Jason Heitkamp, a candidate for superintendent of public instruction, is dead-set on ending public schools’ reliance on property taxes. His argument: the North Dakota Constitution says “the legislative assembly shall provide for a uniform system of free public schools throughout the state.” The way Heitkamp reads it, it’s the state’s job to fund schools — […] The post School superintendent candidate says he has ‘backbone’ needed to lead K-12 schools appeared first on North Dakota Monitor.