Rep. Lawrence R. Klemin voted in support of pro education/public service policies 59.3% of the time.

• He voted to lower the years requirement for teachers to obtain a lifetime teaching license. NDU supported this position.

• He voted to expand free school lunch to students in North Dakota schools. NDU supported this position.

• He voted against private school vouchers. NDU supported this position.

  • Spoke in opposition of private school voucher bill HB 1532, citing constitutional language stating “all educational institutions which are supported by public tax shall remain under the absolute and exclusive control of the state.” Additionally, “No money raised for the public schools of the state shall be appropriated to and used for the support of any sectarian school.”

• He voted against harmful parent rights legislation. NDU supported this position.

• He voted in support of book bans and penalties for librarians. NDU opposed this position.

• He voted to end the NDPERS pension for public workers. NDU opposed this position.

• He voted against tenure and due process rights at Bismarck State College and Dickinson State University. NDU opposed this position.

• On foreign language expansion bill SB 2354, which he opposed: “If a teacher wanted to teach Farsi, is that going to be permitted under here or is it going to be some other language from a third-world country that nobody around here speaks?”