SB351: relative to concurrent enrollment at regional vocational education centers.

CHAPTER 151

SB 351-FN – FINAL VERSION

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SENATE BILL 351-FN

AN ACT relative to concurrent enrollment at regional vocational education centers.

SPONSORS: Sen. O’Hearn, Dist 12; Rep. S. L’Heureux, Merr 37

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the financial responsibilities for students concurrently enrolled in their regular high school and a regional vocational education center.

This bill is a request of the department of 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four

AN ACT relative to concurrent enrollment at regional vocational education centers.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

151:1 Regional Vocational Education; Concurrent Enrollment. Amend RSA 188-E:6 to read as follows:

188-E:6 Concurrent Enrollment.

I. Students shall enroll at their regular high school for nonvocational courses and attend a regional vocational center for purposes of taking vocational courses except students may, where distance, transportation, or other physical restrictions prohibit, attend the vocational education center for their entire educational program. Tuition charged for students enrolled part time at the vocational education center shall be prorated on a time basis for both the local district and the state share of the payment. [Whenever students may enroll in either their regular school or the vocational center, but the sending district prefers to have them attend the vocational center full time, the state's liability for tuition shall be limited to the part-time tuition responsibility.]

II. The state shall be responsible for 75 percent of the full tuition of a student enrolled full-time at a regional vocational education center and the sending school district shall be responsible for 25 percent of the full tuition, provided that:

(a) The sending and receiving districts agree that the student should attend the regional vocational education center on a full-time basis;

(b) The department of education approves the arrangement; and

(c) The student is enrolled in courses approved by the department of education.

III. The state shall be responsible for only 75 percent of the vocational education tuition for a student enrolled in a vocational course if enrollment on a full-time basis is not approved by the department of education, and the sending district shall be responsible for any remaining tuition.

151:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: May 24, 2004)

(Effective Date: July 23, 2004)