23.1106.01000
Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly SENATE BILL NO. 2380
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Senator Davison
1 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 15.1-27-16 of the North Dakota Century Code,
2 relating to administrative cost-sharing for cooperating districts and special education units.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 15.1-27-16 of the North Dakota Century Code is
5 amended and reenacted as follows:
6 15.1-27-16. Per student payments - Administrative cost-sharing - Cooperating
7 districts and special education units. (Effective through June 30, 2024)
8 1. If any school district receiving payments under this chapter cooperates with another
9 school district for the joint provision of educational services under a plan approved by
10 the superintendent of public instruction, the superintendent of public instruction shall,
11 notwithstanding the provisions of section 15.1-27-03.2, create and assign a separate
12 weighting factor that allows the cooperating districts to receive, for a period of four
13 years, a payment rate equivalent to that which each district would have received had
14 the cooperative plan not taken effect. The superintendent of public instruction shall
15 compute the separate weighting factor to four decimal places and that weighting factor
16 is effective for the duration of the cooperative plan.
17 2. A school district that is cooperating with another school district under a cooperative
18 plan approved by the superintendent of public instruction, and which has taxable
19 property located in the same city as the other school district under the cooperative
20 plan, may not be required as part of the cooperative plan to:
21 a. Provide unduplicated grade level services; or
22 b. Share administrative personnel.
23 3. If any school district receiving payments under this chapter or any special education
24 unit cooperates with another school district or special education unit to jointly employ
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1 both a superintendent andor a school district business manager or to jointly employ
2 both a special education unit director andor a special education unit business
3 manager, the superintendent of public instruction shall provide partial reimbursement
4 of the combined salariessalary of the superintendent andor the school district business
5 manager or partial reimbursement of the combined salariessalary of the special
6 education unit director andor the special education unit business manager as follows:
7 a. If the combined salaries exceed threesalary exceeds two hundred thousand
8 dollars, the amount of the reimbursement must be calculated based upon
9 threetwo hundred thousand dollars. Each cooperating school district or special
10 education unit shall receive a prorated share of the reimbursement percentages
11 listed below based on the percentage of full-time equivalency that the
12 superintendent andor school district business manager or the special education
13 unit director andor special education unit business manager are employed by
14 each district or special education unit. The percentage of reimbursement for the
15 combined salariessalary of the jointly hired superintendent andor school district
16 business manager or of the jointly hired special education unit director andor
17 special education unit business manager must be as follows:
18 (1) If two schools or special education units are cooperating, ten percent of the
19 combined salariessalary;
20 (2) If three schools or special education units are cooperating, fifteen percent of
21 the combined salariessalary;
22 (3) If four schools or special education units are cooperating, twenty percent of
23 the combined salariessalary; and
24 (4) If five or more schools or special education units are cooperating,
25 twenty-five percent of the combined salariessalary.
26 b. To be eligible for reimbursement under this subsection, the cooperating school
27 districts or special education units must:
28 (1) Have been approved by the superintendent of public instruction and have
29 implemented their administrative cost-sharing program after June 30, 2022;
30 and
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1 (2) Submit the salariessalary of the superintendent andor school district
2 business manager or the salariessalary of the special education unit director
3 andor special education unit business manager to the superintendent of
4 public instruction by June first of each year.
5 Per student payments - Cooperating districts. (Effective after June 30, 2024)
6 1. If any school district receiving payments under this chapter cooperates with another
7 school district for the joint provision of educational services under a plan approved by
8 the superintendent of public instruction, the superintendent of public instruction shall,
9 notwithstanding the provisions of section 15.1-27-03.2, create and assign a separate
10 weighting factor that allows the cooperating districts to receive, for a period of four
11 years, a payment rate equivalent to that which each district would have received had
12 the cooperative plan not taken effect. The superintendent of public instruction shall
13 compute the separate weighting factor to four decimal places and that weighting factor
14 is effective for the duration of the cooperative plan.
15 2. A school district that is cooperating with another school district under a cooperative
16 plan approved by the superintendent of public instruction, and which has taxable
17 property located in the same city as the other school district under the cooperative
18 plan, may not be required as part of the cooperative plan to:
19 a. Provide unduplicated grade level services; or
20 b. Share administrative personnel.
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Statutes affected: INTRODUCED: 15.1-27-16
FIRST ENGROSSMENT: 15.1-27-16
SECOND ENGROSSMENT: 15.1-27-16
Enrollment: 15.1-27-16