Title 15.1, Elementary and Secondary Education

The reorganization plan required by section 15.1-12-09 may propose the inclusion of up to ten mills as a building fund levy. If the reorganization plan is approved by a majority of electors residing within the boundaries of the proposed new district, the building fund levy become…

An elementary school in existence at the time a reorganization becomes effective may be closed upon approval of the board. Unless otherwise directed by the superintendent of public instruction, a school closed under this section may be reopened only upon resolution of the school …

A reorganization plan takes effect on the first day of July following its approval by the voters. Within thirty days from the effective date of the reorganization, personnel from school districts incorporated in whole or in part into a reorganized district shall turn over to the …

The reorganizing school districts shall contact job service North Dakota for its estimation of the new reorganized school district's potential obligation to job service North Dakota for reimbursement of unemployment compensation benefits that could potentially be paid by job serv…

The board of a reorganized district may sell or move a school building located in the district. If a petition calling for the sale of a school building is signed by a majority of the qualified electors residing within the boundaries of a former school district now wholly located …

If the electors reject a reorganization plan, the cost of the election must be borne by each school district that had real property included in the proposed district. The percentage of the total cost for which each district is obligated is the same as the percentage that the dist…

1. All provisions of a reorganization plan, except those relating to boundaries and geographic voting areas, may be changed upon the concurrence of a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question. The question may be placed before the voters at a regular or special el…

1. Beginning five years after the effective date of the reorganization, the board of a reorganized district may exercise all powers granted to a school board by law, regardless of limitations contained in the district's reorganization proposal. 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, th…

A school district that for school purposes imposed on agricultural property a proportionate tax rate different from the school district levy on other taxable property, as permitted by repealed sections 15-53.1-37 and 15-53.1-38 on December 31, 1984, shall continue to levy the pro…

A school district that ceases to provide educational services within the district must become, within one year, through a process of reorganization or dissolution, part of a district operating an approved school. If a school district affected by this section has not become part o…

The school board of the district to which a nonoperating district is attached shall provide transportation to students residing within the boundaries of the attached land in the same manner that transportation is provided to all other students in the district.

1. A county committee shall initiate proceedings to dissolve a school district and attach the property to other operating high school districts in the same county, or to a non-high school district in the same county if there are no high school districts in the same county adjacen…

Before the hearing before the county committee, the dissolving school district shall contact job service North Dakota for its estimation of the school district's potential obligation to job service North Dakota for reimbursement of unemployment compensation benefits that could po…

1. The county superintendent shall schedule and give notice of a public hearing regarding the dissolution of the district and the subsequent attachment of the property to other high school districts in the same county, or to non-high school districts in the same county if there a…

1. Any unobligated cash balance not exceeding ten thousand dollars must be held in a separate fund by the auditor of the county having the greatest share of the dissolved school district's land. The county auditor shall hold the fund for one year after the effective date of the d…

1. After the dissolution is approved by the state board and after ten thousand dollars is set aside as provided for in section 15.1-12-28, the school district shall set aside in a reimbursement account the amount of money estimated by job service North Dakota to reimburse job ser…

1. After ten thousand dollars is set aside, as required by section 15.1-12-28, and after the required amount is deposited in the reimbursement account for job service North Dakota, as required by section 15.1-12-28.1: a. Any remaining unobligated cash balance, up to an amount equ…

For purposes of this chapter: 1. "Administrator" means an individual who holds an administrator's credential and who is employed by the board of a school district for the primary purpose of providing administrative services to the schools of the district. The term includes a scho…

1. The governor shall appoint to the education standards and practices board: a. Four individuals who are public school classroom teachers; b. One individual who is a nonpublic school classroom teacher; c. Two individuals who are school board members; d. Two individuals who are a…

Each member of the board is entitled to receive compensation in the amount of sixty-two dollars and fifty cents per day and to reimbursement for expenses as provided by law for other state officers while attending meetings or performing duties directed by the board. A member of t…

The term of office for a member of the board is three years, beginning on July first of the year of appointment. No person may serve for more than two consecutive terms. If a vacancy occurs, it must be filled for the duration of the unexpired term in the same manner as an origina…

The board annually shall select a chairman and a vice chairman. The executive director of the board or the executive director's designee shall serve as secretary.

The chairman of the board shall set the date and time of the board meetings and shall provide at least ten days' notice of the meeting to all board members. The chairman shall call a special meeting when requested to do so, in writing, by a majority of the board members.

1. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. 2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a majority of the quorum at any meeting has the authority to act upon any matter properly before the board. 3. At least five members of the board must consent to the revocation of an…

The board shall: 1. Supervise the licensure of teachers. 2. Set standards for and approve teacher preparation programs. 3. Seek the advice of teachers, administrators, school board members, teacher education professors, and other interested citizens in developing and updating cod…

The board may: 1. Adopt rules in accordance with chapter 28-32. 2. Apply for and receive federal or other funds on behalf of the state for purposes related to its duties. 3. Perform any duty related to the improvement of instruction through teacher education, professional develop…

1. The board shall establish by rule the criteria for teacher licensure and the process for issuing teaching licenses. The criteria must include considerations of character, adequate educational preparation, and general fitness to teach. 2. The board may not require a teacher who…

If an individual who is or was licensed to teach in another state applies for a license to teach in this state, the education standards and practices board may not impose on the individual any student teaching requirements as a condition of licensure. This section is applicable t…

1. The board may set and charge a fee for: a. Filing an application for a teaching license. b. Issuing a teaching license. 2. Any fee collected by the board must be deposited and disbursed in accordance with section 54-44-12.

A teaching license issued by the board is effective for at least one school year, unless suspended or revoked by the board. This section does not apply to provisional teaching licenses issued by the board under section 15.1-13-13.

1. If an individual has been licensed to teach in this state for a period of twenty-five years, the education standards and practices board shall grant the individual lifetime licensure. 2. Nothing in this section precludes the board from taking any action against an individual's…

1. The board may issue a provisional teaching license to an applicant, pending completion of the background check required by section 15.1-13-14 or pending the receipt of official transcripts or other original, signed, or certified documents. Except as otherwise provided under se…

The board shall check, or cause to be checked, the criminal history record of each applicant for initial licensure and re-entry licensure as a teacher in accordance with section 12-60-24. All costs associated with the background check and with obtaining and processing the fingerp…

1. Each applicant for a teaching license shall subscribe to the following oath or affirmation: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of North Dakota, and that I will faithfully discharge the dut…

A student who has met all the criteria necessary to receive a teaching license, but who has not graduated from a college or university, may request that the college or university provide a copy of the student's completed transcript to the board or to a comparable entity in anothe…

1. An individual may not engage in the profession of teaching unless: a. The individual holds a teaching license issued by the board; or b. The individual is approved to teach by the board. 2. An individual may be approved to teach by the board only if the individual has previous…

1. Notwithstanding contrary provisions of this chapter regarding licensure and licensure renewal, sections 43-51-11 and 43-51-11.1, regarding licensure renewal of a military member and licensure of a military spouse, apply to a license issued or renewed under this chapter. 2. Rul…

1. Before being employed to teach by a school district, an individual shall present to the school district business manager a teaching license or other evidence of approval to teach issued by the board. 2. Before being employed to teach by a nonpublic school, an individual shall …

Notwithstanding any other law, if an individual's teaching license expires within the final six weeks of a school district's or nonpublic school's calendar, that individual's license is deemed to be extended and in effect until the completion of the school district's or nonpublic…

1. The board shall grant a teaching license to an applicant who holds a regular teaching license or certificate from another state, provided: a. The applicant's licensure or certification is based upon a minimum of a bachelor's degree with a major that meets the issuing state's r…

The board may license an individual as an instructor of North Dakota American Indian languages and culture if the individual is recommended for licensure to teach North Dakota native languages by an indigenous language board created by a tribal government in this state and if the…

Notwithstanding any other law, guidance and counseling services at the elementary and secondary school level may be provided by a person holding a graduate degree in counseling from a state-approved school counseling program, with coursework and an internship in school counseling…

1. Any person may file with the board a complaint against a teacher or an administrator. The complaint must state the claims or charges and it must be signed. The complaint may include supporting documentation. 2. Upon receiving the complaint, the board shall serve a copy of the …

1. After holding a public hearing in accordance with chapter 28-32, the board may issue a written warning or reprimand to the individual, suspend the individual's teaching license, or revoke the individual's teaching license if: a. The individual obtained a license by means of fr…

1. The board shall deny an application for a teaching license and shall immediately revoke the teaching license of an individual who has been found guilty of a crime against a child or a sexual offense. 2. An individual who is denied a teaching license or who has had a teaching l…

1. If an individual's teaching license is suspended or revoked, the board shall notify the individual, the business manager of the school district employing the individual, each county superintendent of schools in the state, and the superintendent of public instruction. 2. Upon b…