Revision: July 27, 2020, 1:29 p.m.
HB 1454 - FINAL VERSION
06/16/2020 1445s
2020 SESSION
20-2399
06/05
HOUSE BILL 1454
AN ACT relative to alternative learning credit rules of the state board of education.
SPONSORS: Rep. Tanner, Sull. 9; Rep. Van Houten, Hills. 45; Rep. J. Schmidt, Hills. 28; Rep. Woodcock, Carr. 2; Rep. Mullen, Hills. 7; Rep. Porter, Hills. 1; Rep. Cannon, Straf. 18; Rep. Doherty, Merr. 20; Rep. Ford, Graf. 3; Rep. Ellison, Merr. 27; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10
COMMITTEE: Education
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires the state board of education to adopt rules establishing a process for the approval of vendors offering alternative, extended learning, and work-based programs which may be accepted for credit by a local school board.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06/16/2020 1445s 20-2399
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to alternative learning credit rules of the state board of education.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Substantive Content of an Adequate Education. Amend RSA 193-E:2-a, V(b) to read as follows:
(b) The state board of education shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, [relative to the approval of alternative programs for granting credit leading to graduation] that establish a process for the application, vetting, and approval of vendors offering alternative, extended learning, and work-based programs which may be accepted by the local school board for credit leading to graduation in any school district in this state. Nothing in this subparagraph shall prevent a local school district from approving vendors offering credit for alternative, extended learning, or work-based programs which do not appear on the preapproved list maintained by the board.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
VETOED July 24, 2020