Title 15.1 — Elementary and Secondary Education
44 chapters · 615 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-01 Definitions
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As used in this chapter: 1. "Major life activities" include learning, walking, talking, breathing, and caring for oneself. 2. "Related services" means transportation and developmental and corrective or supportive services required to assist a student with disabilities to benefit …
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-02 Coordination of special education policies and programs
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The superintendent of public instruction shall establish, within the provisions of this chapter, general state policy regarding special education and shall endeavor to ensure a cooperative special education program coordinating all available services. The superintendent of public…
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-03 Interagency cooperative agreements - Development and implementation
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The superintendent of public instruction shall develop and implement interagency agreements with the department of corrections and rehabilitation, the department of health and human services, and other public and private entities to maximize the state resources available for fulf…
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-04 Institutions not supervised by public school authorities - Rules
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The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules governing special education programs in institutions that are supported in whole or in part by the state, but which are not supervised by public school authorities. The rules must be similar to those established for the d…
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-05 Special education - Cooperation among agencies
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The superintendent of public instruction and the department of health and human services shall cooperate in planning and coordinating early intervention programs for individuals under the age of three.
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-06 Director of special education
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The superintendent of public instruction shall employ a qualified director of special education and any necessary assistants.
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-07 Director of special education - Assistance to school districts
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The director of special education shall assist school districts with the development and administration of special education programs.
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-08 School districts - Provision of special education
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Each school district shall provide special education and related services as a single district, as a member of a multidistrict special education unit in accordance with chapter 15.1-33, or as a participating district in a regional education association under chapter 15.1-09.1. Ea…
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-09 Superintendent of public instruction - Rules
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The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules for the provision of special education to students with disabilities and for the administration of this chapter.
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-10 Gifted students
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A school district may provide special education to students who are gifted.
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-11 School district records - Students with disabilities
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Each school district shall make and keep current a record of all students with disabilities who are residents of the district. 15.1-32-12. Multidisciplinary teams - Individualized education programs - Services plans. If a school district has evidence of a student's disability, th…
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-13 Related services - Insurance options - School district responsibility
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Each school district shall obtain parental consent before accessing any family insurance options, whether public or private, to pay for the cost of determining a student's medically related disability and to pay for the provision of related services to the student, provided there…
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-14 High-cost students
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1. If in the opinion of an individualized education program team or a services plan team a student with a disability or a student with a significant medical condition is unable to attend a public school in the student's school district of residence, the student's school district …
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-16 Transportation services
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If a student's individualized education program or services plan requires the provision of transportation services, the student's school district of residence shall provide the services by any reasonably prudent means, including a regularly scheduled schoolbus, public transit, co…
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-17 Extended educational program
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A student with disabilities is entitled to an educational program that extends beyond the normal school calendar if the student's individualized education program team or services team determines that regression would be caused by an interruption in the student's educational prog…
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-19 Boarding care costs - Reimbursement of school district
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The superintendent of public instruction shall reimburse a student's school district of residence an amount equal to eighty percent of the room and board costs paid by the district for a student with disabilities who is placed in a facility that is located either within or outsid…
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-20 School district financing - Levy
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Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 137, § 38.
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-21 Federal aid for special education
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1. The superintendent of public instruction may apply for, receive, and administer federal aid available for the provision of special education services to students. 2. The superintendent may expend any federal aid received in the administration of this chapter within the limits …
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-21.1 Postsecondary transitional grant program - Students
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The superintendent of public instruction shall provide integrated formula payments to postsecondary transitional programs for eligible students enrolled in a postsecondary transitional program within the state at the rate provided under section 15.1-27-04.1. For purposes of this …
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-22 Right to educational services - Attorney's fees
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In any judicial proceeding to enforce the rights of an individual with disabilities to receive educational services, the court may award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to a prevailing parent or to the individual with disabilities.
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-23 Special education teachers - Credentialing process
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Repealed by S.L. 2017, ch. 129, § 8.
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-24 Noncategorical delay
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If an individual who is at least three years of age but less than ten years of age exhibits a developmental profile in which cognitive, fine motor, vision, hearing, communication, preacademic, socialization, or adaptive skill acquisitions are significantly below that of same-age …
N.D.C.C. § 15.1-32-25 Reading screening
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Repealed by S.L. 2023, ch. 169, § 4. 15.1-32-26. Dyslexia screening and intervention - Report to legislative management - Professional development. 1. For purposes of this section, "dyslexia" means a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin and characterized…