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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota resolution proposes $3 billion from common schools trust fund for statewide school construction
Last action · March 24, 2025: Second reading, failed to adopt yeas 15 nays 77Sponsors: Eric Murphy and 5 others
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What This Bill Proposed
North Dakota House Concurrent Resolution 3035 proposes a constitutional amendment to allocate $3 billion over ten years from the common schools trust fund for statewide school construction, at a rate of $300 million per year. The measure would submit the amendment to voters at the 2026 general election and set biennial distributions from at ten percent of their five-year average value.
Changes the constitutional distribution formulas for state trust funds to direct $600 million per toward school construction projects from the 2027-29 through 2035-37 biennia, impacting capital funding available for public education facilities.
- The North Dakota Common Schools Trust Fund is a permanent endowment fund established to support public elementary and secondary education in the state. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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qualified electors of North Dakota
Voters must vote on whether to approve or reject the proposed constitutional amendment at the 2026 general election.
common schools of the state
Receive annual trust fund distributions dedicated to their maintenance and benefit, alongside additional funding for school construction.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This resolution did not become law - Failed in the House.
Procedural history
6 actions- Mar 24, 2025HouseSecond reading, failed to adopt yeas 15 nays 77
- Mar 21, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 22 1 0
- Mar 10, 2025HouseRereferred to Appropriations
- Mar 10, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back, do pass 9 5 0
- Mar 10, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:30
- Feb 25, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Education Committee
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Constitutional Trust Fund Alteration for Capital Outlay
The measure attempts to structurally alter perpetual trust fund payout rules to inject $3 billion into school construction over a ten-year period.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 80)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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