In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Career and technical education" includes vocational education. 2. "Department" means the department of career and technical education, which consists of the director and other persons appointed or designated by the state board or the director to carry out the duties of the state board. 3. "Director" means the director of career and technical education. 4. "Regulations" means regulations made by the director with the approval of the state board. 5. "State board" means the state board for career and technical education.
15-20.1-02. State board for career and technical education - Director of career and technical education - Appointment, qualifications, assistants, duties. The state board for career and technical education consists of the members of the state board of public school education, the executive director of job service North Dakota, and the commissioner of higher education or the commissioner's designee. The state board shall oversee the department and appoint a director and executive officer of career and technical education who are charged with the administration, under the direction and supervision of the board, of the provisions of this chapter relating to career and technical education. The state board shall designate such assistants to the director as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The duties, terms of office, and compensation of the director and of the director's assistants must be determined by the state board. The director shall hold as a minimum a baccalaureate degree received from a recognized college or university. The director shall enforce such rules and regulations as the state board may adopt and shall prepare such reports concerning career and technical education as the state board may require.
15-20.1-03. Powers and duties of state board relating to career and technical education. The state board shall have all authority necessary to cooperate with the United States department of education or other department or agency of the United States of America in the administration of acts of Congress relating to career and technical education, including the following powers and duties: 1. To administer any legislation enacted by the legislative assembly of this state pursuant to or in conformity with acts of Congress relating to career and technical education. 2. To administer the funds provided by the federal government and by this state for the promotion of career and technical education and to contract with: a. Any public or private institution or agency, board of trustees of any agricultural and training school, or school district of this state; or b. Any public or private institution or agency, or political subdivision, of another state. 3. To formulate plans for the promotion of career and technical education in such subjects as are an essential and integral part of the public school system of education in this state. 4. To provide for the preparation of teachers. 5. To fix the compensation of such officers and assistants as may be necessary to administer the federal acts and the provisions of this chapter relating to career and technical education and to pay the same and other necessary expenses of administration from any funds appropriated for such purpose. 6. To make studies and investigations relating to career and technical education. 7. To promote and aid in the establishment of schools, departments, or classes, and to cooperate with local communities in the maintenance of career and technical education schools, departments, or classes.
8. To prescribe the qualifications and provide for the certification of teachers, directors, and supervisors. 9. To cooperate with governing bodies of school districts and with organizations and communities in the maintenance of classes for the preparation of teachers, directors, and supervisors of career and technical education, to maintain classes for such purposes under its own direction and control, and to establish and control, by general regulations, the qualifications to be possessed by persons engaged in the training of career and technical education teachers.
15-20.1-03.1. Postsecondary career and technical education reciprocity with Minnesota. The state board may enter into agreements with the Minnesota higher education coordinating board or with the governing board of any public postsecondary career and technical institute in that state to enable, on a reciprocal basis, any resident of North Dakota to attend an approved career and technical education program in Minnesota and to permit any resident of Minnesota to attend an approved career and technical education program in North Dakota without being required to pay nonresident tuition fees. For the purposes of this section, "approved career and technical education program" means any postsecondary career and technical program offered by a Minnesota area career and technical institute or a district-operated junior college in North Dakota. Any agreement made pursuant to this section may provide for the transfer of funds between the states and any payment to Minnesota by North Dakota must be within the limitations of the payment due North Dakota from Minnesota under the authority contained in chapter 15-10.1. Any payment to North Dakota by Minnesota must be deposited in the state's general fund.
15-20.1-04. Acceptance of benefits of federal acts in career and technical education - Cooperation with federal government. The state of North Dakota hereby accepts all of the provisions and benefits of the acts of Congress to assist states to maintain, extend, and improve existing programs and develop new programs in career and technical education.