HB 300 – AS INTRODUCED
2013 SESSION
04/03
HOUSE BILL 300
AN ACT requiring postsecondary education institutions to compile and submit reports on remedial education courses.
SPONSORS: Rep. Boehm, Hills 20; Rep. Pitre, Straf 2; Rep. Ladd, Graf 4
This bill requires postsecondary education institutions to collect additional information on pupils taking remedial courses and requires the department of education to make the reports containing such information available to the public on its website.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
13-0568
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT requiring postsecondary education institutions to compile and submit reports on remedial education courses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Delivery of an Adequate Education; Remedial Education Reports. Amend RSA 193-E:3, VI(a) to read as follows:
(a) Annually, beginning with the [2011-2012] 2013-2014 school year, each postsecondary institution as defined in RSA 193-E:4 shall submit a report, which shall not include any personally identifiable information such as, but not limited to, name, gender, or social security number, to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the members of the house and senate standing committees with jurisdiction over education, and the commissioner of the department of education containing information on indicators in the following areas:
(1) Remedial education courses, including:
(A) The number of courses offered.
(B) The areas of study of such courses.
(C) The number of pupils enrolled in each course.
(D) The number and percentage of freshman pupils who require remediation.
(E) The number of pupils who did not qualify for such courses.
(F) The number of pupils who have been in remedial classes for more than one year.
(G) The number and percentage of pupils who successfully complete remedial courses in their first attempt and then go on to graduate.
(H) The total cost of providing such remedial courses.
(I) The additional cost, if any, for remedial courses charged to the pupil or parents of a pupil.
(J) The name and location of all previous high schools, public, private, or home school, attended by pupils enrolled in remedial courses.
(2) Entry, withdrawal, and transfers.
(3) Degrees and certificates granted.
2 Delivery of an Adequate Education. Amend RSA 193-E:3, VI(b) to read as follows:
(b) The department of education shall integrate all data collected into the data warehouse. The department of education shall have access to data solely to conduct studies, track and report annual and longitudinal pupil outcomes, and improve postsecondary readiness, retention, and articulation between educational institutions. The department of education shall make the information collected under subparagraph (a) available to the public on its website.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.