North Dakota Century Code Title 15.1. Elementary and Secondary Education § 15.1-27-01. Payments to school districts--Distribution

1. The superintendent of public instruction shall estimate the total state payments to which a school district is entitled each year.

2. The superintendent of public instruction shall pay each district ten percent of the amount determined under subsection 1, within the limits of legislative appropriation, on or before August first and September first of each year. The superintendent shall pay each school district twenty percent of that amount, within the limits of legislative appropriation, on or before October first of each year.

3. The superintendent of public instruction shall estimate the amount that, in addition to the payments already made, is necessary to constitute the remainder of the amount due each district for the current school year.

4. On or before November first, the superintendent of public instruction shall pay to each district, within the limits of legislative appropriation, an amount that, in addition to the above payments, constitutes sixty percent of the sum due under this chapter.

5. On or before the first day of December, January, February, March, and April, payments equal to twenty percent of the total remaining payments must be made to each district.

6. If funds appropriated for distribution to districts as state aid become available after April first, the superintendent of public instruction shall distribute the newly available payments on or before June thirtieth.