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Public commenter alleges prior superintendent said district would not fully comply with parental-notification law; board limits remarks
Summary
During public comment, Paul Moore alleged that a prior superintendent had told the district it would not fully comply with state parental-notification requirements; he referenced House Bill 1144 (2025); board staff directed Moore to confine remarks to the EL3 monitoring memo (Memo 73) and the chair repeatedly asked him to stop.
During the public-comment portion of the Fargo Board of Education meeting, Paul Moore of North Fargo addressed governance and monitoring tied to Memo 73 (EL3 monitoring). Moore alleged that at a May 9, 2023 board meeting the then-superintendent said the district would not fully comply with the states parental-notification law regarding transgender-student policies.
"On May 9th, 2023, during a publicly recorded Fargo Public School Board meeting, the superintendent of that time stated that the district would not fully comply with the newly enacted state law related to parental notification of transgender student policies," Moore said.
Moore also referenced House Bill 1144, passed by the North Dakota Legislature in 2025, which he said added enforcement mechanisms and penalties and cited districts alleged to be noncompliant. Board staff and the chair repeatedly interrupted Moore and told him to limit remarks to the EL3 monitoring memo and the compliance rating being considered by the board that evening; they said his background remarks addressed past actions under a previous superintendent rather than the specific memo.
Board staff said Moore could submit additional concerns through the districts online form and that public-comment time is limited to the memo's content. Moore was asked multiple times to conclude before his allotted time expired and the board moved on to reports.
What happens next: The board encouraged Moore to use the district's email or online form to raise concerns outside the meeting. The board did not take formal action on the allegation during the meeting.
