Revision: Jan. 12, 2010, midnight
SB 372 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
04/01
SENATE BILL 372
AN ACT requiring school board members to receive annual training.
SPONSORS: Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Cilley, Dist 6; Rep. Rous, Straf 7
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
This bill requires each person elected to a school district or cooperative school district school board to complete a minimum of 3 hours of training and instruction annually in the education laws of this state and a minimum of 3 hours of training and instruction in education policy.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2772
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT requiring school board members to receive annual training.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; School Boards: Training Required. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 1-e the following new section:
189:1-f School Board Members; Training and Instruction.
I. Each person elected to a school district or cooperative school district school board shall complete a minimum of 3 hours of training and instruction annually in the education laws of this state and a minimum of 3 hours of training and instruction in education policy. Such training and instruction may be obtained from an institution of higher education, an online provider, or a training program approved by the New Hampshire School Boards Association and the department of education.
II. The school board member shall provide the New Hampshire School Boards Association with evidence of completion of the required training and instruction. Upon receipt of satisfactory evidence, the New Hampshire School Boards Association shall issue a certificate of completion to the school board member. The school board member shall furnish a copy of this certificate to the state board of education.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.