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HB 1510

A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-18.2 and a new section to chapter 50-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to financial planning resources for new teachers and onsite child care; and to provide for a legislative management study.

69th Legislative Assembly (2025-26) Introduced by Liz Conmy and 11 co-sponsors

HB 1510 would create centralized, clearer financial planning resources for new teachers and allow on-site school-based child care, plus interim studies on health insurance and lice

Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 22 nays 24
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Bill Summary · HB 1510

Summary — HB 1510 (North Dakota, 2025 session)

Purpose

HB 1510 would have created state-supported resources and policy work aimed at improving teacher recruitment, retention, and early-career supports. The bill focused on three areas: (1) providing centralized financial‑planning information for new and recently hired teachers, (2) authorizing on‑site child care in school buildings, and (3) directing interim studies on health‑insurance pooling and teacher licensure/recruitment.

Key provisions

  • New teacher financial‑planning resource (new section to NDCC ch. 15.1‑18.2)

    • The Teachers’ Fund for Retirement Board (and earlier drafts included the Bank of North Dakota and other actors) must submit materials to the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
    • Topics required: teacher salary‑matrix frameworks; comparisons of insurance plans available to teachers; descriptions of benefits in teacher contracts; information on IRC §457 deferred compensation, Teachers’ Fund for Retirement plans, and other benefits/resources to help maximize lifetime/earning potential.
    • The Superintendent compiles these materials into a report and distributes it to teacher preparation programs, district administrators (superintendents, business managers, principals), and school districts for educating and informing new/recently hired teachers.

  • On‑site child care (new section to NDCC ch. 50‑06)

    • Permits a school district to provide or allow providers to deliver child care services in a building on school premises (i.e., on‑site care in school settings).
    • Requires the Department (in cooperation with invited education stakeholders) to review and revise rules under ch. 28‑32 to implement the section by July 1, 2026.

  • Legislative management studies (interim 2025–26)

    • Health insurance pool for school district employees: study feasibility, cost‑benefit, plan and administrative designs, comparisons with other states, impact on teacher salaries, and compensation structures to maximize lifetime earnings. Report due to the 70th Legislative Assembly.
    • Teacher licensing and recruitment: study feasibility of interstate teacher mobility compact, licensure reciprocity, and universal licensing; include Workforce Development Council input; report to the 70th Legislative Assembly. (This study provision appears in later amendment language.)

Who would be affected

  • New and recently hired K–12 teachers (direct beneficiaries of the compiled financial‑planning report).
  • Teacher preparation programs, school district leaders (superintendents, business managers, principals), and school districts (recipients of the report).
  • School districts seeking to operate or host on‑site child care for teachers’ children.
  • State agencies and boards (Superintendent of Public Instruction, Teachers’ Fund for Retirement Board, Department of Public Instruction, Department regulating child care rules).
  • All school district employees indirectly through the proposed study of a health‑insurance pool.

Procedural status and timeline

  • Introduced: March 14, 2025.
  • Implementation deadlines in the bill: rule revision for on‑site care by July 1, 2026; interim studies conducted during the 2025–26 interim with reports to the 70th Legislative Assembly.
  • Final legislative action (per provided status): Second reading — failed to pass (yeas 22, nays 24). The bill did not advance into law in that form.
  • Note: Earlier/alternate engrossments of HB 1510 included appropriations ($2,000,000 from the foundation aid stabilization fund and $2,000,000 general fund for teacher programs), but these funding provisions were removed in later versions and the final (amended) text focused on resources, rulemaking, and studies.

Potential impacts / considerations

  • If enacted, the bill aimed to centralize and standardize information that could help teachers make better retirement and benefits decisions and make benefit comparisons more transparent for new educators.
  • Allowing on‑site child care may help teacher retention and attendance, but implementation would raise operational, licensing, liability, and funding questions for districts.
  • The proposed studies could inform larger structural reforms (insurance pooling, licensure portability) that might affect costs, benefit design, and teacher compensation over time.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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