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Key actions: Senator Gearhart moved an amendment (forwarded from Mike Heilman) to revise the bill's language so AED-related requirements apply to school-owned facilities and grounds and to require schools to \"develop a plan for school-based events that are not held on school owned facilities and grounds.\" That amendment passed 6-0. Later, Senator Gearhart moved to change a requirement on page 2, line 14, from \"shall\" to \"may.\" Senator Lim seconded that motion; the committee approved the change 4-2. The committee then voted 5-1 to give the bill a do-pass recommendation as amended. Senator Moshe moved the final do-pass motion and Senator Axman seconded it.

What changed: Under the approved amendments, the bill replaces language that would have broadly required AEDs \"at each school event, venue and event\" with a requirement to place AEDs on school-owned facilities and grounds and to develop plans for school-based events held off-campus. Committee members said the revision aims to clarify responsibility when schools host events at third-party venues such as civic centers.

Concerns and context: At committee discussion, Senator Gearhart said he \"still struggle[d] with kind of this mandate\" and raised concerns about the bill's rigidity, citing examples such as lengthy marching-band parade routes and other off-campus events that may be difficult to cover under a strict mandate. A committee member noted the bill's Section 5 contains language addressing immunity from liability. Mike Heilman provided proposed language to the committee by email; legislators discussed whether the new subsection C should be limited to athletic events or left broader to cover other school activities such as music performances or parades.

Procedure and votes: The committee opened roll-call votes after debate. The amendment that replaced existing subsection C with the planning requirement passed 6-0. The motion to change \"shall\" to \"may\" passed 4-2. The final do-pass as amended motion passed 5-1. Senator Gearhart volunteered to carry the bill on the floor.

Ending: With the committee's recommendation, HB1363 will proceed to the full Senate with the amended language; the committee directed clerks and legislative counsel to incorporate the approved edits.

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The bill would amend the North Dakota Century Code to let students use the NDA Plus assessment, in lieu of ACT sub-scores, for the postsecondary-ready and workforce-ready scholarship pathways if the NDA Plus score is equivalent to the ACT benchmark. It also strikes an obsolete provision that allowed certain ACT sub-scores to count as an accountability indicator for students whose schools had used the ACT for statewide accountability testing in prior years.

Why it matters: The change formalizes a replacement pathway for students who take the NDA Plus assessment rather than the ACT, and removes a provision that the committee described as irrelevant after the state moved away from ACT-based school accountability for current students. Committee members said the amendment is mainly cleanup to reflect current testing practice.

Department liaison Jim Uphgren, legislative liaison with the Department of Public Construction, told the committee that the bill \"does not completely remove the ACT from the requirements\" and that the bill provides an \"either-or\" pathway: students may meet pathway benchmarks with the NDA Plus assessment where an ACT-equivalent score would otherwise be required. He explained the specific removal applies to a now-obsolete accountability use of the ACT (page 3, lines 14–16 of the bill text).

Senator Gearhart asked whether removing the obsolete wording could unintentionally prevent students who still elect to take the ACT from using those sub-scores; Uphgren replied the struck language applied only to past accountability uses and could be left in place without harm but is irrelevant because \"after this year's seniors graduate, no student will have had the ACT as their accountability test.\" Representative Schreiberbeck had presented the bill to the committee.

The committee opened and closed a roll-call vote after brief discussion. The clerk recorded 6 ayes and 0 nays. Committee members noted Senator Axman will carry the bill.

Ending: With the committee recommendation, HB1404 will advance to the full Senate for further consideration.","The Senate Education Committee voted 6-0 to give House Bill 1404 a do-pass recommendation. The bill amends the North Dakota Century Code to allow the NDA Plus assessment to substitute for ACT scores in two scholarship pathways and removes an obsolete ACT accountability provision tied to prior testing choices.","actionData","errors"]

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Senate Education Committee passes amended HB1363 requiring AED plans for school events, softens some mandates

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