North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota HB1530: AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study on the circumstances and needs of special education teachers and the related special education teacher shortage.
Status: Signed into law, April 7, 2025
What the bill says
An act to provide for a legislative management study on the circumstances and needs of special education teachers and the related special education teacher shortage.
From the enrolled text, March 28, 2025:
AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study on the circumstances and needs of special education teachers and the related special education teacher shortage. SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. 1. During the 2025-26 interim, the legislative management shall consider studying special education teacher shortages, circumstances, and collective needs. The study must include: a. Special education teacher workload, including: (1) Significant and inequitable disparities in caseload numbers and complexities between educators; (2) Addition of students to a special education's workload throughout the year without consideration of impact on students' needs and teachers' workload; (3) Lack of a subjective formula for teaching, workload, and case management assignments; (4) Unsatisfactory policies and formulas adopted without special educator involvement, adequate training, or with general or vague language; and (5) Burdensome workloads threatening compliance with student individual education plans and state and federal law. b. Special education student and staff safety, including: (1) The unmet need for accessible, understandable, and effective emergency and crisis plans, procedures, protocols, and trained personnel available to implement them; (2) Lack of training in de-escalation techniques and preventative strategies and necessary protective equipment; (3) Lack of training in the use of protective equipment and restrictive procedures; (4) Uncompensated time for planning and implementing behavior intervention plans separate from teacher preparation time; …
Sponsors
- Mary Schneider (D, 21) · primary sponsor
- Liz Conmy (D, 11)
- Jayme Davis (D, 9)
- Kyle Davison (R, 41)
- Lauriebeth Hager (D, 21)
- Patrick Heinert (R, 32)
- Kathy Hogan (D, 21)
- Jim Jonas (R, 13)
- Dwight Kiefert (R, 24)
- Tim Mathern (D, 11)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck (R, 25)
Latest actions
- : Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03
- : Signed by Governor 04/02
- : Sent to Governor
- : Signed by Speaker
- : Signed by President
- : Returned to House
- : Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1
- : Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0
- : Committee Hearing 10:00
- : Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee
Votes
- Final Passage (March 26, 2025): 46 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Final Passage (February 12, 2025): 84 yea, 7 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1530?
- HB1530 is a bill in the North Dakota Legislature (69th Legislative Assembly): AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study on the circumstances and needs of special education teachers and the related special education teacher shortage.
- What does HB1530 do?
- In its own words: An act to provide for a legislative management study on the circumstances and needs of special education teachers and the related special education teacher shortage.
- What is the status of HB1530?
- Signed into law as of April 7, 2025. Latest action: Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 (April 7, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1530?
- Mary Schneider (D, 21), with 10 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1530?
- On the North Dakota Legislature website: https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1530.html
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