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DPI asks legislature to fully fund continuous improvement contract; proposes $6 million to stop district deduction
Summary
State Superintendent Kirsten Basler asked the House Appropriations Education & Environment Division to fund the state's continuous improvement contract directly, saying DPI seeks roughly $6 million so school districts will no longer have a foundation‑aid deduction for Cognia services.
Kirsten Basler, State Superintendent, told the House Appropriations Education & Environment Division that one of the department’s largest agency requests tied to House Bill 1013 is funding for the state’s continuous improvement process, the program DPI administers that was previously linked to accreditation work.
"This is our continuous improvement process," Basler said, and tied the requirement back to state law. She told the committee the continuous improvement obligation satisfies North Dakota Century Code 15.1-6‑6 and that DPI has been working with Cognia (formerly AdvancED) to adapt the accreditation model into the state's continuous improvement framework.
Basler described two reasons the department requested a substantial increase to…
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