Showing posts with label North Dakota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Dakota. Show all posts

Monday, March 30, 2015

North Dakota Passes ABLE Act

BISMARCK -- North Dakota’s Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, HB 1373, has passed both chambers of the legislature and is now headed to Governor Jack Dalrymple.  Once enacted, North Dakota will become the second state to enact ABLE legislation in 2015. HB 1373, was sponsored by Reps. Mark Dosch (R-Bismarck) and Rep. Wayne Trottier (R-Northwood) in the House and and Sen. Kyle Davison (R-Fargo) in the Senate.

Monday, July 30, 2012

The Trouble with Parents Who Refuse to Vaccinate

Interesting blog post from Andrea Johnson is the education writer for The Minot Daily News.

MINOT, N.D. -- Kids will be heading back to school next month and kids are getting back to school shots, but more parents across the state are apparently refusing to get their kids vaccinated at all. An Associated Press story today reports that 1.6 percent of public school students in North Dakota aren't vaccinated and 4.5 percent of private school students in the state aren't vaccinated.