North Dakota HB 1228: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to local control of education.

Bill Text

19.0765.01000
Sixty-sixth
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives Hoverson, Becker, Bellew, Johnston, Kasper, Magrum, M. Nelson, Paulson, 
D. Ruby, Strinden
Senator O. Larsen
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-09 of the North Dakota 
Century Code, relating to local control of education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 15.1-09 of the North Dakota Century Code is created 
and enacted as follows:
School board   -   Education local control   -   Exemption.  
1.Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to subsection     2, a school   
district may exercise sole control over:
a.The supervision, development, and instruction of kindergarten through grade 
twelve students including course content standards, required instruction, 
instructional time, assessments, attendance, and graduation requirements for 
students residing in the district, and the school district is not subject to sections 
15.1  -  02    -  04, 15.1  -  21    -  01, 15.1  -  21    -  02, 15.1  -  21    -  02.1, 15.1  -  21    -  02.2, 15.1  -  21    -  03,      
15.1  -  21    -  08, 15.1  -  21    -  17, and 15.1  -  21    -  18, or chapters 15.1  -  20 and 15.1  -  22;     
b.The negotiating, employment, termination, licensing, and credentialing of 
teachers and ancillary staff, and the school district is not subject to chapters 
15.1  -  13, 15.1  -  18, and 15.1  -  18.1; and  
c.The establishment and adoption of student discipline and safety policies, and the 
school district is not subject to chapter 15.1  -  19.     
2.This section applies if:
a.By a majority vote of a quorum of the board, the board of the school district 
determines local control of education is in the best interest of the students 
residing in the district; or
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b.(1)A petition for local control is signed by at least thirty  -  three percent of the   
qualified electors who reside in the district and voted at the most recent 
school district election; and
(2)The qualified electors of the school district voting at a special election 
determine, by majority vote, local control of education is in the best interest 
of the students residing in the district.
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