HB 1456 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2480
\t04/06
HOUSE BILL\t1456
AN ACT\trelative to chartered public school boards.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Horrigan, Straf. 6; Rep. Rollo, Straf. 18
COMMITTEE:\tEducation
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill requires the members of a chartered public school board of trustees to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2480
\t04/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to chartered public school boards.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Chartered Public Schools; Board of Trustees. Amend RSA 194-B:5, I-II to read as follows:
\t\tI. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the board of trustees of a chartered public school, upon issuance of its charter and confirmation by the governor and council, shall have general supervisory control and authority over the operations of the chartered public school.
\t\tII. The members of the board of trustees shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council. No greater than 25 percent of the membership of a school board, or one member, whichever number is greater, may simultaneously serve as members of the board of trustees of a [charter] chartered public or charter conversion school. No greater than 25 percent of the membership of the board of trustees of a [charter] chartered public or charter conversion school, or one member, whichever is greater, may simultaneously serve as members of any school board. A chartered public school board of trustees shall include no fewer than 25 percent or 2 parents of pupils attending the chartered public school, whichever is greater. Teachers [of] employed by a chartered public school may serve on its board of trustees.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.