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| 2 | 2 | | Sixty-ninth |
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| 3 | 3 | | Legislative Assembly |
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| 4 | 4 | | of North Dakota |
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| 5 | 5 | | Introduced by |
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| 6 | 6 | | Representatives Nehring, Heilman, Hoverson, Morton, VanWinkle, Marschall, Kasper, |
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| 7 | 7 | | Hendrix |
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| 8 | 8 | | Senator Magrum |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-01 of the North Dakota |
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| 10 | 10 | | Century Code, relating to review of public school compliance with state law. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 15.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code is created |
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| 13 | 13 | | and enacted as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Public schools - Compliance review - Determination by attorney general. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.An interested person may submit to the state board of public school education a |
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| 16 | 16 | | request for review to determine whether a school district is in compliance with an |
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| 17 | 17 | | education-related state statute. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 2.A request for review must be submitted in the manner prescribed by the state board of |
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| 19 | 19 | | public school education. The state board of public school education shall develop a |
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| 20 | 20 | | form for an interested person to initiate the review process. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 3.A school district shall provide to the public on the school district website the form |
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| 22 | 22 | | under subsection 2 and instructions to submit the request for review. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 4.The attorney general shall: |
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| 24 | 24 | | a.Review the information submitted by the interested person, investigate as |
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| 25 | 25 | | necessary, and determine whether a school district is in compliance with an |
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| 26 | 26 | | education-related state statute; or |
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| 27 | 27 | | b.Dismiss a request for review if the request for review exceeds the purpose of this |
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| 28 | 28 | | section or fails to meet the requirements of the state board of public school |
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| 29 | 29 | | education. |
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| 31 | 31 | | HOUSE BILL NO. 1288 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 5.If the attorney general finds the school district is failing to comply with an education- |
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| 56 | 56 | | related state statute, the attorney general shall advise the school district of the findings |
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| 57 | 57 | | and provide instructions on how to comply with the statute. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 6.The attorney general's findings are prima facie evidence in an adjudicative proceeding |
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| 59 | 59 | | under chapter 28 - 32. |
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| 60 | 60 | | 7.The state board of public school education, with the attorney general, may adopt rules |
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| 61 | 61 | | to implement this section. |
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