Bill Text - HB713 (2019)

(New Title) relative to transportation of pupils.


Revision: Dec. 3, 2019, 1:36 p.m.

CHAPTER 181

HB 713-FN-LOCAL - FINAL VERSION

 

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2019 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 713-FN-LOCAL

 

AN ACT relative to transportation of pupils.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Rep. Leishman, Hills. 24; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill revises the requirements for transportation of pupils in kindergarten through grade 12.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to transportation of pupils.

 

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

 

181:1  Transportation of Pupils.  Amend RSA 189:6 to read as follows:

189:6  Transportation of Pupils.  The local school district shall furnish transportation to [all] pupils in [grade 1] kindergarten through grade 8 who live more than 2 miles from the school to which they are assigned.  [The local school board may furnish transportation to kindergarten pupils, pupils in grades above the eighth or to any pupils residing less than 2 miles from the school to which they are assigned,] The local school district may furnish transportation to pupils in kindergarten through grade 8 who live 2 miles or less from the school to which they are assigned, and to pupils in grades 9 through 12, when it finds that this is appropriate, and shall furnish it when so directed by the commissioner of education.

181:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.

 

Approved: July 10, 2019

Effective Date: July 01, 2020