Bill Text - HB1115 (2022)

Relative to record of educational attainment under the educational freedom account program.


Revision: Nov. 16, 2021, 3:48 p.m.

HB 1115  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2022 SESSION

22-2811

10/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1115

 

AN ACT relative to record of educational attainment under the educational freedom account program.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Cornell, Hills. 18; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Mullen, Hills. 7; Rep. Heath, Hills. 14; Rep. Ellison, Merr. 27; Rep. Myler, Merr. 10

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the statewide student assessment tests for the record of educational attainment under the education freedom accounts program.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2811

10/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to record of educational attainment under the educational freedom account program.

 

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

 

1  Education Freedom Accounts; Record of Educational Attainment.  Amend RSA 194-F:3, III(d)(3) to read as follows:

(3)  To provide an annual record of educational attainment by[:

(A)  Having the student take a nationally-standardized, norm-referenced achievement test and to provide the results to the scholarship organization by the end of each school year which the scholarship organization shall make available to the department as aggregate scores; or

(B)]  Having the student take the statewide student assessment test pursuant to RSA 193-C:6[; or

(C)  Maintaining a portfolio including, but not limited to, a log which designates by title the reading materials used; samples of writings, worksheets, workbooks, or creative materials used or developed by the student.  The parent shall have a certified teacher or a teacher currently teaching in a nonpublic school, who is selected by the parent, evaluate the student's educational progress upon review of a portfolio and discussion with the parent or student].

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