HB 471 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
6Jan2016... 2433h
2015 SESSION
\t15-0418
\t04/10
HOUSE BILL\t\t471
AN ACT\trelative to the duties of school boards.
COMMITTEE:\tEducation
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
\tThis bill amends the specific duties of school boards.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
6Jan2016... 2433h\t15-0418
\t04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT\trelative to the duties of school boards.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 State Board of Education; Duty to Provide Education. Amend RSA 189:1-a, II to read as follows:
\t\tII. In each school operated and governed in its district, the elected school [boards] board shall be responsible for establishing the structure, accountability, advocacy, and delivery of instruction, the curricula and courses taught, the adoption of educational standards that meet or exceed state minimum standards, and the methods for assessing pupil performance in grades 3-8 for the years in which a statewide assessment is not administered to ensure compliance with the requirements of RSA 193-C [in each school operated and governed in its district]. To accomplish this end, and to support flexibility in implementing diverse educational approaches, a school [boards] board shall establish, in each school operated and governed in its district, instructional policies that establish instructional goals based upon available information about the knowledge and skills pupils will need in the future.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.