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| 3 | - | Adopted by the Senate Workforce | |
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| 5 | 2 | Sixty-ninth | |
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| 7 | 3 | Legislative Assembly | |
| 8 | 4 | of North Dakota | |
| 9 | 5 | Introduced by | |
| 10 | 6 | Representatives Motschenbacher, Hauck, Longmuir, Morton, Novak, Schauer, Sanford, Bahl, | |
| 11 | 7 | Fisher, Vetter | |
| 12 | 8 | Senator Gerhardt | |
| 13 | 9 | A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-10 of the North Dakota | |
| 14 | 10 | Century Code, relating to the creation of a North Dakota accelerated degree for high-demand | |
| 15 | 11 | occupations. | |
| 16 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: | |
| 17 | 13 | SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 15-10 of the North Dakota Century Code is created | |
| 18 | 14 | and enacted as follows: | |
| 19 | 15 | North Dakota accelerated degree - High - demand occupations. | |
| 20 | - | 1.AnA North Dakota accelerated degree is an optional substitute for any degree that | |
| 21 | - | prepares a student for a high-demand occupation, as designated under subsection 2, | |
| 22 | - | which may be offered by an institution under the control of the state board of higher | |
| 23 | - | education may: | |
| 16 | + | 1.An institution under the control of the state board of higher education may: | |
| 24 | 17 | a.Offer a North Dakota accelerated degree as an optional substitute for any degree | |
| 25 | 18 | offered by the institution which prepares a student for a high-demand occupation; | |
| 26 | 19 | b.Determine annually which degrees offered by the institution prepare students for | |
| 27 | 20 | a high-demand occupation; | |
| 28 | 21 | c.Provide a list of North Dakota accelerated degrees to the appropriate | |
| 29 | 22 | occupational and professional boards; and | |
| 30 | - | d. Not require a student to obtain . The requirements for the degree may not include | |
| 31 | - | general education credits for a North Dakota accelerated degree . | |
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| 23 | + | d.Not require a student to obtain general education credits for a North Dakota | |
| 24 | + | accelerated degree. | |
| 25 | + | 2.Upon review of an individual's application for a license to practice in a profession | |
| 26 | + | designated as a high-demand occupation by an institution under the control of the | |
| 27 | + | state board of higher education, an occupational or professional board shall approve a | |
| 28 | + | North Dakota accelerated degree and recognize the degree as an accredited program | |
| 29 | + | for licensing purposes. | |
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| 55 | - | 2.Upon review of an individual's application for a license to practice in a profession | |
| 56 | - | designated as a high-demand occupation by an institution under the control of the | |
| 57 | - | state board of higher education, an For purposes of this section, an occupational or | |
| 58 | - | professional board may designate an occupation or profession as a high-demand | |
| 59 | - | occupation. An occupational or professional board may revoke the designation at any | |
| 60 | - | time. However, if a student relies on a current designation when the student begins a | |
| 61 | - | program for a North Dakota accelerated degree, the degree must be recognized in | |
| 62 | - | accordance with subsection 3. | |
| 63 | - | 3. An occupational or professional board shall approve may recognize a North Dakota | |
| 64 | - | accelerated degree and recognize the degree as an accredited program for licensing | |
| 65 | - | purposes. | |
| 66 | - | 4. The state board of higher education may adopt rules under chapter 28 - 32 to | |
| 67 | - | implement this section. | |
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