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DPI official walks lawmakers through K‑12 funding formula, key buckets and transition rules
Summary
Adam Tesher, school finance officer at the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, briefed the Joint Education Committee on how the state’s per‑pupil funding formula is financed, major program buckets and the remaining districts on transition minimums.
Adam Tesher, school finance officer at the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, told the Joint Education Committee the state funds K‑12 education primarily through a per‑pupil funding formula and a mix of state and local revenue.
Tesher said the “integrated formula payments” for the current biennium total about $2,300,000,000 and that the formula is supplemented by transportation grants (about $58,000,000) and special education contracts (about $24,000,000). He described the state’s approach as a per‑pupil payment model and said the current legislatively set per‑pupil payment is $11,072.
The briefing explained why state contributions have risen while the general fund contribution has been relatively stable. Tesher said the common schools trust fund and…
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