TITLE XV
EDUCATION

CHAPTER 193-D
SAFE SCHOOL ZONES

Section 193-D:1

    193-D:1 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Act of theft, destruction, or violence" means an act set forth in the following statutes regardless of the age of the perpetrator:
(a) Any of the offenses enumerated in RSA 189:13-a, V.
(b)(1) Any first or second degree assault under RSA 631.
(2) Any simple assault under RSA 631:2-a.
(c) Criminal mischief under RSA 634:2.
(d) Unlawful possession or sale of a firearm or other dangerous weapon under RSA 159.
(e) Arson under RSA 634:1.
(f) Burglary under RSA 635.
(g) Robbery under RSA 636.
(h) Theft under RSA 637.
(i) Illegal sale or possession of a controlled drug under RSA 318-B.
(j) Criminal threatening under RSA 631:4.
II. "Safe school zone" means an area inclusive of any school property or school buses.
III. "School" means any public or private elementary, secondary, or secondary vocational-technical school in New Hampshire. It shall not include home schools under RSA 193-A.
IV. "School employee" means any school administrator, teacher, or other employee of any public or private school, school district, school department, or school administrative unit, or any person providing or performing continuing contract services for any public or private school, school district, school department, or school administrative unit.
V. "School property" means all real property, physical plant and equipment used for school purposes, including but not limited to school playgrounds and buses, whether public or private.
VI. "School purposes" means school-sponsored programs, including but not limited to educational or extra-curricular activities.

Source. 1994, 355:3. 1995, 231:2. 2007, 139:1, eff. Aug. 17, 2007. 2018, 254:1, eff. Aug. 11, 2018.