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Senate passes measure allowing Superintendent to collect school facility assessments (was amended to be permissive)
Summary
House Bill 1476, as amended by the Senate to change required school building assessments from 'shall' to 'may', passed the Senate 28-19; the amendment removed an unfunded statewide mandate after the House removed a related appropriation.
The North Dakota Senate passed House Bill 1476 on April 3 by a vote of 28-19. The bill, as amended by the Senate Education Committee, directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to collect assessments of public school buildings statewide but changes mandatory language to permissive language, replacing required assessments with authority for the department to collect data if it chooses.
Senator Gerhardt, reporting the committee’s action, explained that the original committee…
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