HB1372: requiring prisoners between 17 and 21 years of age to complete the requirements for a high school diploma or a GED certificate prior to release on probation or parole.

HB 1372 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1372

AN ACT requiring prisoners between 17 and 21 years of age to complete the requirements for a high school diploma or a GED certificate prior to release on probation or parole.

SPONSORS: Rep. Gile, Merr 10; Rep. Porter, Hills 1; Rep. Gargasz, Hills 5; Rep. DeSimone, Rock 6

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill requires prisoners between 17 and 21 years of age who are sentenced to incarceration for one year or more to complete the requirements for a high school diploma or a GED certificate prior to release on parole or as a condition of probation or conditional discharge.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

AN ACT requiring prisoners between 17 and 21 years of age to complete the requirements for a high school diploma or a GED certificate prior to release on probation or parole.

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

1 New Paragraph; Sentences and Limitations. Amend RSA 651:2 by inserting after paragraph VIII the following new paragraph:

IX. The court shall include in its order a provision urging an offender between 17 and 21 years of age who is sentenced to incarceration for one year or more and who is released on probation to successfully complete all requirements for a high school diploma or a GED certificate.

2 New Paragraph; Parole of Prisoners; Terms of Release Amend RSA 651-A:6 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V. The court shall urge any prisoner between 17 and 21 years of age who is sentenced to a period of incarceration of one year or more and who has not completed a high school education or GED requirements, to successfully complete all requirements for a high school diploma or GED certificate.

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