ND HB1565

Superintendent of public instruction must provide grants to tribally controlled schools to cover the cost of educating "nonbeneficiary students" — students who are neither enrolled tribal members nor biological children of tribal descendants

Tribally controlled schools eligible for grants are elementary or secondary schools receiving Bureau of Indian Affairs funding under 25 U.S.C. chapter 27

School districts entering agreements that permit enrollment of students from tribal schools funded under the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 must ensure their board retains identity and decision-making authority under state law

School districts must provide written notice to the superintendent of public instruction before entering such agreements and consider the superintendent's written recommendations

Indian Affairs Commission may propose and assist tribes in negotiating agreements between public agencies and tribal governments