Six appointed county representatives and the State Superintendent
The State Board makes final decisions on annexations, dissolutions, reorganizations and voluntary property transfers involving school districts. Its role is distinct from NDDPI’s broader education guidance and local districts’ school operations.
Representation
Six members are appointed by the Governor to represent county groups. The elected State Superintendent serves through that office as executive director and secretary.
Case decisions
The Board reviews petitions and records for changes to school districts. An agenda item requesting final approval is not a recorded decision.
Funding and spending gap
Separate Board operating costs, case implementation funding, detailed expenditures and comparable per-pupil spending were not established. Unknown amounts are not zero.
Where the district stands
Board membersverified
7 members
Separate Board operating spendingcontext
Not established USD
Unknown, not zero.
Major projects
Fort Ransom–Lisbon district reorganization
Listed for review and final-order consideration; outcome unverified
The January agenda names a proposed reorganization of Fort Ransom and Lisbon districts. The February agenda lists final findings and an order. The agendas do not establish a completed change or its school-level effects.
Next: Find an official decision or order and verify implementation; no next decision date is established.
Record review and action scheduled.
Final findings and order listed for consideration.
Funding
No final funding arrangement, implementation cost or tax effect was established.
Local elections & school board members
Elections & votes
Board electionScheduled
North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction — unexpired two-year term
North Dakota (statewide)
North Dakota voters will elect the Superintendent of Public Instruction on November 3, 2026, to complete the unexpired two-year term through 2028. The Superintendent serves as an ex-officio member of the State Board of Public School Education. The Secretary of State's certified general-election list names Levi Bachmeier and Tracy Layne Foss.
North Dakota State Board county-representative seats are governor-appointed
North Dakota (statewide)
Six county-representative seats on the seven-member State Board of Public School Education are appointed by the Governor. The State Superintendent is the remaining ex-officio member and is elected statewide; the next election for that office is November 3, 2026.
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