Revision: May 13, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
Senate Education
May 13, 2025
2025-2145s
08/11
Amendment to HB 752
Amend RSA 194-B:16-a, IV-V as inserted by section 2 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
IV. The department shall establish a fee schedule association sufficient to cover related costs for the maintenance and furnishing of records pursuant to this section.
V. The department, upon request of the individual concerned and receipt of required fees, shall furnish a certified copy of the individual's record.
VI. All transcript request fees collected by the department under this section shall be deposited into a non-lapsing fund at the department, and shall be used for managing the storage and retrieval of closed charter school transcripts.
VII. The state board of education may adopt rules under RSA 541-A concerning the preserving of the records, and furnishing copies, including fees.
VIII. There is hereby established in the department of education the closed charter schools fund. The fund shall be comprised of transcript fees collected by the department after the closure of a charter school. The fund shall be non-lapsing and shall be continually appropriated to the department.
Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following and renumbering the original section 3 to read as 4:
3 New Subparagraph; Closed Charter School Fund. Amend RSA 6:12, I(b) by inserting after subparagraph (399) the following new subparagraph:
(400) Moneys collected in the closed charter schools fund established in RSA 194-B:16-a, VIII.
2025-2145s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill adds to the procedures for the closing of a chartered public school, requires records to be kept either by a chartered public school, or in the event of its closure, by the department of education, for 60 years, and establishes the closed charter schools fund for the collection of transcript request fees.