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House panel weighs shifting CDE tuition costs as districts, state agency clash
Summary
Lawmakers, district leaders and the North Dakota Center for Distance Education debated House Bill 1172 before the House Education Committee, with sponsors proposing parents pay in limited cases and the state virtual school warning the change would shrink its revenue and force cuts.
The House Education Committee heard competing accounts on House Bill 1172, which would change when parents rather than school districts must pay tuition for courses through the North Dakota Center For Distance Education (CDE).
Representative Pat Heinert, sponsor of HB1172, told the committee the bill “meets in the middle” by making parents responsible for CDE tuition only when the home district both offers the course and can reasonably accommodate the student’s schedule. "The bill says that a parent is responsible for the CDE course only if only if the school offers it and can make accommodations for the student," Heinert said during the hearing.
Supporters said the change would curb what they called duplication of services and reduce unplanned costs for districts. Bismarck Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Jeff Fosnott told the panel that recent state policies shifted the tuition burden onto…
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