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House approves public charter school framework after extensive debate on local control, funding and religious limits
Summary
Senate Bill 22-41 establishes a statutory framework for public charter schools in North Dakota; the House passed the measure 64–29 after floor debate over local governance, funding, religious activity limits and potential rural impacts.
The North Dakota House on April 8 passed Senate Bill 22-41, creating a framework to authorize and regulate public charter schools in the state. The final floor vote was 64–29.
Representative Haupt presented committee findings and described the bill as a detailed framework that would allow community-driven public charter schools to operate as public local education agencies while maintaining accountability to the superintendent of public instruction. "The application will lay out academic and financial soundness through an extensive charter application," Haupt said, and the bill requires performance agreements that set academic, operational and financial…
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