North Dakota Code § 15.1-31-08

Open enrollment - Transfer of students - Responsibility of district of
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residence.
1. A student's parent may apply to another school district for admission of the student at 
any time during the school year if:
a. The student was a victim of violence occurring within the school in which the 
student was enrolled and the violence was documented;

b. The superintendent of public instruction has declared the school in which the 
student was enrolled to be an unsafe school; or
c. The superintendent of public instruction has identified the school in which the 
student was enrolled as one that requires program improvement for six 
consecutive years.
2. The school district receiving an application under subsection 1 shall review the 
application to ensure compliance with the provisions of subsection 1 and shall notify 
the student's parent and the student's school district of residence of the arrangements 
for the student's transfer within five days from the date the application was received.
3. The student's school district of residence shall consider the student transferred as of 
the date of enrollment by the admitting district.
4. Upon transfer of a student under this section, the board of the admitting district and the 
board of the student's school district of residence shall enter into a tuition agreement. 
The student's school district of residence shall reimburse the admitting district for all 
costs incurred by the admitting district in providing education for the student.
5. The student's school district of residence shall transport the student to school in the 
admitting district or shall reimburse the admitting district for all costs incurred in 
transporting the student or providing for the transportation of the student to school in 
the admitting district. These transportation costs are not reimbursable through state 
transportation funds.
6. This section applies to a student until the student's parent or legal guardian decides to 
enroll the student in another school, or in the case of a student who has been 
transferred for the student's safety or due to a school's improvement status under 
subsection 1, until the conclusion of the school year in which the superintendent of 
public instruction declares that the school in the student's district of residence is no 
longer an unsafe school or that the school no longer requires program improvement.

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