---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to intervention by the superintendent of public instruction for a chronically low-performing school or school district; to provide a report; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to intervention by the superintendent of public instruction for a chronically low‑performing school or school district; to provide a report; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2254"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2254 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curt Kreun"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a18f4a8e-2056-45d0-baa4-49b5cb917d57"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "92508d4b196d8938ad04c1f3ae03d385cf5a7f3703bdb73d90a6f0425d03ffa0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota SB 2254 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to intervention by the superintendent of public instruction for a chronically low-performing school or school district; to provide a report; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to intervention by the superintendent of public instruction for a chronically low‑performing school or school district; to provide a report; and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0615-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0615-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0615-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0615-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2254 — **81–7** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2254 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2254 — **43–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Curt Kreun — primary (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- David Richter — cosponsor (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Beard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-26** Rereferred to Education
- **2023-02-06** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-27** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-03-29** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 4 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-31** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 81 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-04-03** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-04** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-04** Conference committee appointed Elkin Beard Conley
- **2023-04-07** Conference committee appointed Hauck Hager Timmons
- **2023-04-11** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 3, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-13** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-17** Signed by President
- **2023-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a18f4a8e-2056-45d0-baa4-49b5cb917d57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).