Title 15.1, Elementary and Secondary Education

1. The state board of public school education consists of the superintendent of public instruction and: a. An individual representing Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele, and Traill Counties; b. An individual representing Benson, Bottineau, Cavalier, McHenry, Pembin…

The state board of public school education, the state board of higher education, the education standards and practices board, and the state board for career and technical education shall meet together at least once each year at the call of the superintendent of public instruction…

1. The state board of public school education shall: a. Assist county committees in carrying out their duties. b. Provide county committees with clerical assistance, plans of procedure, standards, data, maps, forms, and other materials, information, and services. c. Appoint membe…

1. The state board of public school education shall oversee the creation and ongoing operation of the kindergarten through grade twelve education coordination council. 2. The council consists of: a. Four members of the legislative assembly, two members from each chamber of the le…

The qualified electors of this state shall elect a superintendent of public instruction at the appropriate general election. The superintendent must be at least twenty-five years of age on the day of the election and have the qualifications of an elector for that office at all ti…

The annual salary of the superintendent of public instruction is one hundred forty-seven thousand nine hundred seventy-eight dollars through June 30, 2026, and one hundred fifty-two thousand four hundred seventeen dollars thereafter.

The superintendent of public instruction may appoint an assistant. The superintendent may also hire personnel or contract with other persons to perform the work of the department of public instruction.

The superintendent of public instruction: 1. Shall supervise the provision of elementary and secondary education to the students of this state. 2. Shall supervise the establishment and maintenance of schools and provide advice and counsel regarding the welfare of the schools. 3. …

The superintendent of public instruction may contract with an agency of the federal government: 1. For and on behalf of the department of public instruction. 2. For and on behalf of a school district with the consent of the school district board.

The superintendent of public instruction shall provide for the preservation of all property that the superintendent acquires in an official capacity and which has educational interest and value or which records official acts by the superintendent. At the conclusion of the superin…

1. The superintendent of public instruction may lease surplus portions of real property, including buildings and improvements, owned by the state and administered by the superintendent of public instruction at North Dakota vision services - school for the blind and the school for…

The superintendent of public instruction shall implement a uniform system for the accounting, budgeting, and reporting of data for all school districts in the state and for all regional education associations governed by chapter 15.1-09.1. The superintendent of public instruction…

The superintendent of public instruction shall submit an annual report on the financial condition of school districts to the governor, legislative council, and the secretary of state by the end of February. The secretary of state shall transmit the report to the state archivist f…

The superintendent of public instruction shall make the annual school district finance facts report available to each member of the legislative assembly upon request. The superintendent shall provide eight copies of the report to the state library. The superintendent shall make t…

1. The superintendent of public instruction: a. May adopt rules governing the accreditation of public and nonpublic schools. Any rule adopted under this section must incorporate measures of student achievement and bear a direct relationship to improving student achievement. b. Ma…

Any rule adopted by the superintendent of public instruction in a manner other than that set forth in chapter 28-32 is ineffective after October 31, 1999. For purposes of this section, "rule" includes any regulation, standard, guideline, statement, or policy that has the effect o…

1. Before September eleventh of each year, each school district shall report the following information to the superintendent of public instruction, with respect to each teacher and class of teachers and with respect to each administrator and class of administrators: a. The number…

If the superintendent of public instruction receives any federal or other moneys to pay programmatic administrative expenses for which the superintendent received a state general fund appropriation, the superintendent shall transfer the moneys to the state tuition fund. This sect…

Whenever the superintendent of public instruction determines any bill or amendment under consideration by an interim committee of the legislative management or by a standing committee or a conference committee of the legislative assembly contains a provision required by the Every…

The superintendent of public instruction may adopt rules governing the issuance of: 1. Credentials for teachers of driver's education; 2. Credentials for teachers of early childhood special education; 3. Credentials for elementary school principals; 4. Credentials for teachers of…

For purposes of accreditation, the superintendent of public instruction may not establish teacher qualification requirements that exceed those established by the education standards and practices board.

The superintendent of public instruction shall create a process to reinstate and recertify title I credentials for individuals in the state who held a valid certification, issued by the department of public instruction, as of July 1, 2018, and continue the process in perpetuity. …

Before the superintendent of public instruction may submit to the United States secretary of education any proposed changes in the state accountability plan required under the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 [Pub. L. 114-95; 114 Stat. 1177; 20 U.S.C. 28 et seq.], the superinte…

The superintendent of public instruction and the department of health and human services jointly shall develop a system under which families of children enrolling in the public school system are provided with information regarding state and federally funded health insurance progr…

1. Annually, the superintendent of public instruction shall accept nominations for the North Dakota teacher of the year award. 2. The superintendent of public instruction shall develop and publish the criteria by which all nominees must be considered and shall appoint an eight-me…

