An act to amend and reenact section 15.1-13-12.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the reporting requirements for a lifetime teaching license., the official text

Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
HOUSE BILL NO. 1238 (Representatives Ista, Hager, Heinert, Jonas, Murphy, Pyle, Schreiber-Beck)
(Senators Axtman, Boschee, Cleary, Rummel)
AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-13-12.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the reporting requirements for a lifetime teaching license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 15.1-13-12.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended
and reenacted as follows: 15.1-13-12.1. Teaching license - Lifetime licensure - Report to the board. 1. If an individual has been licensed to teach in this state for a period of thirtytwenty-five years, the education standards and practices board shall grant the individual lifetime licensure. 2. Nothing in this section precludes the board from taking any action against an individual's lifetime license if the board determines that the action is warranted under this chapter. 3. An individual holding a lifetime license who is or intends to be employed as a teacher shall provide a report to the board at least once every five years. The report: a. Must be made in the form and manner prescribed by the board. b. May not cause the individual holding a lifetime license to incur any cost. c. Must disclose: (1) Whether the individual has violated a criminal statute since the issuance of the lifetime license or the last report; and (2) Any information that may cause the individual's teaching license to be revoked or suspended.

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____________________________ Speaker of the House

____________________________ President of the Senate

____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

____________________________ Secretary of the Senate

This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1238.

House Vote: Senate Vote:

Yeas 87 Yeas 47

Nays 4 Nays 0

Absent 3 Absent 0

____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House
Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025. Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.

____________________________ Governor
Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025, at ________ o’clock ________M.

____________________________ Secretary of State