1. A school district shall permanently retain the minutes of each school board meeting. 2. Unless otherwise provided by law, a school district shall retain payroll records and records of revenues and expenditures for a period of five years. 3. A school district may consult with the state archivist before disposing of records in order to determine whether the records may have any archival value.
15.1-07-25.3. Protection of student data - School district policy. (Effective through June 30, 2026) 1. The board of each school district shall adopt a policy regarding the protection of student data. 2. The policy must require that permission be obtained from the board before any student data is shared with an individual who is not a school district employee or shared with any other entity. This provision does not apply to the sharing of data with a student's parent or to the sharing of data, if required by law. 3. The policy must require the school district superintendent to compile: a. A list of all individuals with whom, and entities with which, student data is shared; and b. A list, by title, of all school district personnel who have access to student data. 4. A school district shall make copies of the policy available upon request. Protection of student data - School district policy. (Effective after June 30, 2026) 1. The board of a school district shall adopt a policy regarding the protection of student data. 2. The policy must: a. Require that permission be obtained from the board before student data is shared with an individual who is not a school district employee or any other entity. This provision does not apply to sharing data with a student's parent or as otherwise authorized by law. b. Permit a school district to share student data with the state entity managing a student information system if the school district and the state entity have entered a data sharing agreement, subject to federal and state privacy laws. The data sharing agreement must include a clause that designates the department as an authorized representative of the school district under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 [20 U.S.C. 1232G] and title 34 Code of Federal Regulations part 99 for purposes of the statewide longitudinal data system. 3. The policy must require the school district superintendent to compile: a. A list of individuals with whom and entities with which student data is shared; and b. A list, by title, of school district personnel who have access to student data. 4. A school district shall make copies of the policy available upon request.
15.1-07-25.4. Virtual learning - School district policy - Report to legislative management and legislative assembly. 1. The board of a school district or governing board of a nonpublic school that operates a physical school plant may adopt a policy to allow students to engage in virtual instruction and in the case of a school district, qualify for average daily membership in the district. 2. A resident school district may not deny open enrollment to an approved virtual school. 3. A student or a student's family member may not receive any item, service, or thing of value not given in exchange for fair market consideration from a vendor providing instruction or support under this section.
4. The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules governing policies under this section. 5. A policy adopted by a school district under this section: a. Must comply with the rules adopted by the superintendent of public instruction. b. May require registration for virtual instruction to coincide with the school district course registration schedule and deadlines. c. May require that students meet prerequisites to ensure readiness for sequential virtual courses. d. Must require the school district to pay for a virtual instruction course if the school district does not offer the course and obtaining the course credit would contribute to the student meeting high school graduation requirements in time to graduate within the usual time frame. e. May establish the minimum number of courses a student is required to take onsite, whether virtual or in person. The policy may not unreasonably restrict student access to virtual school options and must comply with laws and administrative rules applicable to onsite students, as distinguished from virtual academy students. f. May grant discretion to the school district to determine whether to pay for a virtual instruction course retake. 6. The superintendent of public instruction shall provide an annual report to either the legislative management or the legislative assembly. In odd-numbered years, the report must be made to the legislative assembly. In even-numbered years, the report must be made to the legislative management. The annual report must: a. Contain a comparison of the academic performance of students participating in virtual instruction against students not participating in virtual instruction under this section; and b. Use the statewide prekindergarten through grade twelve strategic vision framework goals. 7. If the superintendent of public instruction does not have access to academic performance reports of a school district's virtual instruction subgroup because of the low group size, the district shall provide the annual report required under this section for the district's comparison data. 8. Students enrolled in an approved virtual school do not generate school district sized weighting factors pursuant to section 15.1-27-03.2.