Bill Text - HB130 (2011)

Establishing an additional method for a school to demonstrate that it provides the opportunity for an adequate education.


Revision: Jan. 13, 2011, midnight

HB 130 – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 130

AN ACT establishing an additional method for a school to demonstrate that it provides the opportunity for an adequate education.

SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf 5; Rep. Boehm, Hills 27; Rep. Fleck, Carr 5

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill permits a school to demonstrate that it is providing the opportunity for an adequate education by furnishing evidence that it has received full accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT establishing an additional method for a school to demonstrate that it provides the opportunity for an adequate education.

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

1 Accountability for the Opportunity for an Adequate Education. Amend the introductory paragraph in RSA 193-E:3-b to read as follows:

193-E:3-b Accountability for the Opportunity for an Adequate Education. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, a school shall demonstrate by the end of the school year that it provides the opportunity for an adequate education under RSA 193-E:2-a by meeting the requirements of paragraph I of this section. Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, a school shall demonstrate by the end of the school year that it provides the opportunity for an adequate education by meeting the requirements of either paragraph I or II of this section. Following the adoption of the performance-based accountability system as provided in RSA 193-E:3-c and RSA 193-E:3-d, the department shall evaluate all schools using both the input-based school accountability system under paragraph I of this section and the performance-based accountability system under RSA 193-E:3-c and RSA 193-E:3-d. A school that satisfies the requirements of [either system] this section shall be providing the opportunity for an adequate education.

2 New Paragraph; Accountability for the Opportunity for an Adequate Education. Amend RSA 193-E:3-b by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

IV. As an alternative to the provisions of paragraphs I-III, a school may demonstrate that it provides the opportunity for an adequate education under this section by furnishing the commissioner with evidence it has received full accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). The school shall submit to the commissioner copies of documentation necessary during the school’s accreditation process including, but not limited to, the accreditation self-study report, peer review reports, reports of any follow-up activities taken by the school in response to NEASC’s recommendations for accreditation, and the annual school update report as required by NEASC each fall. In the fifth year of the ten-year accreditation, the school shall submit a progress report to the commissioner. A school accredited by NEASC shall meet or exceed NEASC’s standards and shall use those standards to measure improvement.

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