Tracy Layne Foss

Background

Foss is an educator from Grand Forks with more than two decades of teaching experience, including work with middle-school, high-school and college students. Her campaign describes her as a North Dakota native and says she earned a bachelor’s degree from Mayville State University and a graduate degree from Valley City State University.

Sources: Tracy Foss for North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction, Superintendent candidates debate teacher bonuses, classroom tech, funding public schools — North Dakota Monitor

What the candidate has said

Statements are attributed to the linked sources.

• School funding

  Her campaign calls for fully funding schools, including legislative mandates, and providing adequate funding and implementation of special education requirements under IDEA.

  Tracy Foss for North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Teacher retention

  She said teacher bonuses could help stem educators leaving the profession, but pay is not the only reason teachers leave. She supports raising salaries over the longer term.

  Superintendent candidates debate teacher bonuses, classroom tech, funding public schools — North Dakota Monitor

• Education funding

  She said the state should reconsider its per-student funding formula, arguing that services matter more than student counts. She also named recruiting and retaining teachers, school meals and special education as priorities.

  Eight statewide candidates speak at Wahpeton forum — Wahpeton Daily News