HB1329: relative to alternative programs for credit leading to high school graduation.

HB 1329 - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2438

10/04

HOUSE BILL 1329

AN ACT relative to alternative programs for credit leading to high school graduation.

SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill requires high schools to accept alternative programs for credit leading to graduation pursuant to rules adopted by the state board of education.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2438

10/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to alternative programs for credit leading to high school graduation.

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

1 Adequate Public Education; Rulemaking; Alternative Programs for Granting Credit Leading to Graduation. Amend RSA 193-E:2-a, V(b) to read as follows:

(b)(1) The state board of education shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the approval of alternative programs for granting credit leading to graduation.

(2) Schools shall accept credits required for high school graduation consistent with the rules of the state board. Upon receiving a valid completion certificate from a state board approved alternative program, a high school as defined in RSA 194:23 shall grant equivalent high school credit leading to graduation to a student who has completed such alternative program.

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