{"id":403,"date":"2017-07-11T11:52:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T16:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ndsbmcp.org\/?page_id=403"},"modified":"2025-01-15T17:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T23:03:08","slug":"elections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ndsbmcp.org\/index.php\/elections\/","title":{"rendered":"School Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>About the Instructor<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Amy De Kok<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Amy De Kok joined NDSBA\u2019s staff as Legal Counsel on September 18, 2017 and transitioned to Executive Director in June of 2024. Prior to joining NDSBA, Amy was an attorney and shareholder with the law firm of Fredrikson &amp; Byron, P.A., a position she held since 2010. Over the past several years, Amy\u2019s practice has focused on presenting and advising school districts throughout the state of North Dakota on a wide variety of issues including contract negotiations, teacher termination\/discharge, employment, school board policy interpretation and application, school facility construction and improvement, and bond referendum procedures.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Important Course Dates<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>January 13, 2025<\/strong>: Class begins (online only)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>May 2, 2025<\/strong>: Final exam must be completed and a proctor form\u00a0emailed to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"mailto:patty.verdouw@ndsba.org\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>patty.verdouw@ndsba.org<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> by this deadline.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Syllabus<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndsbmcp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Elections-Syllabus.2025.docx\">School Elections Syllabus<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Presentation<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndsbmcp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/School-District-Elections-2024.pdf\">School District Elections Presentation<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/1tnmr1jqsofbbiwbo4qpp\/GMT20240108-202017_Recording_1920x1080.mp4?rlkey=wcdiyvyf36mimlgbwjyeho0i3&amp;st=b2wv4yjt&amp;dl=0\">Video Recording<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Reading Assignments<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NDCC chapters<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.nd.gov\/cencode\/t15-1c09.pdf\">15.1-09<\/a><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">and<\/span><strong> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ndlegis.gov\/cencode\/t16-1c07.pdf#nameddest=16p1-07-01\">16.1-07<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndsbmcp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-Election-CALENDAR.pdf\">2025 Election Calendar<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndsbmcp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Elections-Handbook-August-2023-w-bells-and-whistles-2.pdf\">School Elections Handbook<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Useful Websites<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">North Dakota Secretary of State \u2013 Elections &amp; Voting: <a href=\"https:\/\/vip.sos.nd.gov\/PortalList.aspx\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>https:\/\/vip.sos.nd.gov\/PortalList.aspx<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">North Dakota Century Code:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.nd.gov\/general-information\/north-dakota-century-code\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>http:\/\/www.legis.nd.gov\/general-information\/north-dakota-century-code<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Final Exam<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The final exam for this class will be an online 20 question, multiple choice test<\/span><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 You may use your lecture notes and course resources\u00a0to answer these questions. Once you have completed the exam, click\u00a0&#8220;Show Results.&#8221; A screen will appear\u00a0with your recorded answers and final exam score. <\/span><b style=\"color: #000000;\">The exam due date is May 2, 2025<\/b><b style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The final exam for this course must be proctored by your school administrator, direct supervisor or a board president. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndsbmcp.org\/index.php\/handbooks-and-forms\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">proctor verification form<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> must be completed and emailed to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:patty.verdouw@ndsba.org\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>patty.verdouw@ndsba.org<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> by <strong>May 2, 2025<\/strong>, to validate the final exam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndsbmcp.org\/index.php\/elections-quiz\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/a>to access the exam<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0Questions<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Questions about the course? Email: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"mailto:amy.dekok@ndsba.org\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>amy.dekok@ndsba.org<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Instructor Amy De Kok Amy De Kok joined NDSBA\u2019s staff as Legal Counsel on September 18, 2017 and &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndsbmcp.org\/index.php\/elections\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndsbmcp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndsbmcp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndsbmcp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndsbmcp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndsbmcp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":110,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndsbmcp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5915,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndsbmcp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403\/revisions\/5915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndsbmcp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}