HB 1298 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

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08/10

HOUSE BILL 1298

AN ACT relative to additional criteria for review of chartered public school applications.

SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf 4

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill adds criteria for review of chartered public school applications on measurement of student learning and geographic accessibility.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2420

08/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to additional criteria for review of chartered public school applications.

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

1 New Subparagraphs; Application Requirements for Chartered Public Schools. Amend RSA 194-B:3, II by inserting after subparagraph (dd) the following new subparagraphs:

(ee) A plan requiring the measurement of student learning in a subject where skills and knowledge, determined by the board, to be necessary for success in both college and careers upon graduation.

(ff) If the proposed school will offer academic programs to student populations in geographic areas where chartered public schools are not present or reasonably accessible.

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