Revision: Dec. 3, 2019, 9:13 a.m.
HB 1435 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2331
06/03
HOUSE BILL 1435
AN ACT repealing the powers of the state board of education.
SPONSORS: Rep. Luneau, Merr. 10
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill repeals powers of the state board 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2331
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT repealing the powers of the state board of education.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. RSA 186:5, relative to powers of the state board of education, is repealed.
2 Education; Compliance with Federal Provisions. Amend RSA 186:6 to read as follows:
186:6 Compliance With Federal Provisions. The state board may [also] make the regulations 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 promote physical health and recreation, and to provide an adequate supply of trained teachers.
3 Money Appropriated by Legislature for General Educational Purposes; How Used. Amend RSA 186:13, I and II to read as follows:
I. Illiteracy. For the abolition of illiteracy and for [the] instruction [of illiterates over 14 years of age in common school branches and] in the privileges, duties, and responsibilities of citizenship.
II. [Americanization. For the Americanization of immigrants, for the teaching of those 14 years of age and over to speak and read English and to appreciate and respect] Civics Education. Instruction of the civic and social institutions of the United States, and for instruction in the duties of citizenship.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.