CHAPTER 88
HB 166 - FINAL VERSION
2Feb2017... 0071h
2017 SESSION
17-0215
04/03
HOUSE BILL 166
AN ACT relative to assessments administered to pupils in grades 3 through 8.
SPONSORS: Rep. T. Wolf, Hills. 7; Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Rep. Hinch, Hills. 21; Rep. Grenier, Sull. 7; Rep. Myler, Merr. 10; Rep. Shaw, Hills. 16; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4
COMMITTEE: Education
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This bill amends the schedule for a school district to administer the statewide assessment and requires a school district to develop and administer an assessment in those years in which the statewide assessment is not administered.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
2Feb2017... 0071h 17-0215
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to assessments administered to pupils in grades 3 through 8.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
88:1 Statewide Education Improvement and Assessment Program; Assessment Required. Amend RSA 193-C:6 to read as follows:
193-C:6 Assessment Required. [Each year,] A statewide assessment shall be administered in all school districts in the state [in grades 3 through 8] once in an elementary school grade, once in a middle school grade, and one grade in high school. For those years in grades 3 through 8 in which the school district does not administer the statewide assessment, the school district, in consultation with the department and as part of the statewide education improvement and assessment program, shall develop and administer its own assessment or shall administer a standardized assessment that identifies a pupil's range of learning and yields objective data to use in improving instruction and learning. All public school students in the designated grades shall participate in the assessment, unless such student is exempted, or provided that the commissioner of the department of education may, through an agreement with another state when such state and New Hampshire are parties to an interstate agreement, allow pupils to participate in that state's assessment program as an alternative to the assessment required under this chapter. Home educated students may contact their local school districts if they wish to participate in the statewide assessment. Private schools may contact the department of education to participate in the statewide assessment. The department may use the College Board SAT or ACT college readiness assessment to satisfy the high school assessment requirements of this chapter.
88:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 05, 2017
Effective Date: August 04, 2017
Date | Body | Type |
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Jan. 17, 2017 | House | Hearing |
Jan. 19, 2017 | House | Exec Session |
Feb. 2, 2017 | House | Floor Vote |
March 7, 2017 | Senate | Hearing |
March 29, 2017 | Senate | Floor Vote |
June 5, 2017: Signed by Governor Sununu 06/05/2017; Chapter 88; Eff. 8/4/2017
May 4, 2017: Enrolled 05/04/2017 HJ 15 P. 47
April 27, 2017: Enrolled (In recess 04/27/2017); SJ 16
March 29, 2017: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/29/2017; SJ 11
March 29, 2017: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/29/2017; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16
March 7, 2017: Hearing: 03/07/2017, Room 103, LOB, 09:20 am; SC 12
Feb. 16, 2017: Introduced 02/16/2017 and Referred to Education; SJ 7
Feb. 2, 2017: Ought to Pass with Amendment 0071h: MA VV 02/02/2017 HJ 5 P. 4
Feb. 2, 2017: Amendment # 2017-0071h: AA VV 02/02/2017 HJ 5 P. 4
Feb. 2, 2017: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0071h for 02/02/2017 (Vote 18-1; CC) HC 9 P. 3
Jan. 19, 2017: Executive Session: 01/19/2017 09:30 AM LOB 207
Jan. 17, 2017: Public Hearing: 01/17/2017 10:00 AM LOB 207
Jan. 4, 2017: Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Education HJ 2 P. 19