HB 1146 Summary

• Restructures the State Board of Public School Education to consist of the superintendent of public instruction and six regional representatives covering all 53 North Dakota counties.

• Establishes compensation for board members at $62.50 per day for attending meetings or performing board duties, with exclusion for state employees receiving other compensation.

• Modifies school district annexation procedures to allow the state board to approve annexations without a hearing if no opposition is presented and the county committee approves.

• Revises reorganization plan requirements to allow general fund mill levies to be raised incrementally over not more than five years rather than requiring interim fund balances to be wholly allocated.

• Updates school district dissolution procedures to require the state board to provide findings and property distribution information to Job Service North Dakota.