Revision: June 28, 2022, 8:43 a.m.
CHAPTER 256
HB 1132 - FINAL VERSION
15Mar2022... 0970h
05/05/2022 1803s
2022 SESSION
22-2439
10/11
HOUSE BILL 1132
AN ACT relative to applications for a charter conversion school.
SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Shaw, Hills. 16; Rep. Boehm, Hills. 20; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Rep. Hill, Merr. 3; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Rep. Umberger, Carr. 2; Rep. Hobson, Rock. 35; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Ward, Dist 8
COMMITTEE: Education
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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.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Mar2022... 0970h
05/05/2022 1803s 22-2439
10/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to applications for a charter conversion school.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
256:1 Chartered Public Schools; Public School Vote for Charter Conversion. Amend RSA 194-B:3, VI to read as follows:
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].
(b) All pupils attending a school which successfully converts to charter status shall be eligible for admission to such chartered public school.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit a school district’s obligation to provide special education services to all qualifying students residing in the district consistent with the requirements of state and federal law.
256:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 24, 2022
Effective Date: August 23, 2022