HB 1392 – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
04/01
HOUSE BILL 1392
AN ACT relative to school budget committee membership.
SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock 8; Rep. Welch, Rock 8; Rep. J. Flanders, Rock 8; Sen. Hassan, Dist 23; Sen. Barnes, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill requires the additional member in a cooperative school district which establishes a budget committee to serve as a liaison between the cooperative school board and the budget committee. The bill also increases from 5 to 21 days the deadline for filling a vacancy in a cooperative school district budget committee.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2564
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to school budget committee membership.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Cooperative School Districts; Budget Committee. Amend RSA 195:12-a, I to read as follows:
I. A cooperative school district at an annual meeting, under a proper article in the warrant, may vote to establish a budget committee pursuant to RSA 32:14 and may rescind such action in a like manner. The budget committee shall have the same number of members as the cooperative district school board plus one additional member from the school board as provided in this paragraph. Such additional member shall serve as a non-voting liaison between the cooperative school board and the budget committee. The terms of office and manner of election of members shall be determined in the same manner as for the cooperative school board. Whenever it is voted to establish a budget committee, the moderator in the first instance shall appoint the members of the budget committee, except for the additional member appointed from the school board, within 15 days of the vote establishing the committee. The members appointed by the moderator shall serve until the next annual meeting when the meeting shall elect their successors. No member of the cooperative school board shall be appointed or elected to the budget committee except that the chairperson of the cooperative school board shall appoint a member of the board to serve on the budget committee with all the powers and duties of any other member of the committee. After appointment or election the budget committee shall promptly organize and choose a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary. The secretary shall keep records of the proceedings of the budget committee, which shall be public records open to public inspection.
2 School District Elections; Vacancies. Amend RSA 671:33 to read as follows:
671:33 Vacancies. Vacancies among members of cooperative or area school planning committees shall be filled by the moderator for the unexpired term. The school board shall fill vacancies occurring on the school board and in all other district offices for which no other method of filling a vacancy is provided. Appointees of the school board shall serve until the next district election when the voters of the district shall elect a replacement for the unexpired term. In the case of a vacancy of the entire membership of the school board, or if the remaining members are unable, by majority vote, to agree upon an appointment, the selectmen of the town or towns involved shall appoint members by majority vote in convention. Vacancies in the office of moderator shall be filled by vote at a school meeting or election, provided that, until a replacement is chosen, the school district clerk shall serve as moderator. Vacancies occurring on the budget committee of a cooperative school district shall be filled by appointment made within [5] 21 days by the budget committee, or by the chairperson of the cooperative school board if the vacancy is that of a member appointed from the school board.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.