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DPI finance officer outlines how North Dakota funds K‑12; $2.3 billion flows through formula
Summary
Adam Tesher, school finance officer at the Department of Public Instruction, told the Joint Education Committee the integrated funding formula currently directs about $2.3 billion in per‑pupil payments to North Dakota school districts and described how state, local and special buckets work.
Bismarck — Adam Tesher, school finance officer at the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, told the Joint Education Committee the state’s integrated funding formula currently distributes roughly $2.3 billion on a per‑pupil basis to local school districts.
Tesher said the funding picture also includes about $58 million in transportation grants and roughly $24 million for special education contracts that function as a high‑cost “insurance” bucket for individual students. He told lawmakers the current per‑pupil payment set by the legislature is $11,072.
The fund mix has changed since the formula’s 2013 start, Tesher said. General fund contributions have stayed roughly flat over the last decade while increases in the state tuition fund, driven largely by the Common Schools…
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