CHAPTER 35

HB 69 – FINAL VERSION

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2011 SESSION

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04/01

HOUSE BILL 69

AN ACT relative to the community college system of New Hampshire academic centers.

SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf 5; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill authorizes the community college system of New Hampshire board of trustees to render a final decision on the closure of any college or regional academic center within the community college system.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

09 Feb 2011… 0030h

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to the community college system of New Hampshire academic centers.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

35:1 Community College System of New Hampshire Established. Amend RSA 188-F:1 to read as follows:

188-F:1 Community College System of New Hampshire Established. The community college system of New Hampshire is hereby established and made a body politic and corporate, the main purpose of which shall be to provide a well-coordinated system of public community college education offering, as a primary mission, technical programs to prepare students for technical careers as well as general, professional, and transfer programs, and certificate and short term training programs which serve the needs of the state and the nation. The colleges of the community college system of New Hampshire are authorized to grant and confer in the name of the colleges all such degrees, literary titles, honors, and distinctions as other community colleges may of right do. The community college system of New Hampshire shall include, but is not limited to, colleges in Berlin, Claremont, Concord, Laconia, Manchester, Nashua, and Portsmouth. The community college system may also include regional academic centers that make quality educational opportunities accessible to New Hampshire residents.

35:2 Community College System of New Hampshire; Authority of the Board of Trustees. Amend RSA 188-F:6, II to read as follows:

II. Oversee the administration of the community college system of New Hampshire and its colleges, divisions, [and] departments, and regional academic centers, [and] to determine the organizational structure and operational policies and procedures for the community college system, and to render the final decision on the closure of any college or regional academic center.

35:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 9, 2011

Effective Date: July 8, 2011