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Senate panel hears overhaul of school transportation funding formula after UND study
Summary
House Bill 12 14 would replace the long‑standing transportation block grant with a formula tied to per‑pupil funding and new weights for district area and building count, aiming to better account for geography and service density and to stabilize transportation reimbursement.
House Bill 12 14, a rewrite of the state school transportation funding mechanism, was presented to the Senate Education Committee with broad support from superintendents and school associations.
Representative David Richter (Williston), the bill sponsor, said the measure stems from a University of North Dakota transportation study and work by the interim education funding task force. The proposal would shift the state’s transportation allocation from a fixed block grant to a formula tied to the per‑pupil payment and adjusted by several new weighting factors that account for large district land area and number of school buildings, as well as reported bus miles and runs.
Steve Holland, superintendent of Mackenzie County School District…
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