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HB1013
North Dakota Education Funding and Rule Changes
Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 3:24 AM
In one sentence
This law provides money for state education agencies, changes how schools collect meal eligibility data, updates rules on the Superintendent's salary and cost-sharing, and includes provisions for transfers, reports, exemptions, and an effective date.
What it does
- Provides funding to pay expenses for the Department of Public Instruction, Center for Distance Education, State Library, School for the Deaf, and North Dakota Vision Services - School for the Blind.
- Creates a new state law section about how schools collect information on free or reduced-price meal eligibility.
- Changes existing laws regarding the salary of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
- Updates rules related to administrative cost-sharing between agencies.
- Provides for a transfer, requires a report, provides an exemption, and sets an effective date.
Who it affects
- The Department of Public Instruction
- The Center for Distance Education
- The State Library
- The School for the Deaf
- North Dakota Vision Services - School for the Blind
- Schools collecting free or reduced-price meal eligibility information
Limits and unknowns
- The official text excerpt does not list the specific dollar amounts of funding provided.
- The exact changes to the Superintendent's salary amount are not detailed in the summary information.
- The effective date for when these rules begin is listed as blank in the source metadata.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Appropriation
- Money set aside by the government to pay for specific expenses.
- Superintendent of Public Instruction
- The head official who leads the state's Department of Public Instruction.
- Free or reduced-price meal eligibility
- Qualification for students to receive school meals at no cost or a lower price based on income.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
HB 1013