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With recent passage of a new law and additional funding, North Dakota is moving toward earlier identification and intervention for students with a learning disability known as dyslexia.
House Bill 1131 added a dyslexia specialist to the list of professional credentials that can be attached to a teaching license through the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. The bill passed the House 89-0 and Senate 45-0 before Gov. Doug Burgum signed it into law April 1. The law change becomes effective Aug. 1.
Dyslexia is defined in state law as a neurological learning disability characterized by difficulties with accurate or fluent recognition of words and poor spelling and decoding abilities, independent of the individual’s general intelligence level.
North Dakota passes education bill SB#2304
Law requires all elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools include curriculum on Native American history
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Law requires all elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools include curriculum on Native American history
News Release
National Indian Education Association
On Friday, April 23, 2021 Governor Doug Burgum signed the flagship education act, North Dakota Senate Bill 2304, into law requiring all elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools in the state to include curriculum on Native American history that will become effective on August 1, 2021.
Passed by the 67
th Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota in a 76-16 vote on April 19, 2021, the Bill sets a new precedent in the state of North Dakota and serves as an example of tribal-state partnerships in advancing Native education for all. The Bill includes an active timeline for i
Aid dollars come in for ND schools, with 15 districts receiving more than $15,000 in per-pupil funding so far
As billions of dollars in federal money flow into districts around the country meant to cushion the pandemic’s expensive necessities the results have been transformative for some schools.
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Manvel Principal Melissa Hiltner, left, visits in a Manvel classroom with middle-school teacher Jodie Wohlgamuth. Local school leaders there hope to use federal stimulus money on a $90,000 project to replace nearly 60-year-old school windows. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
Manvel Public School is emerging from a long year of pandemic, just like every other district in North Dakota. And there’s work to be done.
By Pat Sweeney
Apr 19, 2021 4:36 PM
Shari Jerde, a business education teacher and family and consumer sciences teacher at Community High School, has been selected as Grand Forks Public Schools’ 2020-2021 Teacher of the Year.
Jerde re-joined the staff at Community High School in the fall of 2016 and has made an indelible mark on her students and colleagues.
Jerde began her career with Grand Forks Public Schools, serving as an adult education instructor from 1999-2003. From January 1999-May 2008, Jerde served as a resident teacher in special education and taught business education classes at Community High School. She then spent several years at Central Valley (Griggs-Steele-Traill Multidistrict Education Services) and Bottineau Public Schools before coming back to Community High School in August 2016.
Apr 15, 2021
The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction is seeking applications from organizations that are interested in operating North Dakota’s Summer Food Service Program. The program provides meals to children when school is not in session.
Potential sponsors include residential summer camps, private nonprofit organizations, public schools, nonprofit private schools, and local, municipal, county, tribal or state government units.
Any potential meal provider is eligible to participate, although they must complete the application process to be approved. Normally, eligibility rules would require that at least 50% of the children who are served meals, or who are living in the area, to be eligible for free or reduced-price meals based on local school or census data. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has waived that requirement because of COVID-19.