Dissolving school district to set up reimbursement account for benefit of job service North Dakota - Liability of receiving school districts if funds are insufficient
N.D. Cent. Code § 15.1-12-28.1
in effect15.1-12-28.1. Dissolving school district to set up reimbursement account for benefit
of job service North Dakota - Liability of receiving school districts if funds are
insufficient.
1. After the dissolution is approved by the state board and after ten thousand dollars is
set aside as provided for in section 15.1-12-28, the school district shall set aside in a
reimbursement account the amount of money estimated by job service North Dakota
to reimburse job service North Dakota for unemployment compensation benefits that
could potentially be paid by job service North Dakota to school district employees, as
indicated in section 15.1-12-26.1. The school district shall set aside that money in a
reimbursement account with the North Dakota school boards association or with the
county auditor and shall notify job service North Dakota of the account's location.
2. The money must be held for two and one-half years from the effective date of the
dissolution and must be used to reimburse job service North Dakota for unemployment
compensation benefits paid by job service North Dakota to former employees of the
dissolved school district for which the dissolved school district would have been liable,
including any delinquent reimbursement payments.
3. After the two and one-half year period, moneys remaining in the account must be
distributed to the school districts that received the dissolving school district's land, in
the same proportion as taxable valuation received by the school districts.
4. If the money in the account is not sufficient to reimburse job service North Dakota for
all unemployment compensation claims paid, then the school districts that received the
dissolving school district's land must pay the balance to job service North Dakota in
the same proportion as taxable valuation received by the school districts.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t15-1c12.pdf#nameddest=15p1-12-28p1Fetched: 10/16/2026