Bill Text - SB433 (2018)

(New Title) relative to the annual filing of statistical reports to the department of education and relative to retention of pupil registers kept on a computer.


Revision: June 13, 2018, 4:32 p.m.

CHAPTER 223

SB 433 - FINAL VERSION

 

12Apr2018... 1321h

2018 SESSION

18-2867

06/04

 

SENATE BILL 433

 

AN ACT relative to the annual filing of statistical reports to the department of education and relative to retention of pupil registers kept on a computer.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Myler, Merr. 10; Rep. Gile, Merr. 27

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill permits public education agencies to submit annual statistical reports to the department of education electronically.

 

This bill also deletes a requirement that paper printouts of pupil registers kept on a computer be retained.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12Apr2018... 1321h 18-2867

06/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to the annual filing of statistical reports to the department of education and relative to retention of pupil registers kept on a computer.

 

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

 

223:1  Education; Annual Filing of Statistical Reports.  Amend RSA 189:28, III to read as follows:

III.  Each statistical report submitted under this section by a public education agency may be submitted electronically and shall include a written or electronic certification, signed by the chief executive official that states:  "I certify, under the pains and penalties of perjury, that all of the information contained in this document is true, accurate, and complete, and that the school board chairperson has received a copy of this document.''

223:2  Retention of Pupil Registers.  Amend RSA 189:27-b to read as follows:

189:27-b  Retention of Pupil Registers.  Pupil registers, whether kept manually or by means of a computer, shall be retained as a permanent record of the school district, public academy, or nonpublic school.  [When a computer is used, the permanent record shall consist, at a minimum, of a paper printout.]

223:3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: June 08, 2018

Effective Date: August 07, 2018