1. As used in this section, unless context otherwise requires: a. "Chronically low-performing district" means a school district for which auditing and monitoring has revealed a consistent mishandling of processes, reporting, or funds resulting in inadequate educational services f…

1. As used in this section: a. "Automated external defibrillator" means a lightweight, portable device capable of delivering an electric shock through an individual's chest to the individual's heart, which is used in the event of cardiac arrest to attempt to stop an irregular hea…

The superintendent of public instruction: 1. May collect regularly conducted assessments by school districts of each building located on school grounds in the state, including the interior and exterior of the building, doors, windows, fire sprinklers, fire protection systems, com…

There is established a department of public instruction. The superintendent of public instruction is the chief administrative officer of the department of public instruction.

The compact for education is hereby entered into and enacted into law with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows: COMPACT FOR EDUCATION ARTICLE I - PURPOSE AND POLICY A. It is the purpose of this compact to: 1. Establish and maintain clos…

Pursuant to paragraph I of article III of the compact for education, the education commission of the states shall file a copy of its bylaws and any amendment to its bylaws with the secretary of state.

1. Each public school must be free, open, and accessible at all times to any child provided: a. The child may not enroll in grade one unless the child reaches the age of six before August first of the year of enrollment; b. The child may not enroll in kindergarten unless the chil…

1. Schools may not be in session on the following holidays: a. Any Sunday. b. New Year's Day, the first day of January. c. Good Friday, the Friday preceding Easter Sunday. d. Memorial Day, the last Monday in May. e. The anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the fourth d…

The school year begins on July first and ends on June thirtieth the following year.

1. A school district shall provide for a school calendar that includes: a. At least nine hundred sixty-two and one-half hours of instruction for elementary school students and one thousand fifty hours of instruction for middle and high school students; b. Three holidays, as selec…

1. To obtain certification that a public school is approved, the superintendent of the district in which the school is located shall submit to the superintendent of public instruction a compliance report verifying that: a. Each classroom teacher is licensed to teach by the educat…

1. In order to obtain certification that a nonpublic school is approved, the administrator of a nonpublic school shall submit to the superintendent of public instruction a compliance report verifying that: a. Each classroom teacher is licensed to teach by the education standards …

The superintendent of public instruction may delay imposing the sanctions set forth in section 15.1-06-06 in the case of a public school and may delay imposing the sanctions set forth in section 15.1-06-06.1 in the case of a nonpublic school, until a time certain, if: 1. The requ…

1. The superintendent of public instruction shall notify each school and school district of the records that must be maintained in order to allow the superintendent of public instruction to verify the information contained in each compliance report. The superintendent of public i…

The superintendent of public instruction shall approve any nonpublic high school having an enrollment of fifty students or fewer, provided: 1. The school meets all statutory requirements regarding the subjects to be taught, the length of the school year, and health, fire, and saf…

1. A school or school district may apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver of any rule governing the accreditation of schools, provided the waiver: a. Encourages innovation; and b. Has the potential to result in improved educational opportunities or enhance…

1. The superintendent of public instruction may not waive any statute, in whole or in part, except as provided for in this section. 2. A school or school district may apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver of chapters 15-20.1, 15.1-06, 15.1-18, 15.1-20, 15…

1. The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules to administer this section and develop criteria for the submission, approval, and evaluation of the proposals and plans under this section. 2. The superintendent of public instruction may accept a proposal from any pub…

1. The state fire marshal or the state fire marshal's designee shall inspect each public school in this state at least once every three years, prepare an inspection report, and provide copies of the report to the superintendent of the school district and the superintendent of pub…

1. The state fire marshal or the state fire marshal's designee shall inspect each nonpublic school in this state at least once every three years, prepare an inspection report, and provide copies of the report to the administrator of the school and the superintendent of public ins…

A school principal shall ensure that, during all hours students are in school, any door or doorway that could be used as an exit in case of fire or other emergency remains free of all obstruction and free of any device or mechanism which may impede immediate egress through the do…

Each public and nonpublic school shall conduct fire, tornado, and other emergency or disaster drills, including lockdown drills.

The superintendent of each school district shall ensure that the physical school plants in the district comply with all health, safety, and sanitation requirements.

The board of a school district may permit the district's schools and facilities to be used for purposes other than the education of students, provided the usage does not interfere with the education of students. The board may impose restrictions on the usage provided the restrict…

1. For purposes of this section, "youth patriotic society" means a youth group that promotes patriotism, civic education, and civic involvement, listed under title 36, United States Code, subtitle II, part B, as of January 1, 2021. 2. Representatives of a youth patriotic society …