SB 81 – AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
04/01
SENATE BILL 81
AN ACT relative to the powers of the state board of education.
SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Rep. Murotake, Hills 32; Rep. Ferreira, Hills 28; Rep. Bates, Rock 7
This bill limits the authority of the state board of education to the department of education and the commissioner of the department of education.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0892
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to the powers of the state board of education.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 State Board of Education; Powers. Amend RSA 186:5 to read as follows:
186:5 Powers. The state board shall have the same powers of management, supervision, and direction over [all public schools in this state] the department of education and the commissioner of the department of education as the directors of a business corporation have over its business, except as otherwise limited by law. It may make all rules and regulations necessary for the proper interpretation of laws enacted by the general court for the management of its own business and for the conduct of its officers, employees, and agents, [and to secure the efficient administration of the public schools] and the administration of the work of Americanization, in teaching English to non-English-speaking adults and in furnishing instruction in the privileges, duties, and responsibilities of citizenship, which is hereby declared to be an essential part of public school education. [It shall be the duty of school boards and employees of school districts to comply with the rules and regulations of the state board.]
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.