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HOUSE BILL\t1604-FN-A-LOCAL
AN ACT\trelative to instructional methods to enable students to acquire and apply requisite knowledge and skills.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Myler, Merr. 10; Rep. Kurk, Hills. 2; Rep. Balcom, Hills. 21; Rep. Gile, Merr. 27; Rep. Heath, Hills. 14; Rep. Shaw, Hills. 16
COMMITTEE:\tEducation
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
\tThis bill specifies instructional methods designed to enable students to acquire and apply requisite knowledge and skills.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to instructional methods to enable students to acquire and apply requisite knowledge and skills.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Statewide Education Improvement and Assessment Program; Statement of Purpose. Amend RSA 193-C:1, III to read as follows:
\t\tIII. Widespread participation in the establishment of a statewide education improvement and assessment program is essential. Consultation with educators at all levels, business people, government officials, community representatives, and parents must occur in the development of educational standards. In turn, widespread dissemination of those standards, once established, must occur. Teachers, administrators, and school board members must be fully apprised of these state-developed standards. They must, in turn, communicate these expectations to students and parents, and find and implement instructional methods to enable students to acquire and apply the requisite knowledge and skills. Implement instructional methods designed to enable students to acquire and apply the requisite knowledge and skills shall include but not be limited to:
\t\t\t(a) Advancing students to higher level work once they demonstrate knowledge and skill and mastery of competency, rather than advancing based upon seat time in the classroom.
\t\t\t(b) Providing support to struggling students before they advance in an effort to prevent later failure.
\t\t\t(c) Keeping all students on the path to graduate and to ensure those below level make progress.
\t\t\t(d) Promoting innovative learning that has meaning to students, cuts across multiple curriculum areas, and includes varied learning pathways.
\t\t\t(e) Graduating students with deeper college and career ready skills.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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HB 1604-FN-A-LOCAL- FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT\trelative to exceptional student education programs and providing funding therefor.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Education states this bill, as introduced, will increase state education trust fund expenditures and local revenues by an indeterminable amount in FY 2018 and each year thereafter. There will be no impact on state and county revenues or county and local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Education states this bill establishes a new differentiated aid component of the adequate education formula. In FY 2018, this bill requires nine percent of a school district’s average daily membership in attendance (ADMA) be eligible for a $697 payment and in FY 2019 and each year thereafter $697 for each “exceptional student”, as defined by the bill, contingent on certain reporting requirements being met by the school district. The Department does not have sufficient data to estimate this bill’s impact on FY 2018 and beyond. However, for informational purposes, total FY 2016 adequate education grants were based a total statewide ADMA of 172,355. If FY 2018 payments were based on the same ADMA, this bill would increase state education trust fund expenditures and local revenues in that year by $10,811,829 (172,355 X 0.09 X $697).