Revision: May 13, 2025, 12:42 p.m.
Senate Education
May 13, 2025
2025-2149s
06/08
Amendment to HB 768
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT allowing public schools to contract with any approved nonpublic school.
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 Duty to Provide Education. Amend RSA 189:1-a, IV to read as follows:
IV. Pursuant to RSA 193:3, VI, a school board may execute a contract with any approved [nonsectarian private] nonpublic school approved by the school board as a school tuition program as defined in RSA 193:3, VII to provide for the education of a child who resides in the school district, and may raise and appropriate money for the purposes of the contract, if the school district does not have a public school at the pupil's grade level and the school board decides it is in the best interest of the pupil.
2025-2149s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows public schools to enter into contracts with any approved nonpublic school, including religious schools.