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Fargo senator seeks $500,000 for school mastery framework training grants
Summary
Senate Bill 2263 would allocate one‑time funds to let school teams pay stipends and buy time to design mastery/competency‑based education frameworks; proponents said lack of time, not lack of will, prevents more districts from adopting mastery models.
Sen. Ryan Ronberger, R‑District 10, told the Senate Workforce Development Committee he sponsored Senate Bill 2263 to provide a one‑time appropriation of $500,000 to help school districts develop mastery‑based education frameworks. "The purpose of SB 2263 is to support school district teams in developing and implementing mastery based education frameworks," Ronberger said, adding the grants would pay stipends for teachers to work additional days on innovation work.
Why it matters: Supporters said North Dakota law already permits mastery frameworks as an alternate graduation pathway but that too few districts have implemented the frameworks because school teams…
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