2025 Rep. Keith Kempenich - ND District 39

Rep. Keith Kempenich voted in support of pro education/public service policies 39% of the time.

  • Voted to lower the number of years required for teachers to obtain a lifetime teaching license. NDU supported this position. 

  • Voted against mandatory psychological evaluations for school counselors every two years. NDU supported this position. 

  • Voted for the legislative management study on the needs of special education teachers. NDU supported this position. 

  • (Video) Claimed “public schools are very disappointing in educating” while discussing why we are seeing more private school voucher bills.

  • Voted against forgiving school meal debt held by North Dakota’s public school students. NDU opposed this position. 

  • Voted against tenure and due process rights. NDU opposed this position. 

  • Voted against expanding free school meals to all students in North Dakota schools. NDU opposed this position. 

  • Voted to defund public schools by siphoning taxpayer money to private schools at the expense of rural and public schools. NDU opposed this position. 

  • Voted in support of book bans and criminal penalties for librarians. NDU opposed this position. 

How Rep. Kempenich Voted

Supported ND United Position

  • HB 1234 - PERS Funding: Yes

  • HB 1238 - Lifetime Teaching Licensure: Yes

  • HB 1490 - Psych Evaluations for School Counselors: No

  • HB 1530 - Special Education Study: Yes

  • SB 2003 - Higher Education Funding: Yes

  • SB 2400 - Private School Vouchers: No

Opposed ND United Position

Absent

  • SB 2244 - Parental Rights in Education