SB22 (2006) Detail

(New Title) authorizing Holden College to confer degrees and exempting certain teachers from additional certification requirements imposed by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.


SB 22 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

01/18/06 0262s

2005 SESSION

05-0919

04/10

SENATE BILL 22

AN ACT authorizing Holden College to confer degrees and exempting certain teachers from additional certification requirements imposed by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

SPONSORS: Sen. Foster, Dist 13; Rep. Jean, Hills 25; Rep. Lasky, Hills 26

COMMITTEE: Education

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill authorizes Holden College to grant degrees.

The bill also provides an exemption from the highly qualified teacher and any other teacher certification requirements imposed by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 for any person certified as a teacher by the department of education prior to January 8, 2002.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01/18/06 0262s

05-0919

04/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five

AN ACT authorizing Holden College to confer degrees and exempting certain teachers from additional certification requirements imposed by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

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

1 Holden College; Authority to Grant Degrees. Holden College, located in Nashua, New Hampshire, is hereby authorized to confer degrees upon its graduates, subject to the authority of the postsecondary education commission under RSA 188-D:8, IV. The degrees shall be specified by the postsecondary education commission as provided in RSA 292:8-h, III.

2 New Section; Teacher Certification; Exemption. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 14-g the following new section:

189:14-h Teacher Certification; Exemption. Any person who was certified as a teacher by the department of education prior to January 8, 2002 shall be exempt from compliance with the highly qualified teacher provisions and any other teacher certification requirements imposed by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

LBAO

05-0919

2/6/06

SB 22 FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT authorizing Holden College to confer degrees and exempting certain teachers from additional certification requirements imposed by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Department of Education states this bill may decrease state and local revenue and state expenditures by indeterminable amounts in FY 2006 and each year thereafter. The impact on local expenditures is unknown. There will be no fiscal impact on county expenditures or revenue.

METHODOLOGY:

The Department indicated that a high percentage of the teachers certified by the Department prior to January 8, 2002 have met the highly qualified status, and the school districts maintain documentation to support the highly qualified status. The Department assumes the exemption from compliance with the highly qualified teacher provisions imposed by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 would be contrary to provisions of the Act, and may jeopardize the continued receipt of federal funds under the Act but the amount is not known.