Bill Text - SB339 (2024)

Relative to repealing the graduation requirement regarding Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) applications.


Revision: Feb. 15, 2024, 4:16 p.m.

SB 339 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

02/15/2024   0514s

2024 SESSION

24-2814

05/02

 

SENATE BILL 339

 

AN ACT relative to repealing the graduation requirement regarding Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) applications.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 7; Rep. Osborne, Rock. 2; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 27; Rep. D. McGuire, Merr. 14

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill removes the requirement that students file a free application for federal student aid form (FAFSA) or a waiver for such form prior to graduation.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/15/2024   0514s 24-2814

05/02

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to repealing the graduation requirement regarding Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) applications.

 

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

 

1  Repeal.  The following are repealed:

I.  RSA 193:26-a, relative to the graduation requirement regarding the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

II.  RSA 186:8, IX, relative to rules regarding RSA 193:26-a.

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