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HB226: relative to documenting the improvement of non-proficient readers.
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- Rick M Ladd House · Graf 4
- Kenneth Weyler House · Rock 13
- Richard Hinch House · Hills 21
- Glenn Cordelli House · Carr 4
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CHAPTER 100
HB 226 - FINAL VERSION
8Mar2017... 0012h
04/20/2017 1362s
2017 SESSION
17-0334
04/06
HOUSE BILL 226
AN ACT relative to documenting the improvement of non-proficient readers.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill amends the statewide assessment program goals for third grade pupils, and requires a school district to submit documentation to the department of education showing that the district has implemented a reading instructional program for third grade pupils who tested as "not proficient" on the reading component of either the statewide or locally-administered assessment.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
8Mar2017... 0012h
04/20/2017 1362s 17-0334
04/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to documenting the improvement of non-proficient readers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
100:1 Statewide Education Improvement and Assessment; Program Goals. Amend RSA 193-C:3, IV(i) to read as follows:
(i) At the end of grade 3, to determine if pupils are at grade level in reading and mathematics on a standardized test to be developed by the department or an authorized, locally-administered assessment developed in consultation with the department, as part of a statewide assessment program, and to provide differentiated aid to schools pursuant to RSA 198:40-a for pupils not proficient on the reading component of the statewide or locally-administered assessment.
100:2 Cost of an Opportunity for an Adequate Education. Amend RSA 198:40-a, II(e) to read as follows:
(e) An additional $697.77 for each third grade pupil in the ADMA with a [test] score below the proficient level on the reading component of the state assessment administered pursuant to RSA 193-C:6 or the authorized, locally-administered assessment as provided in RSA 193-C:3, IV(i), provided the pupil is not eligible to receive differentiated aid pursuant to subparagraphs (b)-(d). A school district receiving aid under this subparagraph shall annually provide to the department of education documentation demonstrating that the district has implemented an instructional program to improve non-proficient pupil reading.
100:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 08, 2017
Effective Date: August 07, 2017