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Committee hears bill to add teaching-coursework option to North Dakota scholarship

2117925 · January 14, 2025
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Summary

House Bill 1098 would add courses related to the profession of teaching as a third coursework option for the North Dakota scholarship’s workforce-ready pathway; the Department of Public Instruction proposed an amendment to align credit requirements with the former CTE scholarship and the committee took testimony but no final vote.

The House Education Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 1098, introduced by Representative Jonas, to add courses related to the profession of teaching as an additional coursework option for the North Dakota scholarship’s workforce-ready pathway.

The change would let students meet the workforce-ready coursework requirement by completing a teaching-related sequence, rather than the current two options: 4 credits of career and technical education (CTE) with at least 2 in the same plan of study or 3 credits in the same world, indigenous or sign language. Representative Jonas said the proposal restores an option that existed under the former academic and CTE scholarships and “would add another option for which students can achieve the coursework requirements under the pathway.”

Jim Upgren, legislative liaison and assistant director in the Office of School Approval and Opportunity at the Department of Public…

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