Amendment 2023-1435s to HB275 (2023)

Relative to schools approved for a school tuition program by a school board.


Revision: April 19, 2023, 2:18 p.m.

Senate Education

April 19, 2023

2023-1435s

10/05

 

 

Amendment to HB 275-LOCAL

 

Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:

 

1  Change of School or Assignment; School Tuition Program.  Amend RSA 193:3, VI to read as follows:

VI. If there is no public school for the child's grade in the resident district, the school board may contract with another public school in another school district or with any private school that has been approved as a school tuition program by the school board, and may raise and appropriate money for the purposes of the contract, if the school district decides it is in the best interest of the pupil. The district may either assign all children to schools that have been approved as a school tuition program, or allow each child's parent to choose a school from among schools that have been approved as a school tuition program.  To enroll a child in a tuition school approved by the local school board whose tuition cost is above the district’s established tuition cost per pupil as determined and approved by the board, the local board may require the parent to pay the tuition cost difference as long as at least one option is a public school designated as the anchor school and does not require additional tuition payment from the parent.