Bill Text - SB382 (2018)

(New Title) relative to a plan for the dissolution of cooperative school districts.


Revision: Dec. 12, 2017, 12:26 p.m.

SB 382  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2871

06/04

 

SENATE BILL 382

 

AN ACT relative to withdrawal from cooperative school districts.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires certain cooperative school districts to amend their articles of agreement to include a method of withdrawal from the cooperative district.

 

This bill is a request of the department of education.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2871

06/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to withdrawal from cooperative school districts.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Cooperative School Districts; Method of Withdrawal.  Amend RSA 195:18, III(k) to read as follows:

(k)  The method by which a town may withdraw from the cooperative, consistent with the provisions of RSA 195:26.  Issues to be considered shall include, but are not limited to, the process for ongoing education following withdrawal or dissolution, maintenance of student records, employment issues, on-going liability issues, capital issues, and bond issues.

(l)  Any other matters, not incompatible with law, which the cooperative school district planning board may consider appropriate to include in the articles of agreement.

2  New Section; Provision for Withdrawal in Articles of Agreement.  Amend RSA 195 by inserting after section 18 the following new section:

195:18-a  Provision for Withdrawal in Articles of Agreement.  

I.  For all cooperative school districts created prior to July, 2018, the cooperative school district shall amend the articles of agreement to include a provision which addresses the method by which a town may withdraw from the cooperative, consistent with the provisions of RSA 195:26.  Issues to be considered shall include, but are not limited to, the process for ongoing education following withdrawal or dissolution, maintenance of student records, employment issues, on-going liability issues, capital issues, and bond issues.

II.  Any amendment under paragraph I shall be completed within 6 months of the effective date of this section.

III.  This provision shall not apply to cooperative school districts which were organized prior to July 1, 1963.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.