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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota Enacts Senate Bill 2213 to Revise Mathematics Curriculum, Teacher Training, and Student Screening
Last action · June 11, 2025: Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02Sponsors: Schaible, Donald and 4 others
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What This Bill Does
North Dakota requires school districts and nonpublic schools to adopt evidence-based mathematics curricula, provide professional development for educators, implement formative assessments, and conduct early screening for mathematics deficiencies and in kindergarten through grade three. The legislation appropriates $1,500,000 for the 2025-2027 biennium to support school districts, , and a mathematics screening pilot program for grades four through eight.
School districts must overhaul math curricula and teacher training while conducting mandatory student screening, backed by $1,500,000 in state funding distributed across the biennium.
- Senate Bill 2213 was introduced during the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and signed into law by the Governor. context
Who It Affects
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School districts and nonpublic schools
Must implement evidence-based mathematics curricula, continuing professional development, regular formative assessments, and student screening processes.
Teachers of mathematics and special education teachers
Must participate in continuing professional development focused on explicit instruction and best practices in mathematics.
Kindergarten through grade three students
Subject to early screening processes for mathematics deficiencies and characteristics of dyscalculia, with accommodation plans developed when needed.
Teacher licensure candidates
Must demonstrate competencies in direct and explicit mathematics instruction and pedagogy to obtain certification.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
30 actions- Jun 11, 2025Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02
- May 2, 2025SenateEnrolledSigned by Governor 05/01
- Apr 29, 2025SenateEnrolledSent to Governor
- Apr 29, 2025SenateSigned by President
- Apr 28, 2025HouseSigned by Speaker
- Apr 24, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, passed as amended, yeas 63 nays 30
Show 24 earlier actions
- Apr 24, 2025HouseCommitteeConference committee report adopted
- Apr 23, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar
- Apr 23, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 31 nays 16
- Apr 23, 2025SenateCommitteeConference committee report adopted
- Apr 23, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar
- Apr 17, 2025HouseCommitteeConference committee appointed Schreiber-Beck Conmy Richter
- Apr 15, 2025SenateCommitteeConference committee appointed Lemm Schaible Axtman
- Apr 15, 2025SenateRefused to concur
- Apr 10, 2025SenateReturned to Senate (12)
- Apr 10, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, passed as amended, yeas 59 nays 33
- Apr 9, 2025HouseCommitteeAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Apr 8, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 0 2
- Mar 27, 2025HouseRereferred to Appropriations
- Mar 27, 2025HouseCommitteeAmendment adopted
- Mar 26, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 5 0
- Mar 17, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:30
- Feb 21, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Education Committee
- Feb 18, 2025HouseReceived from Senate
- Feb 17, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 39 nays 6
- Feb 14, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 1 4
- Feb 4, 2025SenateRereferred to Appropriations
- Feb 4, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back, do pass 6 0 0
- Jan 28, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 02:15
- Jan 15, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Education Committee
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Phased Teacher Credentialing Expansion
Teacher competency requirements for mathematics instruction initially apply only to secondary teachers in 2025 and expand to elementary education teachers in 2027.
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- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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