CHAPTER 280
HB 317 – FINAL VERSION
05/27/09 1606s
2009 SESSION
04/10
HOUSE BILL 317
AN ACT relative to conditional approval of nonpublic schools, residency requirements for grants under the New Hampshire incentive program, and scholarships for orphans of veterans.
SPONSORS: Rep. Patten, Carr 4; Rep. Pilotte, Hills 16; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24
This bill:
I. Provides that the state board of education may specify criteria for conditional approval of nonpublic schools.
II. Clarifies residency requirements for the New Hampshire incentive grant program.
III. Expands the number of institutions of higher education at which scholarship funds for natural and adopted children of veterans may be used.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05/27/09 1606s
09-0547
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to conditional approval of nonpublic schools, residency requirements for grants under the New Hampshire incentive program, and scholarships for orphans of veterans.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
280:1 Duties of the State Board of Education. Amend RSA 186:11, XXIX to read as follows:
XXIX. Adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to reasonable criteria for approving non-public schools for the purpose of compulsory attendance requirements. The rules may contain criteria for conditional approval as specified by the state board. The state board of education may, upon request, designate which schools meet those criteria, and may, upon the request of a non-public school, approve or disapprove its education program and curriculum.
280:2 New Hampshire Incentive Program; Grants. Amend the introductory paragraph in RSA 188-D:13, I to read as follows:
I. The postsecondary education commission shall make all grants in a fair and equitable manner and at such times as the postsecondary education commission shall determine, to [residents of this state] any person who has established that his or her residence in New Hampshire is for some purpose other than the temporary or primary one of obtaining an education and who [have] has satisfactorily met the requirements established by the postsecondary education commission. Application requirements established by the postsecondary education commission shall include, but not be limited to the requirement that the applicant:
280:3 Scholarship for Orphans of Veterans; Purpose of Appropriations. Amend RSA 193:19 to read as follows:
193:19 Purpose of Appropriations. The sums appropriated under the provisions of this section shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated for the sole purpose of contributing to the payment of board, room rent, books and supplies, at [a New Hampshire public] an institution of higher education, for veteran's natural or adopted children between the ages of 16 and 25 years, who are legal residents of the state at the time of application, whose parent served on active duty in the armed services of the United States from December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946; or from June 27, 1950 to January 31, 1955; or from February 28, 1961 to May 7, 1975; or from August 2, 1990 through a final date of the Gulf War conflict to be prescribed by Presidential proclamation or law; or in any operation not otherwise covered by this section for which the armed forces expeditionary medal or a theater of operations service medal, as defined in RSA 72:29, has been awarded to the veteran, and the veteran, who was a New Hampshire resident at the time of his or her death, either died while on active duty during the service described above, or has since died from a service-connected disability so rated by the federal government. Not more than $2,500 shall be paid under this section to any one student in any one year, provided that no individual shall be eligible to receive such benefits for a period of more than 4 years.
280:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 29, 2009
Effective Date: September 27, 2009