SB361: (New Title) relative to fees of the postsecondary education commission for preserving certain academic records.

CHAPTER 105

SB 361-FN-A – FINAL VERSION

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SENATE BILL 361-FN-A

AN ACT relative to fees of the postsecondary education commission for preserving certain academic records.

SPONSORS: Sen. Green, Dist 6; Sen. O’Hearn, Dist 12; Sen. D’Allesandro, Dist 20

COMMITTEE: Finance

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill provides that transcript request fees collected by the postsecondary education commission shall be used to manage the storage, maintenance, and retrieval of closed school transcripts.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 fees of the postsecondary education commission for preserving certain academic records.

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

105:1 Voluntary Corporations and Associations; Reports. Amend RSA 292:8-kk to read as follows:

292:8-kk Reports Required.

I. When any institution of higher learning ceases the regular conduct of instruction, either temporarily or permanently, whether or not the corporation is dissolved, the academic record, or a legible, certified copy thereof, of each student who has been registered for instruction at the institution shall be forwarded to the postsecondary education commission together with an explanation of the institution’s credit and grading system. The postsecondary education commission shall preserve these records and upon request of the individual concerned, shall furnish a certified copy, or reasonable number of such copies, of the individual’s record. The fee for each record so furnished to be paid to the commission shall be a reasonable fee based on average fees collected by United States institutions. [Said fees shall be credited to the appropriation for the commission.]

II. All transcript request fees collected by the postsecondary education commission under this section shall be deposited into a nonlapsing, revolving fund to be used for managing the storage, maintenance, and retrieval of closed school transcripts.

105:2 New Subparagraph; State Treasurer and State Accounts; Application of Receipts. Amend RSA 6:12, I(b) by inserting after subparagraph 227 the following new subparagraph:

(228) Moneys received by the postsecondary education commission under RSA 292:8-kk, II.

105:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: May 17, 2004)

(Effective Date: July 16, 2004)