HB 1373 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2839
10/05
HOUSE BILL 1373
AN ACT relative to the best interest of the student for a change of school or assignment.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Rep. Piemonte, Rock. 4; Rep. Hobson, Rock. 35; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Nelson, Carr. 5; Rep. Bernardy, Rock. 16
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows for the consideration of parental concerns in the request for a change of school or assignment of a student.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2839
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to the best interest of the student for a change of school or assignment.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Change of School or Assignment; Best Interest of the Student. Amend RSA 193:3, I(e) and (f) to read as follows:
(e) In determining whether it is in the best interest of the student to change the student's school or assignment, the superintendent shall consider parental concerns and the student's academic, physical, personal, or social needs.
(f) If the superintendent finds it is in the best of the interest of the student to change the student's school or assignment, the superintendent shall initiate:
(1) A change of assignment within the student's current assigned school;
(2) The student's transfer to another public school or public academy within the district of residence;[ or]
(3) The student's transfer to a public school, public academy, or an approved private school in another district[.] ; or
(4) The student's transfer to a public school or public academy in the state of New Hampshire.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.