North Dakota Department of Public Instruction

The Superintendent of Public Instruction provides advice and assistance for school districts in interpreting and complying with state and federal laws and regulations that affect public education. The superintendent drafts and communicates state education policy, and works to increase educational opportunity. The superintendent’s duties include oversight of elementary and secondary education, school approval, development of content standards, and assessments of student progress. The superintendent regulates the credentialing of administrators, counselors and other education specialists. She is in charge of implementing a uniform system for accounting, budgeting and reporting of school district data, and for publishing annual reports on school finance and employee compensation. In addition to the Department of Public Instruction, the superintendent oversees the State Library, the North Dakota School for the Deaf/Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Devils Lake, and North Dakota Vision Services/School for the Blind in Grand Forks. VISION All students will graduate choice ready with the knowledge, skills and disposition to be successful in whatever they choose to do, whether they pursue a post-secondary degree, enroll in a technical college, enter the workforce or join the military. MISSION NDDPI will partner with schools and communities to provide a statewide system of excellent service and support to ensure a healthy school environment that fosters student success.