North DakotaHB 14982025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15-20.2-07 and 15.1-09-33.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of center boards and the authority of a school board to pay a first-year signing bonus for teachers; and to declare an emergency.

Sponsored By: Roger A. Maki (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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Career center staff can get signing bonuses

Effective upon enactment, North Dakota career and technology center boards can offer first-year signing bonuses; no amount is set. Employees must have Education Standards and Practices Board licensing or approval and a signed employment contract with the center board. They must not have been classroom teachers in North Dakota during the previous school year. The bonus is extra pay, separate from negotiated contract pay and excluded from the negotiated salary schedule. It does not count as salary for continuing-contract purposes.

School staff bonuses come with waiting rules

Effective upon enactment, North Dakota school boards can offer signing bonuses to employees licensed or approved by the Education Standards and Practices Board. Employees must sign a district employment contract and must never have held the newly assigned role in that district. Payment must wait until that board licenses and qualifies the employee for the role. Employees who held the same role in another North Dakota district the prior year must first work two years in the new district. Bonuses can be paid at signing or in installments over no more than five years, subject to those payment restrictions. No bonus amount is set. Bonuses are extra pay outside negotiated contract pay and salary schedules, and do not count as salary for continuing-contract purposes.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Roger A. Maki

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • David Monson

    Republican • House

  • David Richter

    Republican • House

  • Donald Schaible

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 218 • No: 12

House vote • 4/17/2025

Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 7, Emergency clause carried

Yes: 85 • No: 7

Senate vote • 4/4/2025

Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 1

Yes: 44 • No: 1

House vote • 2/6/2025

Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 4, Emergency clause carried

Yes: 89 • No: 4

Actions Timeline

  1. Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23

    4/25/2025House
  2. Signed by Governor 04/23

    4/24/2025House
  3. Sent to Governor

    4/22/2025House
  4. Signed by Speaker

    4/22/2025House
  5. Signed by President

    4/21/2025Senate
  6. Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 7, Emergency clause carried

    4/17/2025House
  7. Concurred

    4/17/2025House
  8. Returned to House (12)

    4/7/2025House
  9. Emergency clause carried

    4/4/2025Senate
  10. Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 1

    4/4/2025Senate
  11. Amendment adopted, placed on calendar

    4/4/2025Senate
  12. Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0

    4/3/2025Senate
  13. Committee Hearing 10:30

    3/20/2025Senate
  14. Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Workforce Development Committee

    2/13/2025Senate
  15. Received from House

    2/7/2025Senate
  16. Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 4, Emergency clause carried

    2/6/2025House
  17. Amendment adopted, placed on calendar

    2/5/2025House
  18. Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2

    2/4/2025House
  19. Committee Hearing 03:00

    1/29/2025House
  20. Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee

    1/20/2025House

Bill Text

  • Adopted by the House Education Committee

  • Adopted by the Senate Workforce Development Committee

  • Enrollment

  • FIRST ENGROSSMENT

  • FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments

  • INTRODUCED

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