Revision: Feb. 21, 2024, 2:11 p.m.
SB 526 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
02/21/2024 0683s
2024 SESSION
24-3100
12/02
SENATE BILL 526
SPONSORS: Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Rep. Cornell, Hills. 22; Rep. Heath, Hills. 41; Rep. B. Sullivan, Sull. 1
COMMITTEE: Education
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires public school districts to consider building temperatures conducive to education during extreme external temperatures.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/21/2024 0683s 24-3100
12/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Education; Schools; Air Quality and Temperature. Amend RSA 200:48 to read as follows:
200:48 Air Quality and Temperature Control in Schools.
I. The school board of each school district shall develop and implement a policy governing air quality issues in schools. [The policy shall address methods of minimizing or eliminating emissions from buses, cars, delivery vehicles, maintenance vehicles, and other motorized vehicles used for transportation on school property taking into account the state anti-idling and clean air zone policies established by the department of environmental services.]
II. Each school district shall develop and implement a classroom temperature control plan. The plan shall include procedures to maintain classrooms temperatures between 68 degrees and 75 degrees Fahrenheit during heating months and between 72 degrees and 79 degrees Fahrenheit during cooling months, to the maximum extent practical. The plan shall also include procedures for closing classrooms when temperatures are below 60 degrees Fahrenheit or above 88 degrees Fahrenheit.