Bill Text - HB1605 (2024)

Relative to alternative education programs for granting credit leading to graduation.


Revision: Nov. 7, 2023, 5:03 p.m.

 

2024 SESSION

24-2392.0

02/10

 

HOUSE BILL [bill number]

 

AN ACT relative to alternative education programs for granting credit leading to graduation.

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires all alternative learning programs for granting credit leading to graduation to comply with state and federal anti-discrimination laws.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2392.0

02/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to alternative education programs for granting credit leading to graduation.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1 Substantive Educational Content of an Adequate Education; Approval of Alternative Programs.  Amend RSA 193-E:2-a, V(b) to read as follows:

(b) The state board of education shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the approval of alternative programs for granting credit leading to graduation.

(1) A for-profit or nonprofit entity that offers an educational program approved under this section shall comply with all state and federal anti-discrimination laws.

(2) The state board of education shall annually review all entities that offer an educational program approved under this section for continued compliance with all state and federal anti-discrimination laws. Entities found in non-compliance shall be referred to the human rights commission.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.