Revision: Dec. 14, 2011, midnight
HB 1331 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
04/03
HOUSE BILL 1331
AN ACT relative to termination of employment for a sexual offense or an offense against a child.
SPONSORS: Rep. Swinford, Belk 5; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 3
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill requires the dismissal of any employee of a school administrative unit or school district for conviction of any sexual offense or offense against a child which would require the employee to register as a criminal offender or an offender against children under RSA 651-B.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2049
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to termination of employment for a sexual offense or an offense against a child.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 School Boards, Teachers; Dismissal of Teacher. Amend RSA 189:14-d to read as follows:
189:14-d Termination of Employment. [Employees] An employee of a school administrative unit or school district in this state who [have] has been convicted of [homicide, child pornography, aggravated felonious sexual assault, felonious sexual assault, or kidnapping,] any sexual offense or offense against a child, as those terms are defined in RSA 651-B, which would require the employee to register as a sexual offender or an offender against children under RSA 651-B in this state or under any statute prohibiting the same conduct in another state, territory, or possession of the United States, shall have [their] his or her employment terminated by the school administrative unit or school district after it receives notice of the conviction.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.