Title 15, Education

1. If four or fewer school districts comprise an area career and technology center and if enrollment within the school district is insufficient to provide five members in accordance with section 15-20.2-04, the boards of the school district shall agree upon the number and manner …

The initial organizational meeting of a center board must be called and conducted by the chairman of the state board, and thereafter a center board shall meet monthly. Virtual area career and technology center boards shall meet at least quarterly. At the next meeting following th…

The powers and duties of a center board are as follows: 1. To supervise, manage, and control an area career and technology center established by the cooperating school districts pursuant to this chapter. 2. To provide career and technical education programs approved by the state …

1. A center board, for the purpose of paying any administrative, planning, operating, or capital expenses incurred or to be incurred, shall assess each: a. Participating school district a center membership fee based upon its high school enrollment as compared to the total high sc…

Funds which may be made available to the state board for distribution to area career and technology centers must be apportioned and distributed by the state board to the area career and technology centers to assist such centers in defraying the cost involved in maintaining and op…

The funds distributed to the area career and technology centers under the provisions of section 15-20.2-09 must be paid out of moneys appropriated to the state board for career and technical education, including federal funds allotted to the state to promote and attain the purpos…

After an area career and technology center has been established, any other school district may become a participant in the center and may be governed by the provisions of this chapter upon following a process similar to that pursued by the school districts originally forming the …

A school district board may request that the state board and the center board approve such school district as a participating district in an established area career and technology center upon approval of a resolution by the school district board. When such resolution has been ado…

A school district board may not proceed to obtain approval as a participating district in an area career and technology center if a petition for referendum of the question of said school district participating in an area career and technology center signed by twenty percent of th…

The procedure for withdrawal is the same as for joining as provided for in sections 15-20.2-11 through 15-20.2-13, except that when a participating district is unable to obtain an approval of withdrawal from the center board, or the state board, or both, the participating distric…

An established area career and technology center may be dissolved in accordance with rules and procedures adopted by the state board.

The state board is authorized and empowered to establish and adopt rules, regulations, standards, and procedures set forth in the state plan pertaining to the creation, operation, control, supervision, and approval of area career and technology centers.