HB1229: relative to the teachers' voting requirement for becoming a charter conversion school.

HB 1229 - AS INTRODUCED

2018 SESSION

18-2161

06/04

HOUSE BILL HB 1229

AN ACT relative to the teachers' voting requirement for becoming a charter conversion school.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hill, Merr. 3; Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29; Rep. L. Turcotte, Straf. 4; Rep. Freeman, Hills. 12; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that an existing public school may become a charter conversion school by a vote of the school board.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2161

06/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

AN ACT relative to the teachers' voting requirement for becoming a charter conversion school.

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

1 Chartered Public Schools; Procedure; Existing Public Schools. Amend RSA 194-B:3, VI(a) to read as follows:

VI.(a) Any existing public school may by a majority vote of the school board become a charter conversion school[, provided that, in addition to all other requirements of this chapter for establishment of a chartered public school:

(1) A majority of its prospective teachers vote by ballot to approve such conversion in a district with more than one school, or 2/3 of the teachers so vote in a single school district.

(2) The school superintendent and principal both provide their approval in writing].

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