{"id":489,"date":"2013-04-15T02:54:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T02:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ndaspire.org\/?p=489"},"modified":"2013-04-15T02:54:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T02:54:45","slug":"legislative-update-for-april-14th-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aspireonline.org\/northdakota\/legislative-update-for-april-14th-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Update for April 14th, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":" \n

Education Related Bills<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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HB 1013<\/a><\/td>\nFunding \u00a0 bill for the Dept. of Public Instruction, contains $500,000 appropriation for \u00a0 joint effort of DPI\/NDUS implementation of Common Core State Standards and \u00a0 Assessments, companion bill 1013 reduced salary increase from 3%-5% range to \u00a0 2%-4% range <\/td>\n<\/td>\nPassed \u00a0 by House, now in Senate Appropriations gave a do pass, 4\/12\/13<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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HB 1289<\/a><\/td>\nA \u00a0 BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation of $400,000 so the department of \u00a0 veterans’ affairs to establish a veterans\u2019 higher education assistance \u00a0 program. \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\nAmended, \u00a0 passed House, amended and passed Senate, sent to House to concur or not<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1228<\/a><\/td>\nBill \u00a0 to create STEM network in Dept. of Career and Technical Education to promote \u00a0 best practices in STEM teaching, House reduced from $800,000 to $160,000 and \u00a0 gave STEM network authority to accept outside grants<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPassed \u00a0 and signed by Governor 4\/11<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1422<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0Bill to make childcare more available, and allocates \u00a0 $2.6 Million for childcare stabilization fund in the Dept. of Human Services,<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPassed \u00a0 with amendments in House, now in Senate Appropriations <\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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SB 2200<\/a><\/td>\nA \u00a0 bill to change the way NDUS institutions are funded to a performance-based \u00a0 model based on the number of credit hours students complete, proposed House \u00a0 Appropriations amendments would reduce funding, and assign performance \u00a0 funding model to an interim study committee <\/td>\n<\/td>\nIn \u00a0 House Appropriations <\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SB 2218<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0Workforce development grants to Tribal \u00a0 Colleges through ND Dept. of Commerce; reduced by Senate and House to$3 \u00a0 Million and allowed uses also reduced<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPassed \u00a0 Senate, House to vote on House amendments 4\/16 \n\n <\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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SB 2032<\/a><\/td>\nBill \u00a0 to change performance and accountability measures that NDUS includes in its \u00a0 annual report, new measures focus almost exclusively on retention and graduation \u00a0 rates, number of degrees granted\/yr. for both in-state and out-of-state \u00a0 students; House Education added that retention and graduation statistics be \u00a0 included for Pell-eligible students<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPassed \u00a0 Senate, amended by House, Senate did not concur, now in a conference \u00a0 committee (Flakoll, Poolman, Heckaman, Rohr, Kopplemen, and Mock)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Other \u00a0 Bills of Interest<\/b><\/p>\n <\/td>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>HB 1332<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\n\n\u00a0<\/span>\n\n <\/td>\n\u00a0HB 1332 deals with voter eligibility, \u00a0 including possession of certain forms of ID; \u00a0laws like these are designed to prevent \u00a0 voter fraud which is very rare in ND, but can discourage \u00a0college students and disadvantaged \u00a0 populations from voting<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPassed \u00a0 both houses, sent to Governor<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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