HB 302 - AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
08/04
HOUSE BILL 302
AN ACT requiring a public hearing prior to the submission of a grant application by the department of education.
SPONSORS: Rep. Ferreira, Hills 28; Rep. Seidel, Hills 28; Sen. Avard, Dist 12
This bill requires the department of education to submit all grant applications to the house of representatives committee concerned with educational issues for a public hearing and comments.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0700
08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT requiring a public hearing prior to the submission of a grant application by the department of education.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Duties of the Commissioner; Department of Education. Amend RSA 21-N:4, VI to read as follows:
VI. Plan and apply for federal and other grants on a department-wide basis. Prior to the submission of any grant application, the commissioner shall notify the chair of the committee of the house of representatives with primary responsibility for education issues. The chair of such committee shall schedule and hold a public hearing on the application and shall forward all testimony to the commissioner along with comments by members of the committee. The commissioner shall review the testimony and comments prior to the submission of the corresponding grant application.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.