Title 15 — Education

Repealed by S.L. 2023, ch. 156, § 13.

The Indian cultural education trust is established for the purpose of generating income to benefit Indian culture.

The board of university and school lands may accept and administer any gift, grant, bequest, or devise of land or money, on behalf of the state, for the purposes of the Indian cultural education trust. The board may refuse to accept any gift, grant, devise, or bequest that is upo…

A person proposing to donate land or money for the benefit of the trust must present to the board an application and an executed donor agreement between the donor and tribal government of a federally recognized Indian tribe located in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Minnesot…

The board must be reimbursed from trust proceeds for all reasonable costs and expenses in managing land and investing trust proceeds. Such reimbursements are to be placed in the state lands maintenance fund. The net income derived from the land and money donated to the trust must…

Net income from land and money in the trust must be used in part to pay to the county where the land is located the same amount that would have been assessed against the land for real property taxes if the land was privately owned.

There is appropriated annually the amounts necessary to pay expenses for lands donated under this chapter and managed by the board of university and school lands, including survey costs, surface lease refunds, weed and insect control, cleanup costs, capital improvement rent credi…

As used in this chapter: 1. "Full time" means that a student is enrolled for at least twenty-four semester hours during an academic year. 2. "Nonbeneficiary student" means a resident of North Dakota who is enrolled in a tribally controlled community college but is not an enrolled…

Any tribally controlled community college located in this state is eligible to receive supplemental grant assistance for nonbeneficiary students.

The state board of higher education shall make grants to tribally controlled community colleges to defray the costs of education associated with enrollment of nonbeneficiary students. Grants made pursuant to this section must go directly to the recipient institutions.

1. In order to qualify for a grant under this chapter, a tribally controlled community college shall submit an application at the time and in the manner required by the state board of higher education. The application must: a. Include the name and address of each student who qual…

Each institution receiving a grant under this chapter shall submit to the legislative council a report detailing the expenditures of the grant funds received by the institution under this chapter, a copy of the institution's latest audit report, and documentation of the enrollmen…

The state board of higher education is encouraged to establish or name a biomass energy center or centers at an institution or institutions under the control of the board to conduct research and provide education and technical assistance related to biomass production, harvesting,…

If established or named by the state board of higher education, the biomass energy center or centers shall: 1. Complete agronomic research to determine the most efficient perennial grasses or other plants for cellulose production and the amount of fertilization required. 2. Condu…

If established or named by the state board of higher education, the biomass energy center or centers shall work to identify and evaluate incentives for cellulosic ethanol production and biomass energy through the legislative assembly or at the federal level. The center or centers…

The biomass energy center or centers shall seek funding to continue perennial biomass production research and education.

The coal mine reclamation trust is established to reclaim coal mines at the direction of the public service commission by utilizing private assets pledged as collateral which may be used to fulfill the performance bond obligations under section 38-14.1-16 and North Dakota Adminis…

The board of university and school lands shall set up a coal mine reclamation trust. The coal mine reclamation trust may receive and accept assets as directed by the public service commission which are held in the public service commission's custody under North Dakota Administrat…

1. Any person proposing to pledge assets to the public service commission's custody under North Dakota Administrative Code chapter 69-05.2-12 shall certify to the public service commission: a. The trust will have first priority security interest in the pledged assets in accordanc…

The board of university and school lands must be reimbursed from trust proceeds for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in the management of trust assets and the investment of trust proceeds. Reimbursements to the board must be deposited in the trust fund account from whic…

There is appropriated annually the amounts necessary to pay expenses for assets held in trust under this chapter and managed by the board of university and school lands, including expenses for survey costs, surface lease refunds, weed and insect control, cleanup costs, capital im…

It is declared to be the policy and intent of this state to provide for proper and economic management of its lands. Therefore, certain possessory interests in real property acquired by the state of North Dakota in the past or in the future shall be transferred to the board of un…

Repealed by S.L. 1989, ch. 114, § 8.

All possessory interests in real property other than minerals which were conveyed by this chapter to the state of North Dakota acting by and through the board of university and school lands prior to July 12, 1989, and which are still held by the board on July 12, 1989, are hereby…

All mineral interests that may be acquired by the Bank of North Dakota, together with future increments, accruals, and recoveries coming, arising, or resulting from any of such property or from dealing therewith in whatever form, must be transferred, assigned, conveyed, and grant…

Repealed by S.L. 1989, ch. 114, § 8.

