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1-Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
2-In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
3-HOUSE BILL NO. 1530
4-(Representatives Schneider, Conmy, Davis, Heinert, Jonas, Kiefert, Schreiber-Beck, Hager)
5-(Senators Davison, Hogan, Mathern)
6-AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study on the circumstances and needs of special
7-education teachers and the related special education teacher shortage.
1+25.1241.01000
2+Sixty-ninth
3+Legislative Assembly
4+of North Dakota
5+Introduced by
6+Representatives Schneider, Conmy, Davis, Heinert, Jonas, Kiefert, Schreiber-Beck, Hager
7+Senators Davison, Hogan, Mathern
8+A BILL for an Act to provide for a legislative management study on the circumstances and
9+needs of special education teachers and the related special education teacher shortage.
810 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
9-SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF
10-SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.
11-1.During the 2025-26 interim, the legislative management shall consider studying special
12-education teacher shortages, circumstances, and collective needs. The study must include:
11+SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
12+OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.
13+1.During the 2025-26 interim, the legislative management shall consider studying
14+special education teacher shortages, circumstances, and collective needs. The study
15+must include:
1316 a.Special education teacher workload, including:
1417 (1)Significant and inequitable disparities in caseload numbers and complexities
1518 between educators;
16-(2)Addition of students to a special education's workload throughout the year without
17-consideration of impact on students' needs and teachers' workload;
19+(2)Addition of students to a special education's workload throughout the year
20+without consideration of impact on students' needs and teachers' workload;
1821 (3)Lack of a subjective formula for teaching, workload, and case management
1922 assignments;
20-(4)Unsatisfactory policies and formulas adopted without special educator involvement,
21-adequate training, or with general or vague language; and
22-(5)Burdensome workloads threatening compliance with student individual education
23-plans and state and federal law.
23+(4)Unsatisfactory policies and formulas adopted without special educator
24+involvement, adequate training, or with general or vague language; and
25+(5)Burdensome workloads threatening compliance with student individual
26+education plans and state and federal law.
2427 b.Special education student and staff safety, including:
25-(1)The unmet need for accessible, understandable, and effective emergency and crisis
26-plans, procedures, protocols, and trained personnel available to implement them;
28+(1)The unmet need for accessible, understandable, and effective emergency
29+and crisis plans, procedures, protocols, and trained personnel available to
30+implement them;
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2758 (2)Lack of training in de-escalation techniques and preventative strategies and
2859 necessary protective equipment;
29-(3)Lack of training in the use of protective equipment and restrictive procedures;
30-(4)Uncompensated time for planning and implementing behavior intervention plans
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32-(5)Lack of adequate space to meet the needs of students demonstrating violent
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34-(6)The unmet need for additional highly qualified paraprofessional support in situations
35-involving students with violent behavior; and
36-(7)The inequitable treatment of injured staff who must use sick leave or unpaid leave
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38-c.Special education paraprofessional management duties, including: H. B. NO. 1530 - PAGE 2
39-(1)Additional expectation that education, training, and professional development of
40-paraprofessionals are an obligation of the special education teacher;
41-(2)Additional requirement that special education teachers schedule and annually
42-evaluate paraprofessionals;
60+(3)Lack of training in the use of protective equipment and restrictive
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62+(4)Uncompensated time for planning and implementing behavior intervention
63+plans separate from teacher preparation time;
64+(5)Lack of adequate space to meet the needs of students demonstrating
65+violent behavior;
66+(6)The unmet need for additional highly qualified paraprofessional support in
67+situations involving students with violent behavior; and
68+(7)The inequitable treatment of injured staff who must use sick leave or unpaid
69+leave due to injuries that occurred at work.
70+c.Special education paraprofessional management duties, including:
71+(1)Additional expectation that education, training, and professional
72+development of paraprofessionals are an obligation of the special education
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74+(2)Additional requirement that special education teachers schedule and
75+annually evaluate paraprofessionals;
4376 (3)Inadequate availability of highly qualified paraprofessionals;
4477 (4)Inadequate training in management of paraprofessionals; and
4578 (5)Failure to provide additional time and compensation for paraprofessional
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4780 d.Special education paperwork requirements and supports, including:
48-(1)Lack of compensation for extensive federal, state, and disability-related required
49-paperwork;
50-(2)Lack of compensation to attend individual education plan evaluation meetings
51-outside the teacher's workday or during teacher preparation time; and
52-(3)Lack of additional time, training, mentoring, administrative and professional support
53-and assistance necessary to manage mandatory reporting, compliance, and due
54-process issues and requirements.
55-e.Additional or broader considerations, pertinent data review, and plans for remediation of
56-inequities, including projected costs and implementation timetables.
57-2.The legislative management shall report its findings and recommendations, together with any
58-legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the seventieth legislative assembly. H. B. NO. 1530 - PAGE 3
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60-Speaker of the House President of the Senate
61-____________________________ ____________________________
62-Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate
63-This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative
64-Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1530.
65-House Vote: Yeas 84 Nays 7 Absent 3
66-Senate Vote:Yeas 46 Nays 1 Absent 0
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68-Chief Clerk of the House
69-Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025.
70-Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.
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72-Governor
73-Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
74-at ________ o’clock ________M.
75-____________________________
76-Secretary of State
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83+(2)Lack of compensation to attend individual education plan evaluation
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86+(3)Lack of additional time, training, mentoring, administrative and professional
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125+2.The legislative management shall report its findings and recommendations, together
126+with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the seventieth
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