The board of a school district may:
1.Establish a system of free public schools for all children of legal school age residing
within the district.
2.Organize, establish, operate, and maintain elementary, middle, and high schools.
3.Have custody and control of all school district property and, in the case of the board of
education of the city of Fargo, have custody and control of all public school property
within the boundaries of the Fargo public school district and to manage and control all
school matters.
4.Acquire real property and construct school buildings and other facilities.
5.Relocate or discontinue schools and liquidate the assets of the district as required by
law; provided no site may be acquired or building constructed, or no school may be
organized, established, operate
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The board of a school district may:
1. Establish a system of free public schools for all children of legal school age residing
within the district.
2. Organize, establish, operate, and maintain elementary, middle, and high schools.
3. Have custody and control of all school district property and, in the case of the board of
education of the city of Fargo, have custody and control of all public school property
within the boundaries of the Fargo public school district and to manage and control all
school matters.
4. Acquire real property and construct school buildings and other facilities.
5. Relocate or discontinue schools and liquidate the assets of the district as required by
law; provided no site may be acquired or building constructed, or no school may be
organized, established, operated, maintained, discontinued, or changed in location
without the approval of the state board of public school education if outside the
boundary of the district.
6. Purchase, sell, exchange, and improve real property.
7. Lease real property for a maximum of one year except in the case of:
a. A career and technical education facility constructed in whole or in part with
financing acquired under chapter 40-57, which may be leased for up to twenty
years; or
b. A lease for the installation of a wireless telecommunications facility, which may be
leased for up to twenty years.
8. Subject to chapter 32-15, exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire real
property for school purposes.
9. Purchase, sell, exchange, improve, and lease for up to one year equipment, furniture,
supplies, and textbooks.
10. Recruit or contract with others to recruit homes and facilities which provide boarding
care for special education students.
11. Provide dormitories for the boarding care of special education students.
12. Insure school district property.
13. Independently or jointly with other school districts, purchase telecommunications
equipment or lease a telecommunications system or network.
14. Provide for the education of students by another school district.
15. Contract with federal officials for the education of students in a federal school.
16. Prescribe courses of study in addition to those prescribed by the superintendent of
public instruction or by law.
17. Adopt rules regarding the instruction of students, including their admission, transfer,
organization, grading, and government.
18. Join the North Dakota high school activities association and pay membership fees.
19. Adopt alternative curricula for high school seniors who require fewer than four
academic units.
20. Contract with, employ, and compensate school district personnel.
21. Contract with and provide reimbursement for the provision of teaching services by an
individual certified as an instructor in the areas of North Dakota American Indian
languages and culture by the education standards and practices board.
22. a. Suspend school district personnel;
b. Delegate to the superintendent of the district the authority to suspend school
district personnel, except as provided for in section 15.1-15-10; or
c. In the case of a district that does not employ a superintendent, delegate to the
individual charged with administering the district the authority to suspend school
district personnel, except as provided for in section 15.1-15-10.
23. Dismiss school district personnel.
24. Participate in group insurance plans and pay all or part of the insurance premiums.
25. Contract for the services of a district superintendent, provided that the contract, which
may be renewed, does not exceed a period of three years.
26. Contract for the services of a principal.
27. Employ an individual to serve as the school district business manager or contract with
any person to perform the duties assigned to a school district business manager by
law.
28. Dismiss a school district business manager for cause without prior notice.
29. Dismiss a school district business manager without cause with thirty days' written
notice.
30. Defray the necessary and contingent expenses of the board.
31. Levy a tax upon property in the district for school purposes, as permitted in
accordance with chapter 57-15.
32. Amend and certify budgets and tax levies, as provided in title 57.
33. Pay dues allowing for the board to hold membership in city, county, state, and national
organizations and associations.
34. Designate, at its annual meeting, a newspaper of general circulation as the official
newspaper of the district.
35. Authorize schools within the district to display the ten commandments with a display of
other historical documents in the school and in a classroom.