Bill Text - HB1132 (2022)

Relative to applications for a charter conversion school.


Revision: March 9, 2022, 12:57 p.m.

Rep. Luneau, Merr. 10

March 4, 2022

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Amendment to HB 1132

 

Amend RSA 194-B:3, VI(a) as amended by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:

 

VI.(a) Any existing public school may by a vote of the school board and a 2/3 majority vote taken by the school district at a regular annual meeting pursuant to RSA 195, RSA 197, or the governing charter, called for the purpose and provided that an article is inserted in the warrant for said meeting to become a charter conversion school[, provided that, in addition to all other requirements of this chapter for establishment of a chartered public school:

(1) A majority of its prospective teachers vote by ballot to approve such conversion in a district with more than one school, or 2/3 of the teachers so vote in a single school district.

(2) The school superintendent and principal both provide their approval in writing].

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill removes certain vote requirements for conversion of a public school to a chartered public school and adds the requirement for a two-thirds majority vote of the school district at a regular annual meeting.