Jordan Wald Minot Legislators are considering Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) for North Dakota students. ESAs use parent-directed state dollars to select educational services from approved vendors. Several outcomes are expected from an ESA program: greater parental autonomy over their ...

Lianne Zeltinger Minot Article XV (15) of our State Constitution relating to term limits was passed into law with the vote of 63% or a super majority of the voters in November 2022. On February 20, 2023, nine members from the House and three members from the Senate co-sponsored HCR 30319 ...

Janet Anderson Burlington Right to Read ND is a nonpartisan group of parents and citizens dedicated to defending North Dakotans’ right to access information freely and without discrimination. We believe in safeguarding the freedom to read and ensuring library and school collections ...

Catherine Benton Grand Forks I watched and listened closely to the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing for SCR 3013. As the hearing wrapped up, Senator Luick claimed not to know a single legislator with the intent to harm others. Yet, how can they ignore the pain caused by singling out an ...

Vicki Voldal Rosenau Valley City Our North Dakota public schools are under attack. The attackers are the pro-privatization legislators who are pushing for a radical change to our state’s educational system that will have dire consequences, especially for small and rural ...

Kaye Carlson Grand Forks Our public tax dollars should fund public education — not private and religious schools. Yet, some North Dakota legislators continue pushing unconstitutional voucher schemes and Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) under the misleading banner of “School Choice.” ...