood education; or
6. Have a major equivalency in early childhood education.
Title: H.B. 1489
Source: North Dakota Legislature Web Site |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec. |
Relates to the issuance, manufacture, and use of false academic degrees or certifications; provides a penalty.
Title: H.B. 1068
Source: StateNet |
Religion |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Allows the display of the national motto "In God We Trust" in schools. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DBBK0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1325
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Appropriates out of any moneys in the general fund, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $50,000, or so much of the sum as may be
necessary, to the superintendent of public instruction for the purpose of completing the data envelopment analysis project, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2005. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DADF0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2032
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to approve all credentialing for teachers and administrators. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_actions/BA1079.html
Title: H.B. 1079
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
AN ACT to provide for national certification of teachers; and to provide an appropriation. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DQOU0600.pdf
Title: S.B. 2135
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Before October 1 of each year, districts must report a separate list of the professional development activities in which the district participated during the preceding school year; and the amount of time committed to the activities. (This is is addition to already-established reporting requirements: The amount and source of funds that were made available to the district for professional development during the preceding school year; the amount and source of funds that were expended by the district for professional development during the preceding school year.) http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DBBI0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1296
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the funding formula for educating English language learners. Ratchets up the amount of funding as English skills improve, ranging from a multiple of 10 for the lowest proficiencies to a multiple of 4 for students with higher proficiency in English. Requires districts to assess each eligible student using a proficiency test that is aligned to the state English language proficiency standards and the state language proficiency test. Also requires districts to describe its English language learner program and report the result of the district's annual student assessment. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DBFK0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1383
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
The legislative council shall consider studying, during the 2003-04 interim, the criteria by which a student's school district of residence is established and whether that criteria correctly assigns both benefits and responsibilities to the appropriate school districts. The legislative council shall report its findings and recommendations, together with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the fifty-ninth legislative assembly.
Title: H.B. 1155
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
A school board may not charge a fee for textbooks or other items necessary for completion of a specific course required for grade advancement or graduation. Does allow student fees for the use of musical instruments. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_index/BI2169.html
Title: S.B. 2169
Source: StateNet |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Allows districts to compensate school board members and removes the cap of $1,000 annually.
Title: H.B. 1259
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to a cross-reference to a school board nepotism statute; relates to the employment of teachers related to school board members.
Title: S.B. 2372
Source: StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Adds chickenpox to the list of required inoculations for home- schooled children, private schools, day care, child care facilities, head start programs and nursery schools. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DBKK0200.pdf
Title: S.B. 2289
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
High School |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
A high school diploma may be issued by a home-schooled child's school district of residence, an approved nonpublic high school, or the North Dakota division of independent study provided the child, through home education, has completed at least twenty-one units of high school coursework from the minimum required curriculum offerings established by law for public and nonpublic schools and the child's parent or legal guardian submits to the issuing entity a description of the course material covered in each high school subject, a description of the course objectives and how the objectives were met, and a transcript of the child's performance in grades nine through twelve. The issuing entity may indicate on a diploma issued under this subsection that the child was provided with home education. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DAEM0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1033
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
High School |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends instructional time requirements for high school units to not apply to schools or school districts having block schedules approved
by the superintendent of public instruction. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DAUF0200.pdf
Title: S.B. 2177
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
No Child Left Behind |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Whenever the superintendent of public instruction determines that any bill or amendment under consideration by an interim committee of the legislative council or by a standing committee or a conference committee of the legislative assembly contains a provision required by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 [Pub. L. 107-110; 115 Stat. 1425; 20 U.S.C. 6301, et seq.] or by federal regulations promulgated to implement
that Act, the superintendent shall provide the members of the appropriate committee with the specific language of the No Child Left Behind Act which sets forth the requirement, together with the statutory citation for that language, or the specific language of the federal regulations which sets forth the requirement, together with the citation for the regulations. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DBNM0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2414
