Revision: March 8, 2016, midnight
\t \t\tHB 1637-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2135
\t04/01
HOUSE BILL\t1637-FN
AN ACT\trelative to school attendance in towns with no public schools.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Boehm, Hills. 20; Rep. Edelblut, Hills. 38; Rep. Gottling, Sull. 2; Rep. Irwin, Sull. 9; Rep. Grenier, Sull. 7
COMMITTEE:\tEducation
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill allows a school district to assign a child to another public school in another school district or to an approved, non-religious private school if there is no public school for the child's grade in the child's resident district.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2135
\t04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to school attendance in towns with no public schools.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 School Attendance; Compulsory Attendance by Pupil. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 193:1, I to read as follows:
\t\tI. A parent of any child at least 6 years of age and under 18 years of age shall cause such child to attend the public school to which the child is assigned in the child's resident district. If there is no public school for the child's grade in the resident district, the district may assign the child to another public school in another school district or to a non-religious private school which has been approved by the department of education. Such child shall attend full time when such school is in session unless:
\t2 School Districts; Contracts With Schools. Amend RSA 194:22 to read as follows:
\t194:22 Contracts With Schools. Any school district may make a contract with an academy, high school, non-religious private school, or other literary institution located in this or, when distance or transportation facilities make it necessary, in another state, to provide for the education of a pupil who resides in the district and raise and appropriate money to carry the contract into effect. [If the contract is approved by the state board the school with which it is made shall be deemed a high school maintained by the district.]
\t3 School Districts; Tuition. Amend RSA 194:27 to read as follows:
\t194:27 Tuition. Any district not maintaining a high school or school of corresponding grade shall pay for the tuition of any pupil who with parents or guardian resides in said district. or who, as a resident of said district, after full investigation by the state board of education is determined to be entitled to have his or her tuition paid by the district where the pupil resides, and who attends an approved public high school [or], public school of corresponding grade in another district [or], an approved public academy, or a non-religious private school which has been approved by the department of education. Except under contract as provided in RSA 194:22, the liability of any school district hereunder for the tuition of any pupil shall be the current expenses of operation of the receiving district for its high school, as estimated by the state board of education for the preceding school year. This current expense of operation shall include all costs except costs of transportation of pupils.
\t4 School Money; District Taxes; Estimates. Amend RSA 198:4 to read as follows:
\t198:4 Estimates. The school board of each district in its annual report shall state in detail the additional sums of money, if any, which will be required during the ensuing fiscal year for the support of the public schools, for the purchase of textbooks, scholars' supplies, flags and appurtenances, for the payment of the tuition of the pupils in the district in high schools [and], academies, or non-religious private schools in accordance with law, and for the payment of all other statutory obligations of the district.
\t5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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HB 1637-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT\trelative to school attendance in towns with no public schools.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Education states this bill, as introduced, may increase local expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2017 and each year thereafter. There will be no impact on state, county, and local revenue or state and county expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Education states this bill allows a school district to assign a child to another public school in another school district or to an approved non-religious private school if there is no public school for the child’s grade in their resident district. The Department is unable to estimate how many students/districts this may apply to or what net cost/tuition differentials may be between public schools and private school alternatives and therefore cannot estimate this bill’s impact on local expenditures.