Construction Watch: Proposed legislation seeks to pay off North Dakota school construction debt

 

A long journey lies ahead for House Bill 1525, which recently came before the North Dakota House Education Committee. It seeks to draw money from the Common Schools Trust Fund to pay off all the outstanding debt accrued by school districts around the state, and to fund new or the expansion of common school and rural property facilities. This would, if passed, eliminate the need for voters to decide if they would pay for additional school construction through bonding or tax increases. Read more

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