North Dakota House kills final Education Savings Account bill of session

House, Senate sustain Armstrong vetoes

(BISMARCK, ND) – The North Dakota Legislature sustained a pair of vetoes by Governor Kelly Armstrong. The House voted 48-45 to sustain the veto on House Bill 1540, a bill that would allow for an education savings account program for students who are not enrolled in public school or a homeschool program. The Senate voted 25-20 to sustain Armstrong’s veto of Senate Bill 2307, a bill that would have required school and public libraries to remove an…

North Dakota House votes down last bill to divert funds from public to private schools

BISMARCK — The North Dakota House of Representatives on Thursday night overwhelmingly voted down the last Education Savings Account bill. The House voted 78-14 to kill Senate Bill 2400, with no floor discussion. The bill would have made ESAs available to all North Dakota school children. The vote came a day after Gov. Kelly Armstrong vetoed an alternative and much cheaper ESA bill — House Bill 1540 — saying that bill “falls short” of providing t…

North Dakota House kills final Education Savings Account bill of session

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota House overwhelmingly rejected an Education Savings Account bill Thursday night, a day after the governor vetoed a similar bill. House members voted 78-14 against Senate Bill 2400, which sought to provide private school vouchers plus Education Savings Accounts for public school and homeschooled students. In vetoing House Bill 1540, which only benefited private school students, Gov. Kelly Ar…