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
Postsec. |
Spells out student ranking provisions as they relate to the student financial assistance and scholars programs. If two or more eligible students have the same composite scores, they must be ranked by the numeric sum of the four scale scores on the test of academic achievement administered by the American college testing program. If two or more eligible students have the same numeric sum of the four scale scores, they must be ranked by their high school class rank calculated on a percentile basis. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DADE0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2200
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Allows expulsion for possession of a weapon (non-firearm) in schools for up to 12 months. For possession of a firearm, expulsion must be for 12 months. Adds due process procedures. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DAKB0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1237
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr |
Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Definition of a student with disabilities includes a student aged 18 through 21 who is incarcerated in an adult correctional facility and who, in the last educational placement prior to incarceration, was identified as being a student with a disability and did not have an
individualized education program or was identified as being a student with a disability and had an individualized education program. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DQVO0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1080
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Allows school boards to pay signing bonuses for certain teachers.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/58-2003/bill-text/DATI0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1273
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly |
Technology |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the membership of the educational technology council to include a school district representative
who is appointed by the governor and who represents a small school district (under 400) and a school district representative (appointed by the governor) who is a teacher. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_index/BI1444.html
Title: H.B. 1444
Source: http://www.state.nd.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Rejected by voters 11/2002 |
Postsec. |
Creates a Bank of North Dakota administered program providing for partial reimbursement of student loan payments for employed North Dakota residents under thirty years of age who have graduated from accredited post-secondary schools. Reimbursements would be limited to $1,000 per eligible resident per year for not more than five years. The measure would also provide an income tax credit of up to $1,000 for employed North Dakota residents from twenty-one through twenty-nine years of age, for up to five years.
(http://www.state.nd.us/sec/Elections/2002ballot-measures.htm)
Title: Initiative/Statutory Measure 3
Source: North Dakota Secretary of State |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Active 10/2002 |
P-12 |
List of approved supplement service providers: http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/title1/targeted/general/list.shtm
Supplemental services application; deadline was 8/20/02): http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/news/rfp82002.pdf
Source: North Dakota Department of Public Instruction |
No Child Left Behind |
Active 06/2002 |
P-12 |
2002 Consolidated Plan (6/12/02): (http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/grants/DOEapp.pdf)
Source: North Dakota Department of Public Instruction |
Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Beginning during the second half of the 2001-02 school year and annually thereafter, the superintendent of public instruction shall administer to public school students a test that is aligned to the state content standards in reading and mathematics. This test must be administered to at least one grade level selected within each of the following grade spans: grades three through five; grades six through nine; and grades ten through twelve.
Title: H.B. 1293--One Component
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends 15.1-27-12. In addition to any other payments provided for by this chapter, each school district is
entitled to receive $425 for each student who has been assessed by the
student's school district and found to have negligible limited English language skills,
as evidenced by a classification of level I using the Woodcock-Munoz language
survey; $325 for each student who has been assessed by the student's school district and determined to have very limited English language skills, as evidenced by a classification of level II using the
Woodcock-Munoz language survey; and $225 for each student who has been assessed by the
student's school district and determined to have limited English language skills, as
evidenced by a classification of level III using the Woodcock-Munoz language survey.
Title: H.B. 1321
Source: North Dakota Legislative Web Site |
Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
On or before October first of each year, each school district is required to file a report with the state
superintendent indicating:
a. The amount and source of funds that were made available to the district for
professional development during the preceding school year;
b. The amount and source of funds that were expended by the district for professional
development during the preceding school year;
c. The number of district teachers who participated in professional development
activities during the preceding school year;
d. The source of funding for the professional development activities in which the
teachers participated during the preceding school year; and
e. The nature and scope of the professional development activities in which the teachers
participated.
Title: H. B. 1293--Professional Development Portion
Source: North Dakota Legislative Web Site |
Accountability--Accreditation |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Allows any school or school district to apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver
of any rule governing the accreditation of schools, provided the waiver encourages innovation, has
the potential to result in improved education opportunities or enhanced academic opportunities for students. Waivers may not exceed one year.
Title: S.B. 2166
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Establishes a youth smoking prevention commission; provides a community health grant program.
Title: S.B. 2380
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
One portion of the bill requires teachers to notify principals if they know of or have reason to believe that a student is using, in possession of, or delivering alcohol or a controlled substance while on school property or in a school-related activity.
