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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota exempts regional education association contracts from standard state purchasing rules and sets association funding requirements
Last action · April 1, 2025: Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31Sponsors: Kyle Davison and 3 others
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What This Bill Does
Senate Bill 2353 amends state law to exempt contracts between the Department of Public Instruction and s from standard Office of Management and Budget requirements. The measure also specifies the mandatory services regional education associations must offer to remain eligible for state funding.
Changes how s contract with the state education department by bypassing standard purchasing procedures, while explicitly codifying the required services educational cooperatives must provide to qualify for state funds.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Regional education associations
Must offer specific enumerated services to maintain state funding eligibility and become exempt from standard state procurement rules for Department of Public Instruction contracts.
Office of Management and Budget
Must exclude Department of Public Instruction contracts with regional education associations from its standard purchasing oversight requirements.
Member school districts
Receive coordinated professional development, technology support, data analysis, and curricular assistance from regional education associations.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What services must a regional education association provide to get state funding?
Are regional education association contracts subject to normal state purchasing rules?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
15 actions- Apr 1, 2025Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31
- Mar 31, 2025SenateEnrolledSigned by Governor 03/27
- Mar 26, 2025SenateEnrolledSent to Governor
- Mar 26, 2025SenateSigned by President
- Mar 26, 2025HouseSigned by Speaker
- Mar 24, 2025SenateReturned to Senate
Show 9 earlier actions
- Mar 21, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 9
- Mar 18, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back, do pass, placed on consent calendar 14 0 0
- Mar 12, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 02:30
- Feb 18, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Education Committee
- Feb 14, 2025HouseReceived from Senate
- Feb 13, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0
- Feb 12, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0
- Feb 12, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 02:30
- Jan 24, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Education Committee
Version history
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- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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