Revision: March 28, 2023, 12:16 p.m.
Sen. Lang, Dist 2
Sen. Pearl, Dist 17
March 27, 2023
2023-1225s
10/05
Amendment to HB 536
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to the chartered public school joint legislative oversight committee, and relative to chartered public school use of unused district facilities.
Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following and renumbering the original section 3 to read as 4:
3 Chartered Public School Use of Unused District Facilities; Independent Appraisals. Amend RSA 194:61, III(d) to read as follows:
(d) If the offering school district has not received an offer to purchase or lease an unused facility from a party, other than an approved chartered public school operating in this state, a chartered public school may initiate, and the school board of the offering school district shall, within 60 days of receiving the offer, engage in, substantive good faith negotiations for the purchase or lease of the unused facility. The negotiation period shall continue for 30 days, or less if an agreement is reached. If no agreement is reached, the commissioner of the department of education shall engage an independent mediator who shall gather independent appraisals of the value of the property when the chartered public school made an offer to purchase. The appraised value shall determine a fair price for the offering chartered public school to agree to or reject. In situations when the charter school made an offer to lease the property, the appraisals gathered by the mediator shall determine a fair lease price for the offering chartered public school to accept or reject.
2023-1225s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill revises the structure and duties of the chartered public school joint legislative oversight committee. The bill also requires the commissioner of education to engage an independent mediator for appraisals of unused school district property a chartered public school has made an offer to purchase or lease.