Revision: Nov. 6, 2017, 1:23 p.m.
HB 1499 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2539
06/01
HOUSE BILL 1499
AN ACT relative to the focus and components of New Hampshire kindergartens.
SPONSORS: Rep. V. Sullivan, Hills. 16; Rep. Verville, Rock. 2; Rep. L. Ober, Hills. 37; Rep. Hill, Merr. 3; Rep. Morrison, Rock. 9; Rep. Hinch, Hills. 21; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. Freeman, Hills. 12; Rep. Testerman, Merr. 2; Rep. Prout, Hills. 37; Rep. True, Rock. 4; Rep. Rouillard, Hills. 6; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Avard, Dist 12
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that kindergarten shall be play based and include movement, expression, exploration, socialization, and music.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2539
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to the focus and components of New Hampshire kindergartens.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Statement of Purpose. Kindergarten was intended by its founder, Friedrich Froebel, to be a means of socializing children and preparing them for formal education through exploration, movement, expression, and play. The word kindergarten is literally translated as a child's garden. Froebel intended kindergarten to cultivate children's unique talents, needs, and abilities. His concept for kindergarten was based on educating young children through social imitation, learning through expression, and systematized play within the classroom. His core curriculum was based on "gifts". Neither rigorous structure nor heavy curriculum was a part of the kindergarten experience.
2 New Paragraph; Substantive Educational Content of an Adequate Education; Kindergarten. Amend RSA 193-E:2-a by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. Standards for kindergarten shall be play based and have the following components: movement, expression, exploration, socialization, and music. Literacy shall be developed through guided reading and there shall be unstructured time for the discovery of each child's individual talents, abilities, and needs.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.