HB 304 – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
04/01
HOUSE BILL 304
AN ACT requiring prisoners between 17 and 25 years of age to complete the requirements for a high school certificate or a GED prior to release on probation or parole.
SPONSORS: Rep. Gile, Merr 10; Rep. Shurtleff, Merr 10; Rep. DeSimone, Rock 6; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock 16; Rep. Ladd, Graf 5
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill requires prisoners between 17 and 25 years of age who are sentenced to incarceration for one year or more to complete the requirements for a high school certificate or a GED prior to release on parole or as a condition of probation or conditional discharge.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0698
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT requiring prisoners between 17 and 25 years of age to complete the requirements for a high school certificate or a GED prior to release on probation or parole.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Sentences and Limitations. Amend RSA 651:2 by inserting after paragraph VIII the following new paragraph:
IX. The court shall include, as a condition of probation or conditional discharge, that any offender between 17 and 25 years of age who has not completed their high school education or GED requirements shall be required to successfully complete all requirements for a high school certificate or a GED.
2 New Paragraph; Parole of Prisoners; Terms of Release Amend RSA 651-A:6 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. Prior to the release on parole of any prisoner between 17 and 25 years of age who is sentenced to a period of incarceration of one year or more and who has not completed his or her high school education or GED requirements, the prisoner shall enroll in Granite State high school and successfully complete all requirements for a high school certificate or GED.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.