(Expired effective July 1, 2025) The superintendent of public instruction shall provide grants not to exceed three hundred thousand dollars total to school districts, nonpublic schools, area career and technology centers, job service North Dakota workforce centers, public libraries, adult education centers and learning centers that qualify as nonprofit entities under section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)] to offer computer operations and cybersecurity courses for adults, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025.

School districts, nonpublic schools, public libraries, area career and technology centers, job service North Dakota workforce centers, adult education centers and learning centers that qualify as nonprofit entities under section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)] shall use all or part of the grant money to pay a stipend to a teacher of the course.

The superintendent of public instruction shall create guidance to implement the grant program.