North Dakota Century Code Title 15.1. Elementary and Secondary Education § 15.1-01-03. State board of public school education--Powers and duties

a. Assist county committees in carrying out their duties.

b. Provide county committees with clerical assistance, plans of procedure, standards, data, maps, forms, and other materials, information, and services.

c. Appoint members to the county committee, if the county superintendent does not fulfill this duty, as provided for in section 15.1-10-01.

d. Provide oversight for regional education associations as required by chapter 15.1-09.1.

e. Establish and certify a North Dakota learning continuum to allow a district-approved, mastery framework policy to award units required under sections 15.1-21-01 and 15.1-21-02 and to waive unit instructional time requirements under section 15.1-21-03, upon the recommendation of the kindergarten through grade twelve education coordination council.