The transfers made by this chapter are subject to all existing contracts, rights, easements, and encumbrances made or sanctioned by the Bank of North Dakota or the board of university and school lands.

All conveyances of interests in real property to the board of university and school lands which were effected by this chapter prior to July 12, 1989, are hereby validated and confirmed, and all contracts, agreements, conveyances, or other transfers of interests in real property m…

The board of university and school lands shall manage, operate, and supervise all properties transferred to it by this chapter; has full power of sale or lease with respect to any and all such property; and may establish, charge, and collect fees for the management of property ac…

Repealed by S.L. 1989, ch. 114, § 8. 15-08.1-08. Income - Expenses - Reimbursement - Creation of strategic investment and improvements fund - Legislative intent. The income derived from the sale, lease, and management of the mineral interests acquired by the board of university a…

Repealed by S.L. 2019, ch. 54, § 13.

In order to make the most provident utilization of state institutions of higher education and private colleges in North Dakota, and public and private colleges and universities in contiguous states, and to avoid duplication of facilities, it is desirable to provide means which wi…

It is the intent of the legislative assembly that the board of higher education thoroughly investigate the possibility of entering into appropriate reciprocal agreements with the appropriate institutions in the states of South Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota, and that such agreeme…

The state board of higher education may enter into agreements with public or private institutions of higher education, or the governing boards thereof, in this state and in contiguous states on a reciprocal basis in order to accomplish the following: 1. To enable a student at any…

The state board of higher education may enter into agreements for the remission of nonresident tuition for designated categories of students at state institutions of higher education. Such agreements must have as their purpose the mutual improvement of educational advantages for …

The state board of higher education may prescribe the procedures for carrying out the authority conferred by sections 15-10.1-02 and 15-10.1-03. An agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter must provide for approximately equal advantages between the contracting institutions…

The authority granted the state board of higher education by this chapter is supplemental to the authority granted such board by section 15-10-28.

For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Fee" means any monetary charge, other than tuition, that a student is assessed for a specific purpose or supplemental service. 2. "Tuition" means the monetary charge that a student is assessed in order to be…

1. The total amount of mandatory fees, other than program-specific fees, which an institution under the control of the state board of higher education assesses each full-time and part-time student, may not increase from one academic year to the ensuing academic year by more than …

1. Before the state board of higher education may approve an institution's request to increase a mandatory fee, other than a program-specific fee, the institution shall provide to the board the following information: a. The estimated revenue collection to be generated by the prop…

As used in this chapter: 1. "Constitutional time, place, and manner restrictions" means restrictions on the time, place, and manner of free speech which do not violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or section 4 of article I of the Constitution of North Dak…

The state board of higher education and each institution shall adopt a policy that: 1. Protects students' rights to free speech, assembly, and expression; 2. Permits institutions to establish and enforce reasonable and constitutional time, place, and manner restrictions on free s…

The midwestern regional higher education compact is adopted as follows: ARTICLE I - PURPOSE The purpose of the midwestern higher education compact is to provide greater higher education opportunities and services in the midwestern region, with the aim of furthering regional acces…

1. The members of the midwestern higher education commission representing this state are: a. The governor or the governor's designee. b. One member of the senate and one member of the house of representatives, appointed by the chairman of the legislative management. c. Two at-lar…

As used in this chapter: 1. "Institution" means an institution under the control of the state board of higher education or a private institution of higher education whose athletic teams compete against an institution under the control of the state board of higher education. 2. "S…

1. An intercollegiate or intramural athletic team or sport sponsored by an institution must be expressly designated as one of the following based on the sex of the intended participants: a. "Males", "men", or "boys"; b. "Females", "women", or "girls"; or c. "Coed" or "mixed". 2. …

A government entity, a licensing or accrediting organization, or an athletic association or organization may not entertain a complaint, open an investigation, or take any other adverse action against an institution for maintaining separate intercollegiate or intramural athletic t…

1. A student who is deprived of an athletic opportunity or who suffers direct or indirect harm as a result of an institution knowingly violating this chapter has a private cause of action for injunctive relief, damages, and any other relief available under law against the institu…

As used in this chapter: 1. "Race or sex scapegoating" means assigning fault, blame, or bias to a race or sex, or to a member of a race or sex, because of their race or sex, and includes a claim that, consciously or subconsciously, and by virtue of an individual's race or sex, a …

1. A student or employee of an institution under the control of the state board of higher education may not be: a. Penalized, discriminated against, or receive adverse treatment due to the individual's refusal to support, believe, endorse, embrace, confess, act upon, or otherwise…