HB 1287 Summary

• Amends eligibility requirements for North Dakota career and technical education scholarships by adding WorkKeys assessment scores as an alternative qualification method (score of at least five on each of three WorkKeys assessments).

• Modifies career and technical scholarship requirements to allow students to meet qualification criteria through any one of four options: ACT composite score of 24+, cumulative GPA of 3.0+ on all units, cumulative GPA of 3.0+ on required units only, or WorkKeys assessment scores.

• Restructures academic scholarship language requirements from "two units of the same foreign or native American language" to "two units of" followed by options including foreign languages, native American languages, or American sign language.

• Changes academic scholarship elective requirements from requiring one unit to "any five additional units" with one unit in fine arts or career and technical education.

• Adds alternative qualification methods for academic scholarships to allow students to meet criteria through ACT score, GPA-based measures, or removes previous requirement of mandatory ACT score by making it one of multiple acceptable options.