CHAPTER 215
SB 97 – FINAL VERSION
06/12/13 2028EBA
2013 SESSION
04/01
SENATE BILL 97
AN ACT relative to high school equivalency and relative to illiteracy.
SPONSORS: Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Gilmour, Dist 12; Rep. Gile, Merr 27; Rep. Ladd, Graf 4
COMMITTEE: Health, Education and Human Services
This bill replaces references to the GED certificate with “high school equivalency” and repeals a provision requiring persons between 16 and 18 years of age who cannot read and speak English to attend a special day school or evening school.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06/12/13 2028EBA
13-0892
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to high school equivalency and relative to illiteracy.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
215:1 School Attendance; Compulsory Attendance by Pupils. Amend RSA 193:1, I(f)(1) to read as follows:
(1) Obtaining a [GED] high school equivalency certificate; or
215:2 Parents as Teachers Program. Amend RSA 193:35, I(g) to read as follows:
(g) The level of parental participant knowledge and achievement including, but not limited to [GED] high school equivalency completion, employment, and volunteerism.
215:3 Repeal. RSA 193:9, relative to requiring illiterate persons between 16 and 18 years of age to attend school, is repealed.
215:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 10, 2013
Effective Date: September 8, 2013