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House adopts per-pupil funding bill after debate over funding levels and financing sources
Summary
Lawmakers adopted the conference committee report for House Bill 13-69, which sets per-pupil payment increases and uses the Coal Development Trust Fund for school construction assistance after removing a proposed stabilization loan; final passage recorded with the emergency clause failing.
The North Dakota House adopted the conference committee report on House Bill 13-69, the per-pupil payment funding bill, after debate over the level of increases, teacher recruitment and construction financing.
Representative Navey noted the bill’s cost and the per-pupil payment figures: the first-year rate and the second-year rate are reflected in the bill text (pages cited during floor remarks). The conference committee removed a proposed stabilization-fund construction loan and instead relied on the Coal Development Trust Fund for school construction assistance; the committee echoed precedent in prior use of…
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