HB 447 - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0770
06/10
HOUSE BILL 447
AN ACT relative to school calendar days.
SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill authorizes local school boards to determine opening and closing school calendar dates.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0770
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to school calendar days.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 School Boards; School Calendars. Amend RSA 189:1 to read as follows:
189:1 Days of School.
I. The school board of every district shall provide standard schools for at least 180 days in each year, or the equivalent number of hours as required in the rules of the department of education, at such places in the district as will best serve the interests of education and give to all the pupils within the district as nearly equal advantages as are practicable.
II. The local school board shall determine and approve opening and closing school calendar dates for district public schools.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 23, 2019 | House | Hearing |
| March 13, 2019 | House | Exec Session |
| March 19, 2019 | House | Floor Vote |
| April 23, 2019 | Senate | Hearing |
| Jan. 8, 2020 | Senate | Floor Vote |
Jan. 8, 2020: Pending Motion Inexpedient to Legislate; 01/08/2020; SJ 1
Jan. 8, 2020: Sen. Feltes Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 01/08/2020; SJ 1
Jan. 8, 2020: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 01/08/2020; SC 47
May 15, 2019: Rereferred to Committee, MA, VV; 05/15/2019; SJ 16
May 15, 2019: Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 05/15/2019; SC 22
April 23, 2019: Hearing: 04/23/2019, Room 103, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 19
March 28, 2019: Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Education and Workforce Development; SJ 12
March 19, 2019: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 17
March 19, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/19/2019 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 16 P. 7
March 13, 2019: ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 03/13/2019 10:00 am LOB 207
March 12, 2019: ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 03/12/2019 10:00 am LOB 207
Jan. 23, 2019: Public Hearing: 01/23/2019 01:30 pm LOB 207
Jan. 3, 2019: Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Education HJ 3 P. 14