Title: H.B. 1046
Source: North Dakota Legislative Web Site |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Any person having responsibility for a child between the ages of seven and sixteen years
shall ensure that the child is in attendance at a public school for the duration of each
school year. If a person enrolls a child of age six in a public school, the person shall ensure that the
child is in attendance at the public school for the duration of each school year. The person
may withdraw a child of age six from the public school. However, once the child is
withdrawn, the person may not reenroll the child until the following school year. This
subsection does not apply if the reason for the withdrawal is the child's relocation to
another school district.
Title: H.B. 1371
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
A school district participating in an open enrollment program may not give or offer to give a student remuneration, or directly or indirectly exert influence on the student or the student's family, in order to encourage participation in the open enrollment program. For purposes of this subsection, directly exerting influence means providing information about the school district to individuals who are not residents of that district unless the information is requested. If the members of the board of a school district believe that another school district has violated this subsection, the board may file a complaint with the superintendent of public instruction. Upon receipt of a complaint alleging a violation of this subsection, the superintendent of public instruction shall hold a hearing and accept testimony and evidence regarding the complaint. If the superintendent finds that a school district has violated this subsection, the superintendent may withhold some or all of the transportation aid payments to which the district would be otherwise entitled for a
period of one year from the date of the finding. A decision by the superintendent under this subsection is appealable to the state board of public school education. A decision by the state board of public school education is final.
Title: S.B. 2106
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to the authority of school district boards to establish student financial institutions operated as part of a high school educational program; permits the institution to lend money, cash checks and take deposits; provides for the fee for establishing a student banking facility.
Title: S.B. 2231, 2230
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to the amount set per student as part of the funding formula. Also, establishes school district employee compensation report. Requires districts beginning in 2002, to provide the following information to the superintendent of public instruction, with respect to teachers and with respect to administrators:
a. The total amount of base salary; b. The total amount of compensation reportable as gross income under the Internal Revenue Code; c. Any other compensation paid or provided to or on behalf of individuals employed as teachers and as administrators; d. Health insurance benefits paid to or on behalf of individuals employed as teachers and as administrators; e. Retirement contributions and assessments paid on behalf of individuals employed as teachers and as administrators, and including individual shares if paid by the district.relates to compensation of teachers and a school district compensation report; provides contingent payments for declining enrollment and the distribution of differing payment amounts. In addition, bill allows for declining enrollment.
f. Any other benefits paid or provided to or on behalf of individuals employed as
teachers and as administrators.
Title: H.B. 1344
Source: North Dakota Legislative Web Site |
Leadership |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to elementary and secondary education provisions addressed in the creation of North Dakota Century Code; relates to administration, boards, teacher licenses; school guidance and counseling services; special education; vocational and technology education; school finance; transportation.
Title: H.B. 1045
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
Postsec. |
Amends state statute to formally designate North Dakota University System (NDUS) colleges and universities as a unified system dedicated to meeting the education, research and service needs of the state and its citizens. The bill also provides for incorporating recommendations of the Roundtable Report into the NDUS' strategic planning process and requires the university system to provide annual performance and accountability reports.
Title: S.B. 2041
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
Postsec. |
Updates statutes defining State Board of Higher Education (SBHE) powers and duties. Allows the board to go into executive session when considering the appointment or removal of a chancellor of higher education, as it currently may do in regard to an institution president. Allows the board to appoint and/or remove the commissioner, fix his/her salary and duties. Grants the power to appoint/remove university system personnel and fix their salaries, office terms and duties. Grants authority to the SBHE to adopt rules that promote research and discoveries.
Title: S.B. 2042
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Religion |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools and public school buildings and events.
Title: S.B. 2177
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Religion |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to religious and secular speech in schools and repeals section relating to periods of silence during a school day.
Title: H.B. 1437
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to records of a school law enforcement unit; relates to court and law enforcement records of a juvenile.
