SB415: relative to the effective date of the compulsory school attendance law.

CHAPTER 126

SB 415 – FINAL VERSION

2008 SESSION

08-2761

04/03

SENATE BILL 415

AN ACT relative to the effective date of the compulsory school attendance law.

SPONSORS: Sen. Estabrook, Dist 21; Sen. Foster, Dist 13; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Burling, Dist 5; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Cilley, Dist 6; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Sgambati, Dist 4; Sen. Hassan, Dist 23; Sen. DeVries, Dist 18; Sen. Gottesman, Dist 12; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. Janeway, Dist 7; Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill amends the effective date of HB 87 of the 2007 legislative session relative to compulsory school attendance by providing that on June 30, 2009, the age of compulsory school attendance shall be raised from 16 to 18 years of age.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

08-2761

04/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT relative to the effective date of the compulsory school attendance law.

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

126:1 Compulsory Attendance Law; Effective Date. Amend 2007, 350:6 to read as follows:

350:6 Effective Date.

I. Sections 2-4 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 5 of this act.

II. Section 1 of this act shall take effect June 30, 2009.

III. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

126:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 3, 2008

Effective Date: June 3, 2008