CHAPTER 297
HB 169 – FINAL VERSION
2009 SESSION
04/09
HOUSE BILL 169
AN ACT relative to the counting of charter school pupils in the definition of average daily membership in residence.
SPONSORS: Rep. O'Neil, Hills 19; Rep. Casey, Rock 11; Rep. Stiles, Rock 15
This bill requires that pupils attending an approved chartered public school be counted in the average daily membership in residence.
This bill is a request of the department of education.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0489
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to the counting of charter school pupils in the definition of average daily membership in residence.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
297:1 School Boards; Definitions. Amend RSA 189:1-d, IV to read as follows:
IV. “Average daily membership in residence” means the average daily membership in attendance of pupils who are legal residents of the school district pursuant to RSA 193:12 or RSA 193:27, IV and [are attending any public school, or who are attending any chartered public school or private school program approved by the department of education at the expense of the school district] attend a state-approved public or nonpublic school as assigned by the school district in which the pupil resides, or by the state, or attend an approved chartered public school.
297:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 31, 2009
Effective Date: September 29, 2009