Bill Text - SB557 (2020)

Relative to the advisory council on career and technical education.


Revision: Jan. 2, 2020, 1:54 p.m.

SB 557  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-2805

06/01

 

SENATE BILL 557

 

AN ACT relative to the advisory council on career and technical education.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Morgan, Dist 23; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Doherty, Merr. 20

 

COMMITTEE: Education and Workforce Development

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill adds a member to the advisory council on career and technical education.  This bill also requires the department of education to adopt rules establishing requirements for a career readiness credential.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2805

06/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to the advisory council on career and technical education.

 

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

 

1  New Subparagraph; Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education.  Amend RSA 188-E:10-b, I by inserting after subparagraph (h) the following new subparagraph:

(i)  A high school counselor from a sending school district, appointed by the president of the New Hampshire School Counselor Association.

2  Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education.  Amend RSA 188-E:10-b, III to read as follows:

III.  Members of the advisory council appointed under subparagraphs I(f)-[(h)](i) shall serve for terms of 3 years and may be reappointed, except that terms of initial appointments by the commissioner under subparagraphs (f) and (h) shall be staggered.

3  New Paragraph; Career and Technical Education; Rulemaking.  Amend RSA 188-E:10-b by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:

VII.  By September 30, 2020, upon recommendation of the council, the department shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, establishing requirements for a career readiness credential.

4  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.