HB 786-FN-LOCAL - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
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2003 SESSION
04/01
HOUSE BILL 786-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to the participation of the state and its political subdivisions in the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
SPONSORS: Rep. Alger, Graf 14; Rep. M. Harrington, Straf 68; Rep. Kurk, Hills 48; Rep. Dickinson. Carr 4; Rep. Dodge, Rock 80; Sen. Johnson, Dist 2; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1
This bill prohibits the state board of education and the department of education from adopting any new administrative rules or regulations or amending any existing administrative rule or regulation for the purpose of complying with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 if such compliance would require funding from general funds.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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03-0654
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to the participation of the state and its political subdivisions in the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; State Compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; General Funds Prohibited. Amend RSA 21-N by inserting after section 11 the following new subdivision:
Compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act
21-N:12 Compliance with No Child Left Behind. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary:
I. Section 9527 of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 provides that nothing in this act shall be construed to mandate a state or any subdivision thereof to spend any funds or incur any costs not paid for under this act.
II. The state board of education and the commissioner of the department of education are hereby prohibited from adopting any new administrative rules or regulations, or amending existing administrative rules or regulations for the purpose of complying with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 that will require funding from general funds.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
LBAO
03-0654
Revised 10/27/03
HB 786 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the participation of the state and its political subdivisions in the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Education indicates this bill will have no fiscal impact on state, county and local revenue and expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department states the federal government maintains the funding the federal government will provide for No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is sufficient to cover the associated expenditures. The Department anticipates that it will not spend any general funds to comply with NCLB. Administrative functions required by NCLB at the state and local district level will be funded by the federal government.