Each school district must have available one full-time equivalent student performance strategist for every four hundred students in average daily membership in kindergarten through grade three. Each school district shall submit documentation to the superintendent of public instruction, at the time and in the manner directed by the superintendent, verifying the amount of time that each student performance strategist expended in tutoring students on a one-to-one basis or in groups ranging from two to five, or in providing instructional coaching to teachers. For purposes of this section, a “student performance strategist” must:

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1.     a.    Meet the requirements of an elementary school teacher as set forth in section 15.1-18-02.1; or

b.    Be licensed to teach or approved to teach by the education standards and practices board and hold a special education endorsement or credential; and

2.    Serve as a tutor or an instructional coach.