North Dakota Code § 15.1-22-02

Public kindergarten - Requirements
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A school district operating a kindergarten:
1. May not employ an individual as a kindergarten teacher unless the individual is 
licensed to teach by the education standards and practices board or approved by the 
education standards and practices board;
2. Shall submit to the superintendent of public instruction and follow a developmentally 
appropriate curriculum;
3. Shall provide kindergarten instruction, on a half-day or full-day basis, as determined by 
the school board;
4. Shall provide for a kindergarten instructional calendar equal to at least fifty percent of 
the full-time instructional days required in accordance with section 15.1-06-04;
5. Shall apply all municipal and state health, fire, and safety requirements to the 
kindergarten; and
6. May not enroll a child who is not five years old before August first of the year of 
enrollment, unless the child will be five years old before December first and:
a. The child, by means of developmental and readiness screening instruments 
approved by the superintendent of public instruction and administered by the 
kindergarten operator, can demonstrate superior academic talents or abilities and 
social and emotional readiness; or
b. The child has been enrolled in another approved kindergarten.

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