School construction projects - Unanticipated construction projects and emergency
repairs - Loans.
1.Up to sixty million dollars from the coal development trust fund is available to the board
of university and school lands for loans under this section.
2.To be eligible for a loan under this section, the school district must demonstrate a need
based on an unanticipated construction project, an unanticipated replacement project,
an emergency repair, or a legislatively defined condition, and the board of a school
district shall:
a.Obtain the approval of the superintendent of public instruction for the construction
project under section 15.1-36-01; and
b.Submit to the superintendent of public instruction an application containing all
information deemed necessary by the superintendent, inclu
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School construction projects - Unanticipated construction projects and emergency
repairs - Loans.
1. Up to sixty million dollars from the coal development trust fund is available to the board
of university and school lands for loans under this section.
2. To be eligible for a loan under this section, the school district must demonstrate a need
based on an unanticipated construction project, an unanticipated replacement project,
an emergency repair, or a legislatively defined condition, and the board of a school
district shall:
a. Obtain the approval of the superintendent of public instruction for the construction
project under section 15.1-36-01; and
b. Submit to the superintendent of public instruction an application containing all
information deemed necessary by the superintendent, including potential
alternative sources or methods of financing the construction project.
3. The superintendent of public instruction shall consider each loan application in the
order the application received approval under section 15.1-36-01.
4. If the superintendent of public instruction approves the loan, the board of university
and school lands shall issue a loan from the coal development trust fund.
a. For a loan made under this subsection:
(1) Except for loans provided for a school construction project on an air force
base, the minimum loan amount is two hundred fifty thousand dollars and
the maximum loan amount for which a school district may qualify is five
million dollars;
(2) The term of the loan is twenty years, unless the board of the school district
requests a shorter term in the written loan application; and
(3) The interest rate of the loan may not exceed two percent per year.
b. During the 2025-27 biennium, a loan for a school construction project on an air
force base is an allowable condition under subsection 2. For a loan made for a
school construction project on an air force base under this subsection:
(1) The maximum loan amount for which the school district may qualify is the
lesser of twenty percent of the project cost or twenty million dollars;
(2) The term of the loan is twenty years, unless the board of the school district
requests a shorter term in the written loan application;
(3) The interest rate of the loan may not exceed two percent per year; and
(4) The school district must obtain all necessary federal authorizations and
funding commitments for the project.
5. a. If a school district seeking a loan under this section received an allocation of the
oil and gas gross production tax during the previous fiscal year in accordance
with chapter 57-51, the board of the district shall provide to the board of university
and school lands, and to the state treasurer, its evidence of indebtedness
indicating the loan originated under this section.
b. If the evidence of indebtedness is payable solely from the school district's
allocation of the oil and gas gross production tax in accordance with section
57-51-15, the loan does not constitute a general obligation of the school district
and may not be considered a debt of the district.
c. If a loan made to a school district is payable solely from the district's allocation of
the oil and gas gross production tax in accordance with section 57-51-15, the
terms of the loan must require the state treasurer withhold the dollar amount or
percentage specified in the loan agreement, from each of the district's oil and gas
gross production tax allocations, in order to repay the principal and interest of the
evidence of indebtedness. The state treasurer shall deposit the amount withheld
into the fund from which the loan originated.
d. Any evidence of indebtedness executed by the board of a school district under
this subsection is a negotiable instrument and not subject to taxation by the state
or any political subdivision of the state.
6. For purposes of this section, a "construction project" means the purchase, lease,
erection, or improvement of any structure or facility by a school board, provided the
acquisition or activity is within a school board's authority.