HB 1463 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

14-2227

04/08

HOUSE BILL 1463

AN ACT relative to the definitions of “priority school” and “focus school.”

SPONSORS: Rep. Boehm, Hills 20; Rep. Pitre, Straf 2

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill amends the definitions of “priority school” and “focus school” to remove the requirement that such schools accept federal funding.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2227

04/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to the definitions of “priority school” and “focus school.”

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

1 School Performance and Accountability; Definitions. Amend RSA 193-H:1, IV-V to read as follows:

IV. “Focus school” means a low performing school that [accepts federal funds from Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and that] has the largest within-school gaps between the highest achieving subgroup or subgroups of students and the lowest-achieving subgroup or subgroups of students or, for a high school, has the largest within-school gaps in graduation rates.

V. “Priority school” means:

(a) A school that [accepts federal funds from Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and that] is among the lowest performing 5 percent of schools in the state based on the achievement of all students on the statewide assessment pursuant to RSA 193-C and which, when measuring the achievement of all students, has demonstrated a lack of progress on the statewide assessment over 3 years; or

(b) A high school with a graduation rate of less than 60 percent over 3 consecutive years.

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