BISMARCK, N.D.– State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler said the Department of Public Instruction is beginning work to implement North Dakota’s new charter schools law, SB2241, which took effect last week.

The law includes timelines and requirements for public meetings for charter school developers. It orders the Department of Public Instruction to provide implementation details for the law by writing administrative rules, a process that includes opportunities for public comment and approval by the attorney general and the Legislature’s Administrative Rules Committee.

“While we aren’t yet accepting any applications for charter schools, we’ve had several informal inquiries from teachers, individually and in small groups, and other educators who are having conversations with potential

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