![Jack Dura The North Dakota School Boards Association office is pictured, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Bismarck, N.D. The association has returned $142,000 to the state and ended its role with a teacher exchange program after charges last fall against a former North Dakota lawmaker accused of traveling to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5b448244dab84c44b9383b210e0865bc/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
The North Dakota School Boards Association office is pictured, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Bismarck, N.D. The association has returned $142,000 to the state and ended its role with a teacher exchange program after charges last fall against a former North Dakota lawmaker accused of traveling to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)
![Mike Mccleary FILE - North Dakota Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, speaks on the Senate floor at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., in November 2021. A North Dakota school boards organization has returned over $140,000 to the state and ended its role in a teacher exchange program months after an indictment was unsealed against the former state lawmaker, who traveled to Europe on the state funds and later was accused of traveling to Prague with the intent of paying for sex with a minor. (Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8d8d4095c12d4e0bb9b0013af1dade8b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - North Dakota Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, speaks on the Senate floor at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., in November 2021. A North Dakota school boards organization has returned over $140,000 to the state and ended its role in a teacher exchange program months after an indictment was unsealed against the former state lawmaker, who traveled to Europe on the state funds and later was accused of traveling to Prague with the intent of paying for sex with a minor. (Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)