Title 15.1, Elementary and Secondary Education

The superintendent of public instruction may contract with an agency of the federal government: 1. For and on behalf of the department of public instruction. 2. For and on behalf of a school district with the consent of the school district board.

The superintendent of public instruction shall provide for the preservation of all property that the superintendent acquires in an official capacity and which has educational interest and value or which records official acts by the superintendent. At the conclusion of the superin…

1. The superintendent of public instruction may lease surplus portions of real property, including buildings and improvements, owned by the state and administered by the superintendent of public instruction at North Dakota vision services - school for the blind and the school for…

The superintendent of public instruction shall implement a uniform system for the accounting, budgeting, and reporting of data for all school districts in the state and for all regional education associations governed by chapter 15.1-09.1. The superintendent of public instruction…

The superintendent of public instruction shall submit an annual report on the financial condition of school districts to the governor, legislative council, and the secretary of state by the end of February. The secretary of state shall transmit the report to the state archivist f…

The superintendent of public instruction shall make the annual school district finance facts report available to each member of the legislative assembly upon request. The superintendent shall provide eight copies of the report to the state library. The superintendent shall make t…

1. The superintendent of public instruction: a. May adopt rules governing the accreditation of public and nonpublic schools. Any rule adopted under this section must incorporate measures of student achievement and bear a direct relationship to improving student achievement. b. Ma…

Any rule adopted by the superintendent of public instruction in a manner other than that set forth in chapter 28-32 is ineffective after October 31, 1999. For purposes of this section, "rule" includes any regulation, standard, guideline, statement, or policy that has the effect o…

1. Before September eleventh of each year, each school district shall 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…

If the superintendent of public instruction receives any federal or other moneys to pay programmatic administrative expenses for which the superintendent received a state general fund appropriation, the superintendent shall transfer the moneys to the state tuition fund. This sect…

Whenever the superintendent of public instruction determines any bill or amendment under consideration by an interim committee of the legislative management or by a standing committee or a conference committee of the legislative assembly contains a provision required by the Every…

The superintendent of public instruction may adopt rules governing the issuance of: 1. Credentials for teachers of driver's education; 2. Credentials for teachers of early childhood special education; 3. Credentials for elementary school principals; 4. Credentials for teachers of…

For purposes of accreditation, the superintendent of public instruction may not establish teacher qualification requirements that exceed those established by the education standards and practices board.

The superintendent of public instruction shall create a process to reinstate and recertify title I credentials for individuals in the state who held a valid certification, issued by the department of public instruction, as of July 1, 2018, and continue the process in perpetuity. …

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 Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 [Pub. L. 114-95; 114 Stat. 1177; 20 U.S.C. 28 et seq.], the superinte…

The superintendent of public instruction and the department of health and human services jointly shall 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 progr…

1. Annually, the superintendent of public instruction shall accept nominations for the North Dakota teacher of the year award. 2. The superintendent of public instruction shall develop and publish the criteria by which all nominees must be considered and shall appoint an eight-me…

1. As used in this section, unless context otherwise requires: a. "Chronically low-performing district" means a school district for which auditing and monitoring has revealed a consistent mishandling of processes, reporting, or funds resulting in inadequate educational services f…

1. As used in this section: a. "Automated external defibrillator" means a lightweight, portable device capable of delivering an electric shock through an individual's chest to the individual's heart, which is used in the event of cardiac arrest to attempt to stop an irregular hea…

The superintendent of public instruction: 1. May collect regularly conducted assessments by school districts of each building located on school grounds in the state, including the interior and exterior of the building, doors, windows, fire sprinklers, fire protection systems, com…