Title 15.1, Elementary and Secondary Education

1. The superintendent of public instruction shall estimate the total state payments to which a school district is entitled each year. 2. The superintendent of public instruction shall pay each district ten percent of the amount determined under subsection 1, within the limits of …

1. The superintendent of public instruction may not forward state aid payments to a school district beyond the September payment unless the district has filed the September tenth fall enrollment report with the superintendent. 2. The superintendent of public instruction may not f…

1. The superintendent of public instruction shall determine the educational cost per student. 2. In determining the educational cost per student, the superintendent may not use: a. Capital outlay for buildings; b. Capital outlay for sites; c. Capital outlay for debt service; d. E…

1. For each school district, the superintendent of public instruction shall multiply by: a. 1.00 the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in an extended educational program in accordance with section 15.1-32-17; b. 0.60 the number of full-time equivalent students enro…

1. For each school district in the state, the superintendent of public instruction shall assign a baseline school district size weighting factor of: a. 1.36 if the students in average daily membership number fewer than 110; b. 1.35 if the students in average daily membership numb…

1. To determine the amount of state aid payable to each district, the superintendent of public instruction shall establish each district's baseline funding. A district's baseline funding consists of: a. All state aid received by the district in accordance with chapter 15.1-27 dur…

If a district's taxable valuation per student is less than twenty percent of the state average valuation per student, the superintendent of public instruction, for purposes of determining state aid in accordance with section 15.1-27-04.1, shall utilize an amount equal to sixty mi…

1. Upon the written request of a school district, the superintendent of public instruction may forward all or a portion of any per student special education payments to which a school district is entitled directly to the special education unit of which the school district is a me…

A school district is entitled to receive payments under this chapter for a student who is absent up to one semester because the student is a member of the North Dakota national guard and is engaged in active duty or training within or outside the state.

If during the 2010-11 school year, a school district received payments as a result of section 15.1-27-15, as the section existed on June 30, 2011, and if that district is not eligible for the factor established under subdivision h of subsection 1 of section 15.1-27-03.1, the dist…

1. If any school district receiving payments under this chapter cooperates with another school district for the joint provision of educational services under a plan approved by the superintendent of public instruction, the superintendent of public instruction shall, notwithstandi…

1. Notwithstanding section 15.1-27-03.2, the superintendent of public instruction shall create and assign a separate weighting factor to any school district that reorganizes on or after July 1, 2007. 2. a. The separate weighting factor must allow the reorganized school district t…

1. In order to be counted for the purpose of calculating per student payments, as provided for by this chapter, a high school student must be enrolled in at least four high school units. The units may include career and technical education courses offered in accordance with chapt…

1. Before a weight may be assigned under section 15.1-27-03.1 for a student enrolled in a high school summer course, the superintendent of public instruction shall verify that the course meets the requirements of section 15.1-21-16. 2. Before a weight may be assigned under sectio…

1. Any school district claiming state aid payments under this chapter shall provide to the superintendent of public instruction, at the time and in the manner requested by the superintendent, all information necessary for the processing of the claim. 2. If the superintendent of p…

1. If a school district's imputed taxable valuation per student is greater than one hundred fifty percent of the state average imputed taxable valuation per student, the superintendent of public instruction shall: a. Determine the difference between the district's imputed taxable…

If moneys in the state general fund are insufficient to make all payments to school districts, the superintendent of public instruction shall prorate the payments on a fractional basis. As additional moneys come into the fund, payments may be made until the school districts recei…

1. The board of each school district shall establish the length of a period, day, and week in accordance with the requirements of section 15.1-06-04. If a public school or school district is closed or provides less than a full day of instruction, the public school or school distr…

The state treasurer shall apportion payments from the federal government to this state under the provisions of 43 United States Code 315i (the Taylor Grazing Act) among the counties in the state in the proportion that the number of acres [hectares] of Taylor Grazing Act land in e…

1. Any money paid to the state by the secretary of the treasury of the United States under the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain" [Pub. L. 66-146; 41 Stat. 437; 30 U.S.C…

1. The superintendent of public instruction shall determine transportation average daily membership equivalents for eligible school districts providing schoolbus transportation in contract schoolbuses, or in district-owned and operated schoolbuses, and for eligible school distric…

The superintendent of public instruction may not transfer any portion of the funds appropriated for state aid payments to the youth correctional center to support the provision of educational services by the youth correctional center.

