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State education leaders describe ‘Choice Ready’ gains and outline budget, goals
Summary
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction officials told the joint House and Senate education committees that graduation and 'choice ready' rates have risen in recent years, and reviewed the agency’s $2.9 billion K–12 budget, strategic goals and data priorities.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Basler told a joint House–Senate education committee on the opening day of the 69th session that the department’s goal is to prepare students “to graduate choice ready.” She emphasized the department’s role supporting roughly 130,000–135,000 K–12 students and managing state and federal dollars for schools.
Basler said the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) administers a $2.9 billion K–12 budget, and that roughly $2.8 billion of that total is distributed directly to local school districts. “Our job is to make sure that our our students, a 130,000 of them now that are kindergarten through 12th grade age ... have what they need so they can graduate choice ready and be successful,” Basler said.
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