Revision: March 5, 2026, 7:40 a.m.
Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12
Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36
February 17, 2026
2026-0744h
08/05
Amendment to HB 1234
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 Qualifications for Office; School District Elections RSA 671:18 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
671:18 Qualifications.
I. To become a candidate for any school district office, a person must be a registered voter in the district. No person shall simultaneously hold more than one of the following offices: member of school board, school district moderator, school district treasurer, school district auditor, school district clerk, or budget committee member-at-large under RSA 32:15 covering the school district, or advisory budget or finance committee member under RSA 32:24 covering the school district. No person employed on a salaried basis by a school administrative unit or by any school district within a school administrative unit shall be a school board member, budget committee member-at-large under RSA 32:15, or advisory budget or finance committee member under RSA 32:24 for any district of the school administrative unit. Salaried positions shall include, but are not limited to, the following: teacher, custodian, administrator, secretary, school bus driver (if paid by the district), school lunch worker and teacher's aide.
II. No person shall at the same time file a declaration of candidacy for any 2 or more elected offices that are incompatible under paragraph I nor shall they file a declaration of candidacy for an elected office that is incompatible with an office in paragraph I that they currently hold when the current term of the held office extends past the election for the filed declaration of candidacy.