HB 164 – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

11-0387

04/05

HOUSE BILL 164

AN ACT requiring legislative approval for the adoption of the common core state standards in New Hampshire.

SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf 5; Rep. Boehm, Hills 27; Rep. W. Smith, Rock 18; Rep. Jasper, Hills 27; Rep. Kurk, Hills 7

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill requires prior approval of the general court for the inclusion or implementation of the common core state standards in the definition of an adequate education or as part of the New Hampshire curriculum frameworks.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0387

04/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT requiring legislative approval for the adoption of the common core state standards in New Hampshire.

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

1 Substantive Educational Content of an Adequate Education. Amend RSA 193-E:2-a, IV to read as follows:

IV.(a) The school approval standards for the areas identified in paragraph I shall constitute the opportunity for the delivery of an adequate education. The general court shall periodically, but not less frequently than every 10 years, review, revise, and update, as necessary, the standards identified in paragraph I and shall ensure that the high quality of the standards is maintained. Changes made by the board of education to the school approval standards through rulemaking after the effective date of this section shall not be included within the standards that constitute the opportunity for the delivery of an adequate education without prior adoption by the general court. The board of education shall provide written notice to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the chairs of the house and senate education committees of any changes to the school approval standards adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.

(b) The “common core state standards” developed jointly by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers shall not be adopted by rule pursuant to RSA 541-A, or included or implemented in any way in the New Hampshire curriculum frameworks, or used as a measure of an adequate public education, without prior approval of the general court.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.