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2024 SESSION
24-2183.0
02/05
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to the merging of school administrative units.
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows for the merger of school administrative units.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2183.0
02/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to the merging of school administrative units.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 School Administrative Units; Organization, Reorganization, Withdrawal, or Merger. Amend the heading of RSA 194-C:2 to read as follows:
194-C:2 Organization, Reorganization, [or] Withdrawal, or Merger.
2 New Paragraph; School Administrative Units; Merger. Amend RSA 194-C:2 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V.(a) Pre-existing school administrative units may merge their administrative office with another pre-existing school administrative unit to consolidate administrative costs. Such mergers shall meet the following conditions:
(1) The school districts are not in a pre-existing cooperative school district as defined in RSA 195:1, I;
(2) The proposed merged school district shall have a minimum of 1,500 students;
(3) The proposed merged school district shall have only one superintendent, or person responsible for superintendent duties.
(b) The planning committee shall study and evaluate mergers in the same manner provided for reorganization under paragraph III.
(c) Any school districts who are approved for merger by the planning committee shall be awarded a consolidation grant of an additional $200 per pupil in the merged administrative unit annually for a period of 2 years. In order to qualify for a grant under this subparagraph, the merger must be completed by July 1, 2026. The source of funds for grants under this subparagraph shall be moneys from the education trust fund established in RSA 198:39. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant from the education trust fund to satisfy the state's obligation under this subparagraph.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.