HB 214 – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0816

04/05

HOUSE BILL 214

AN ACT relative to the eligibility of high school students enrolled in college courses to participate in high school extracurricular activities.

SPONSORS: Rep. Roberts, Ches 4

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill requires the school board of each school district to establish a policy regarding the eligibility of certain high school students to participate in extracurricular activities.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0816

04/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to the eligibility of high school students enrolled in college courses to participate in high school extracurricular activities.

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

1 New Subdivision; High School Students Enrolled in College Courses. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 64 the following new subdivision:

High School Students Enrolled in College Courses

189:65 High School Students Enrolled in College Courses. The school board of each school district shall establish a policy permitting any high school student who has not yet received his or her diploma and who is taking 50 percent or more of his or her senior year credits at an accredited postsecondary educational institution to retain his or her status as a high school student and to permit such student to participate in high school extracurricular activities, prom, and commencement exercises.

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