Title 15.1, Elementary and Secondary Education

Before a student is deemed to have successfully completed either United States government or problems of democracy, as required by section 15.1-21-02.1, the student's school district shall ensure that the student has read the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constit…

1. A school district may conduct readiness testing and formative assessments of incoming kindergarten students. The dates on which the testing and assessments are scheduled may be within the regular school calendar or before the regular school calendar. The school district shall …

Beginning July 1, 2012, each school district and nonpublic school shall ensure that the portion of its health curriculum which is related to sexual health includes instruction pertaining to the risks associated with adolescent sexual activity and the social, psychological, and ph…

1. Beginning July 1, 2014, each school district shall ensure that its curriculum for driver education includes information regarding the manner in which a student obtaining a driver's license may make an anatomical gift, as provided for in section 23-06.6-04. 2. The school distri…

1. For purposes of this section, "civics test" means the one hundred questions that, as of January 1, 2015, officers of the United States citizenship and immigration services use as the basis for selecting the questions posed to applicants for naturalization, in order that the ap…

1. As used in this section: a. "Human growth and development discussion" means an oral, written, or digital lesson, lecture, or presentation about human biology related to pregnancy and human development inside the womb. b. "Human sexuality instruction" means an oral, written, or…

A board of a school district may adopt a policy to permit private tutors to provide tutoring services on school premises.

Beginning with the 2025-26 school year and continuing through the 2026-27 school year, the superintendent of public instruction shall establish and operate a pilot program to provide annual grants to schools that provide instruction in a foreign language to students in kindergart…

The board of a school district shall: 1. Provide at least a half-day kindergarten program for any student enrolled in the district; or 2. Pay the tuition required for the student to attend a kindergarten program in another school district or, if requested by a parent or guardian,…

A school district operating a kindergarten: 1. May not employ an individual as a kindergarten teacher unless the individual is licensed to teach by the education standards and practices board or approved by the education standards and practices board; 2. Shall submit to the super…

Any person operating a nonpublic kindergarten may request approval of the kindergarten from the superintendent of public instruction. The superintendent shall approve a nonpublic kindergarten if it meets the requirements of section 15.1-22-02.

A school board by resolution may cease to provide a kindergarten.

In this chapter: 1. "Home education" means a program of education supervised by a child's parent in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. 2. "Parent" includes a child's legal guardian. 3. "Supervise" means the selection of materials, determination of an educational ph…

At least five days before beginning home education or within fourteen days of establishing a child's residence in a school district, and once each year thereafter, a parent intending to supervise or supervising home education shall file a statement, reflecting that intent or fact…

A parent may supervise home education if the parent: 1. Holds a high school diploma or a general educational development diploma; or 2. Meets the requirements of section 15.1-23-06.

A parent supervising home education shall include instruction in those subjects required by law to be taught to public school students. The instruction must have a duration of at least four hours each day for a minimum of one hundred seventy-five days each year.

A parent supervising home education shall maintain an annual record of courses taken by the child and the child's academic progress assessments, including any standardized achievement test results. If the child transfers to a public school district, the parent shall furnish the r…

A parent who does not meet the qualifications provided in section 15.1-23-03 may supervise home education but must be monitored in accordance with section 15.1-23-07 for the first two years. If a child receiving home education obtains a basic composite standardized achievement te…

1. If monitoring is required under section 15.1-23-06, the school district shall assign and compensate an individual to monitor a child receiving home education unless the parent notifies the school district that the parent shall select and compensate an individual to monitor the…

An individual who in accordance with this chapter administers a standardized achievement test to a child receiving home education shall notify the child's school district of residence.

1. a. While in grades four, six, eight, and ten, each child receiving home education shall take: (1) A standardized achievement test used by the school district in which the child resides; or (2) A nationally normed standardized achievement test if requested by the child's parent…

1. If a child receiving home education takes the standardized achievement test used by the school district in which the child resides, the school district is responsible for the cost of the test and for the cost of administering the test. The school district shall ensure that the…

1. A parent supervising home education shall file the results of the child's standardized achievement test with the superintendent of the district in which the child resides or with the county superintendent if the district does not employ a superintendent. 2. If the child's basi…

The superintendent of the school district shall use the remediation plan required by section 15.1-23-11 as the basis for determining reasonable academic progress. The remediation plan must remain in effect until such time as the child achieves on a standardized achievement test a…

1. a. If a multidisciplinary assessment team, using eligibility criteria established by the superintendent of public instruction, determines that the child is disabled, that the child requires specially designed instruction due to the disability, and that this instruction cannot …

A parent may supervise home education for a child with a developmental disability if: 1. The child has been determined to have a developmental disability by a licensed psychologist; 2. The child's parent is qualified to supervise home education under this chapter; and 3. The chil…

1. On or before November first, February first, and May first of each school year, a parent supervising home education for a child with a developmental disability under section 15.1-23-14 shall file with the superintendent of the child's school district of residence progress repo…

1. A child receiving home education may participate in extracurricular activities either: a. Under the auspices of the child's school district of residence; or b. Under the auspices of an approved nonpublic school, if permitted by the administrator of the school. 2. For purposes …

1. A child's school district of residence, an approved nonpublic high school, or the center for distance education may issue a high school diploma to a child who, through home education, has met the issuing entity's requirements for high school graduation provided the child's par…

No state agency, school district, or county superintendent may be held liable for accepting as correct the information on the statement of intent or for any damages resulting from a parent's failure to educate the child.

For purposes of allocating state aid to school districts, a child receiving home education is included in a school district's determination of average daily membership only for those days or portions of days that the child attends a public school.

1. The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules regarding the implementation of chemical abuse prevention programs in this state's schools. The rules may include: a. Community involvement through a citizens' advisory committee. b. An assessment of services and resou…

The superintendent of public instruction may employ an individual as a chemical abuse project coordinator. The coordinator shall: 1. Develop rules, in consultation with other private and public entities. 2. Disseminate rules developed under this chapter. 3. Provide communities, t…

Any school may appoint a chemical abuse preassessment team consisting of a school counselor, a social worker, and other appropriately trained individuals or a school may use a building support team to carry out chemical abuse prevention services under this chapter. The team shall…

Any record of a student's medical treatment, use of a chemical abuse assistance program, or other individual record generated under this chapter, is confidential. It is not part of the student's educational record and may not be released without the written consent of the student…

1. A law enforcement agency shall notify a school principal in writing if the agency has probable cause to believe that a student enrolled in the school has violated section 5-01-08, section 12.1-31-03, chapter 19-03.1, chapter 19-03.2, chapter 19-03.4, section 39-08-01, or secti…

Any individual, other than the alleged violator, who in good faith reports or furnishes information regarding another's alleged chemical abuse to the chemical abuse preassessment team or the support team referenced in section 15.1-24-03, is immune from any liability, civil or cri…

Any North Dakota student enrolled in grade ten, eleven, or twelve in a public high school is eligible to receive high school and postsecondary credit for the successful completion of an academic course offered by any postsecondary institution accredited by a regional accrediting …

Before enrolling in a course for credit under this chapter, the student must obtain written permission from the student's school district superintendent. The student's school district superintendent shall determine the number of credits for which the student is eligible and shall…

The student and the student's parent or legal guardian are responsible for all costs of attendance at a postsecondary institution under this chapter. For purposes of this section, "costs" includes tuition, fees, textbooks, materials, equipment, and other necessary charges related…

The student and the student's parent or legal guardian are responsible for transportation arrangements and all costs of transportation associated with a student's attendance at a postsecondary institution under this chapter.

A student attending a postsecondary institution under this chapter is deemed to be in attendance at the student's school district of residence for purposes of calculating per student payments and for purposes relating to the student's eligibility to participate in high school ext…

The courses for which dual high school and postsecondary credit are available under this chapter are postsecondary courses and are exempt from any statutory or regulatory provisions otherwise applicable to high school courses and to the individuals by whom high school courses are…

For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Adult" means any individual who is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance. 2. "Adult basic and secondary education" means: a. Instructional services for adults who: (1) Do not have the basic literacy…

The superintendent of public instruction shall coordinate adult basic and secondary education programs and shall administer state and federal funding for the programs.

The board of a school district may make adult basic and secondary education programs available to any individual over sixteen years of age who is unable to attend the public schools of the district.