1. Average daily membership is calculated at the conclusion of the school year by adding the total number of hours that each student in a given grade, school, or school district is in attendance at the school's physical plant during a school calendar and the total number of hours…

If a school district offers fewer grade levels than the district offered the previous school year, the superintendent of public instruction shall determine the district's average daily membership using only those grade levels that the district offers during the current school yea…

For purposes of determining state aid, the superintendent of public instruction shall amend the average daily membership of any school district that enrolls students who attended a dissolved school district during the school year prior to the dissolution.

1. a. Except as provided in subdivision b, beginning July 1, 2027, the superintendent of public instruction shall determine the amount of payments due to a school district and shall subtract from that the amount by which the unobligated general fund balance of the district on the…

Beginning with the 2014-15 school year, the board of each school district shall provide to each full-time teacher, under contract for a period of nine months, a minimum salary level for the contract period equal to at least twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.

The net proceeds of fines for the violation of state laws and distributions received from the common schools trust fund must be paid into the state treasury and constitute the state tuition fund.

The county treasurer shall collect the net proceeds of all fines for violation of state laws and shall forward the amounts collected, together with a detailed statement of the moneys collected, to the state treasurer on or before the fifteenth of each month.

On or before the third Monday in each January, February, March, April, August, September, October, November, and December, the office of management and budget shall certify to the superintendent of public instruction the amount of the state tuition fund. The superintendent shall …

1. A student may attend school in a bordering state in accordance with section 15.1-29-02 provided: a. (1) The student lives within forty miles [64.37 kilometers] of another state; or (2) The student lives in a county bordering on another state; and b. The student has received ap…

1. A school district may contract with a school district in a bordering state for the education of students. A contract between school districts must provide for the payment of tuition at an agreed-upon amount. 2. A student who attends school in a bordering state under a contract…

1. A student who resides in a North Dakota school district contiguous to the South Dakota border may attend school in South Dakota, and a student who resides in a South Dakota school district contiguous to the North Dakota border may attend school in North Dakota, provided the su…

1. After taking into account the best interests of all affected parties, the board of a school district may elect to send its students to another school district. In this instance, the board shall pay for the students' tuition and transportation. The board may arrange, and when p…

If the board of a school district agrees to pay tuition under this chapter, if it is required to pay tuition under this chapter, or if it is required to pay tuition and transportation under this chapter, the board of the sending district shall pay at least fifty percent of the an…

1. If a student wishes to attend a school district other than the student's district of residence, the student's parent may file a written petition with the board of the student's school district of residence requesting that the board either: a. Pay the tuition required by this c…

1. a. Within fifteen days after receipt of an appeal filed under section 15.1-29-05, the county superintendent of schools shall convene a three-member committee consisting of the county superintendent, the state's attorney, and one member appointed by the board of county commissi…

1. If the board of a student's school district of residence refuses to pay the tuition or sign a tuition waiver contract in order for the student to attend school in another district and if the committee established under section 15.1-29-06 denies the petition on appeal, the stud…

An admitting district may accept payments under title 1 of Public Law No. 81-874 [64 Stat. 1100; 20 U.S.C. 236 et seq.] as tuition for a nonresident student if: 1. The student's parent is employed on an installation owned by the federal government; 2. The student's parent resides…

A school board may contract with federal officials for the education of students in a federal school.

The board of a school district shall admit students from other districts to its schools if: 1. The admission does not create overcrowding; and 2. a. The board of the sending district has entered into a contract with the board of the admitting district regarding the students' atte…

1. Except as provided in section 15.1-29-13, a school district sending a student to another district for purposes of education shall pay the full cost of education per student incurred by the admitting district. 2. a. The admitting district shall determine the cost of education p…

1. a. Except as provided in this subsection or as otherwise agreed to in the compact on educational opportunity for military children, the board of a school district that admits a nonresident student shall charge and collect tuition for the student. Either the student's district …

1. a. Except as provided in subdivision b, for purposes of applying this chapter, a student's school district of residence is the district in which the student's custodial parent or legal guardian resides: (1) At the time that a state court, tribal court, director of juvenile cou…

A school district in this state may not enroll a student who is placed in the district for purposes other than education by an out-of-state agency or entity and whose school district of residence is located in another state, unless: 1. This state and the student's state or school…

If the board of a school district approves tuition payments for students in grades seven through twelve or if the board is required to make tuition or tutoring payments under this chapter, the board may levy an amount sufficient to meet such payments, pursuant to section 57-15-14…