Committee backs bill to exempt Center for Distance Education from some OMB procurement and forms rules
House Bill 12‑69 would place into statute a procurement exemption for the North Dakota Center for Distance Education that lets the center buy educational content and education technology for virtual K‑12 delivery without following certain OMB competition rules, while preserving IT security and contracting oversight.
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Representative Cynthia Schreiberbeck introduced House Bill 12‑69, which would exempt the North Dakota Center for Distance Education (NDCDE) from certain Office of Management and Budget (OMB) procurement competition requirements for educational content, educational technology tools, and related services used to deliver K‑12 virtual instruction. "The bill eliminates the OMB procurement requirement for contracts by the North Dakota Center for Distance Education for educational content, educational technology tools, and related services for virtual delivery of education to students in kindergarten through grade 12," Representative Schreiberbeck said.
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