HB533 (2014) Detail

Relative to the mathematics requirement for high school graduation.


HB 533 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

29Jan2014… 2253h

15May2014… 1799EBA

2014 SESSION

13-0302

04/01

HOUSE BILL 533

AN ACT relative to the mathematics requirement for high school graduation.

SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf 4

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a 4-year high school mathematics graduation requirement.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

29Jan2014… 2253h

15May2014… 1799EBA

13-0302

04/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to the mathematics requirement for high school graduation.

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

1 New Paragraph; State Board of Education; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 186:8 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:

VII. Requiring a high school pupil to attain competency in mathematics for each year in which he or she is in high school through graduation to ensure career and college readiness. A pupil may meet this requirement either by satisfactorily completing a minimum of 4 courses in mathematics or by satisfactorily completing a minimum of 3 mathematics courses and one non-mathematics content area course in which mathematics knowledge and skills are embedded and applied, as may be approved by the school board. The rules shall be implemented in the 2015-16 school year.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.