SB72 (2007) Detail

Relative to standards for public school approval.


SB 72-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED

2007 SESSION

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04/01

SENATE BILL 72-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to standards for public school approval.

SPONSORS: Sen. Estabrook, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill deletes references to “minimum” in the context of the minimum standards for public school approval.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

07-0256

04/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT relative to standards for public school approval.

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

1 State Board of Education; Rulemaking. Amend the introductory paragraph in RSA 21-N:9, I to read as follows:

I. The board of education shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to [minimum] standards for:

2 State Board of Education; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 186:8, I to read as follows:

I. [Minimum] Curriculum and educational standards for all grades of the public schools.

3 Literacy Instruction and Dropout Prevention. Amend RSA 189:53 to read as follows:

189:53 Literacy Skill Development in Elementary Grades. All school districts which provide elementary education shall have instruction in literacy for all students through grade 3, including instruction in reading, writing, speaking, listening, reasoning, and mathematics. All instruction shall be designed to assist students to achieve literacy and to provide the opportunity for each child to learn according to such child's needs and abilities as set forth by the state board of education in the [minimum] standards for New Hampshire public elementary schools.

4 School Administrative Units; Superintendent Services. Amend RSA 194-C:4, II(d) to read as follows:

(d) Compliance with laws, regulations, and rules regarding special education, Title IX, the Americans with Disabilities Act, home education, [minimum] standards for public school approval, student records, sexual harassment, and other matters as may from time to time occur.

5 Alternative Kindergarten Programs. Amend RSA 198:48-a, IV(c) to read as follows:

(c) Evidence that the alternative kindergarten program satisfies the same criteria established for public kindergarten programs in the New Hampshire [minimum] standards for the approval of schools.

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