HB 283 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0633
02/08
HOUSE BILL 283
AN ACT relative to the list of subjects that comprise an adequate education.
SPONSORS: Rep. D. McGuire, Merr. 14
COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill reduces the list of subjects which comprise an adequate education.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0633
02/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to the list of subjects that comprise an adequate education.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Substantive Educational Content of an Adequate Education. Amend RSA 193-E:2-a, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) Beginning in the school year 2008-2009, and for each year thereafter, the specific criteria and substantive educational program that deliver the opportunity for an adequate education shall be defined and identified as the school approval standards in the following learning areas:
(1) English/language arts and reading.
(2) Mathematics.
(3) Science.
(4) Social studies[, including civics, government, economics, geography, history, and Holocaust and genocide education].
(5) [Arts education, including music and visual arts.
(6) World languages. ]
[(7)] Health and wellness education, including a policy for violations of RSA 126-K:8, I(a).
[(8)](6) Physical education.
[(9) Engineering and technologies including technology applications.
(10) Personal finance literacy.
(11) Computer science. ]
2 Accountability for the Opportunity for an Adequate Education. Amend RSA 193-E:3-b, I(a) to read as follows:
I.(a) A school shall demonstrate that it provides the opportunity for an adequate education for the school approval standards set forth in rules adopted by the department of education in the following areas:
(1) English/language arts and reading.
(2) Mathematics.
(3) Science.
(4) Social studies[, to include including civics, government, economics, geography, history, and Holocaust and genocide education].
(5) [Arts education, to include music and visual arts.
(6 World languages.
(7)] Health and wellness education.
[(8)] (6) Physical education.
[(9) Engineering and technologies including technology applications.
(10) Computer science and digital literacy.
(11) Personal finance literacy.
(12)](7) School year requirements.
[(13)](8) Minimum credits required for a high school diploma.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 10, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 10, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 10, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| Feb. 12, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
Feb. 20, 2025: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6
Feb. 12, 2025: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/12/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 12 P. 5
Feb. 12, 2025: Executive Session: 02/10/2025 01:30 pm SH Reps Hall
Feb. 10, 2025: Public Hearing: 02/10/2025 01:30 pm SH Reps Hall
Feb. 5, 2025: Public Hearing: 02/10/2025 01:30 pm LOB 205-207
Jan. 7, 2025: Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 2 P. 13