Title: H.B. 1267
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
"Student with disabilities" means an individual who is at least three years of age but who
has not reached the age of twenty-one before September first of the year in which the
individual turns twenty-one and who because of mental, physical, emotional, or learning
characteristics requires regular or special education and related services designed to meet
the individual's educational needs. The term includes an individual mental retardation,
hearing impairment, deafness, deafness-blindness, a speech or language impairment, a
visual impairment, emotional disturbance, an orthopedic impairment, or autism, and an
individual who has a specific learning disability, a traumatic brain injury, or other health
impairment. The term does not include an individual who is at least eighteen but not yet
twenty-one years of age and incarcerated in an adult correction facility unless, in the
individual's last educational placement prior to incarceration, the individual was identified
as being a student with a disability and had an individualized education program or
services plan.
Title: H.B. 1142
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends 15.1-13-02 --changing the membership of the Education Standards and Practices Board from nine to ten members. 1. The governor shall appoint to the education standards and practices board:
Four individuals who are public school classroom teachers; one individual who is a nonpublic school classroom teacher; two individuals who are school board member members; two individuals who are administrators; and one dean of a college of education or chairman of a department of education.
2. The superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee shall serve as a
nonvoting ex officio member.
Title: H.B. 1326
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to special education credentials and mental retardation credential; provides an expiration date.
Title: H.B. 1465
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to definitions, annuities, participation by retired members who have resumed teaching, and confidentiality of records under the Teacher's Fund for Retirement.
Title: H.B. 1101
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Enacts a loan forgiveness program for teachers in shortage areas identified by the state superintendent. To be eligible, students must have been admitted as a full-time student in a teacher preparation program, with the declared intention to teach at grade level or content area in which a shortage exits. Can receive up to $1,000 per year, to a maximum of $5,000. Opon notification that individual has completed a full year of teaching, funds are distributed to pay outstanding loan principal balances.
Title: H.B. 1444
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to retired teachers returning to teaching under the Teachers' Fund for Retirement.
Title: S.B. 2180
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Technology |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Relates to the establishment, powers, and duties of an educational technology council; relates to the administration of the division of independent study and the appointment of members of the educational telecommunications council; relates to the educational telecommunications council.
Title: S.B. 2251
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Allows fingerprint checks to be done by a law enforcement officer or a properly trained designee of a
law enforcement officer.
Title: H.B. 1225
Source: North Dakota Legislative Web Site |
Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
Signed by Governor 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Requires the legislative council shall consider studying the delivery of a core curriculum to each elementary and high school student in this state and the feasibility and desirability of providing total state funding solely for the delivery of a core curriculum. The legislative council shall report its findings and recommendations, together with any legislation required to implement its recommendations, to the fifty-eighth legislative assembly.
Title: S.B. 2324
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
The legislative council shall consider studying the state and local tax structure for funding of elementary and secondary education to determine the feasibility and desirability of enhanced state funding to school districts for delivery of core curriculum instruction, the equity of the existing degree of reliance on property tax revenues for elementary and secondary education funding, and whether improved efficiency is attainable in delivery of elementary and secondary education services. The legislative council shall report its findings and recommendations, together with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the
fifty-eighth legislative assembly.
Title: S.B. 2428
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
Postsec. |
The bill removes the requirement that a person seeking resident tuition by virtue of his/her guardian or parent's residency be less than eighteen years of age. The parent or guardian must be a legal resident of the state and have resided in North Dakota for twelve months. Previously, any student who graduated from a North Dakota high school would satisfy the requirements for resident tuition. The bill limits that scope to students who have graduated from a North Dakota high school within six years of beginning of the academic term. The bill grants resident tuition status to spouses and dependents of employees who work for any institution of higher education of the state. Prior to the bill, only spouses and dependents of an instructor who lives and teaches in North Dakota institution of higher education would qualify for resident tuition.
Title: S.B. 2136
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
Postsec. |
Relates to the authorization and incorporation of private postsecondary educational institutions.
Title: H.B. 1068
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
If an individual has been licensed to teach in North Dakota for a period of thirty years, the education standards and practices board shall grant the individual lifetime licensure. Nothing in this section precludes the board from taking any action against an individual's lifetime license if the board determines that the action is warranted under this chapter.
Title: S.B. 2412
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |