---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-02-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the accreditation of schools."
description: "Relating to the accreditation of schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2362"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2362 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald Schaible"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49b23734-4266-4b5f-ae7d-8aef52f8d696"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "79b81bb589cb469e67e1928b3164765d67070c2738714fca522d10f4d0d19c7e"
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 2362 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-02-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the accreditation of schools.

Relating to the accreditation of schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1049-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1049-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1049-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2362 — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2362 — **42–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donald Schaible — primary (person)
- Brandy L. Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Jonas — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Randy D. Lemm — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-11** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-24** Received from Senate
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-03-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-24** Signed by President
- **2025-03-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by Governor 03/25 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49b23734-4266-4b5f-ae7d-8aef52f8d696`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).