A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the North Dakota university system; to provide an appropriation to the Bank of North Dakota; to create and enact four new sections to chapter 15-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to dual-credit courses, the professional student exchange program, presidential searches, and the state commissioner of higher education; to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 6-09-53, subdivision 1 of section 15-10-17, subdivision c of subsection 1 of section 15-10-48, subdivision c of subsection 1 of section 15-10-48.2, subdivision c of subsection 1 of section 15-10-49, subsection 1 of section 15-10-75, subsection 1 of the new section to chapter 15-10, as created by section 1 of House Bill No. 1437, as approved by the sixty-ninth legislative assembly, paragraph 3 of subdivision h of subsection 1 of section 15-18.2-02, subsection 2 of section 15-18.2-03, subsection 1 of section 15-18.2-05, section 15-54.1-04, subsection 1 of section 15-62.4-01, subsection 2 of section 15-62.5-03, and section 54-44.1-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the state board of higher education, the economic diversification research fund, matching grants for the advancement of academics, the workforce education innovation program, academic tenure policy at institutions of higher education, state aid for institutions of higher education, university system capital building funds, student financial assistance grants, the scholars program, and the cancellation of unexpended appropriations; to amend and reenact sections 6 and 7 of chapter 126 of the 2021 Session Laws, relating to transfers from the Bank of North Dakota to the skilled workforce loan repayment program fund and the skilled workforce scholarship fund; to amend and reenact sections 7, 8, and 9 of chapter 3 of the 2023 Session Laws, relating to transfers from the Bank of North Dakota to the skilled workforce loan repayment program fund, the skilled workforce scholarship fund, and to the state board of higher education for dual-credit tuition scholarships; to amend and reenact subsection 17 of section 1 of chapter 550 of the 2021 Special Session Session Laws, relating to funding for hyperbaric oxygen therapy; to repeal section 15-10-74 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the naming of the Bismarck state college polytechnic center; to authorize the state board of higher education to issue and sell bonds for capital projects; to provide for a transfer; to provide for the conveyance of real property; to provide for a legislative management higher education funding review committee; to provide for a report; to provide legislative intent; to provide an exemption; and to provide for application.
Last Official Action
Conference committee appointed Swiontek Sanford Richter