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1 Compliance With Federal Provisions. Amend RSA 186:6 to read as follows:
186:6 Compliance With Federal Provisions.
I. The state board may also make the regulations rules necessary to enable the state to comply with the provisions of any law of the United States intended to promote vocational or other education, to abolish illiteracy and Americanize immigrants, to equalize educational opportunities, to provide special education to children with disabilities, to promote physical health and recreation, and to provide an adequate supply of trained teachers. Proposed rules designed to implement federal law may exceed the minimum requirements of federal law, however such rules shall take into account the fiscal impact and administrative burdens on the local school district.
II. This section shall only apply to rules adopted on or after the effective date of this section.
2 School Accreditation; 2017-2018 School Year. A school that furnishes the commissioner of the department of education with evidence that it has initiated the process of obtaining full accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges on or before the effective date of this act, shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of RSA 193-E:3-b, I(a)-(b) for the 2017-2018 school year.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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1 Compliance With Federal Provisions. Amend RSA 186:6 to read as follows:
186:6 Compliance With Federal Provisions.
I. The state board may also make the rules necessary to enable the state to comply with the provisions of any law of the United States intended to promote vocational or other education, to abolish illiteracy and Americanize immigrants, to equalize educational opportunities, to provide special education to children with disabilities, to promote physical health and recreation, and to provide an adequate supply of trained teachers. Proposed rules designed to implement federal law may exceed the minimum requirements of federal law, however such rules shall take into account the fiscal impact and administrative burdens on the local school district.
II. This section shall only apply to rules adopted on or after the effective date of this section.
2 School Accreditation; 2017-2018 School Year. A school that furnishes the commissioner of the department of education with evidence that it has initiated the process of obtaining full accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges on or before the effective date of this act, shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of RSA 193-E:3-b, I(a)-(b) for the 2017-2018 school year.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.