North Dakota § 15.1-02-23 Intervention for chronically low-performing schools - Report

North Dakota Statutes

§ 15.1-02-23 — Intervention for chronically low-performing schools - Report

North Dakota § 15.1-02-23

Title 15.1Elementary and Secondary Education

Ch. 15.1-02Superintendent of Public Instruction

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N.D. Cent. Code § 15.1-02-23 (2026).

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1.As used in this section, unless context otherwise requires:

a."Chronically low-performing district" means a school district for which auditing and monitoring has revealed a consistent mishandling of processes, reporting, or funds resulting in inadequate educational services for the school district's students and has had chronically low-performing schools within the school district.

b."Chronically low-performing school" means a school identified by the state for comprehensive support and improvement in accordance with the Every Student Succeeds Act [Pub. L. 114-95; 114 Stat. 1177; 20 U.S.C. 28 et seq.] for more than one cycle.

c."Inadequate educational services" include a lack of annual progress in academic achievement, student engagement, resource allocation, teacher effectiveness, c

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1. As used in this section, unless context otherwise requires:
a. "Chronically low-performing district" means a school district for which auditing
and monitoring has revealed a consistent mishandling of processes, reporting, or
funds resulting in inadequate educational services for the school district's
students and has had chronically low-performing schools within the school
district.
b. "Chronically low-performing school" means a school identified by the state for
comprehensive support and improvement in accordance with the Every Student
Succeeds Act [Pub. L. 114-95; 114 Stat. 1177; 20 U.S.C. 28 et seq.] for more than
one cycle.
c. "Inadequate educational services" include a lack of annual progress in academic
achievement, student engagement, resource allocation, teacher effectiveness,
chronic absenteeism, and persistent subgroup opportunity gaps.
2. The superintendent of public instruction shall intervene directly when a public school is
a chronically low-performing school and when a school district is a chronically
low-performing school district. The superintendent of public instruction shall conduct
an assessment and a review of past interventions of a chronically low-performing
school or school district to identify areas of insufficient performance and develop an
improvement plan. An improvement plan under this section may include a directive
from the superintendent of public instruction requiring:
a. Funds to be held in escrow for the school or school district or spent as designated
by the superintendent of public instruction.
b. Changes to curriculum, training, instruction, assessment, or the school calendar
in the school or school district.
c. Reassignment or hiring of school or school district staff to fill roles associated with
school or school district needs.
3. A memorandum of understanding must be entered between the department of public
instruction and a chronically low-performing school or school district.
4. A chronically low-performing school or school district shall complete a school board
leadership program as required by the department of public instruction.
5. The superintendent of public instruction shall report annually to the state board of
public school education, the education standing committees of the legislative assembly
during a legislative session, and an interim committee of the legislative management
when the legislative assembly is not in a legislative session regarding the
implementation of this section.