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HB1381: relative to student school board members.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2022 HB1381
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House status
Concurred
Senate status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Committee
Senate Education
Hearing
01/30/2026 at 09:20 AM
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Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Education

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CHAPTER 195

HB 1381 - FINAL VERSION

04/21/2022 1508s

2022 SESSION

22-2533

10/11

HOUSE BILL 1381

AN ACT relative to student school board members.

SPONSORS: Rep. Labranche, Hills. 22; Rep. Laughton, Hills. 31; Rep. Mullen, Hills. 7; Rep. Gallager, Merr. 15; Rep. Ellison, Merr. 27; Rep. Welkowitz, Ches. 4

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill allows for at least one student member on the school board from each public high school in the district.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04/21/2022 1508s 22-2533

10/11

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to student school board members.

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

195:1 School Board Membership; High School Student Members. Amend RSA 189:1-c to read as follows:

189:1-c Student Member. In addition to the school board members authorized in RSA 671:4, the [members of the] school board [may choose by a simple majority to add one or more] shall have at least one nonvoting student [members] member from [a] each public high school maintained by the local school board within its district [to the board]. The powers and duties of a student member shall be as described in RSA 194:23-f. [In districts having more than one public high school, the school board may rotate the student member representation as determined by the board.]

195:2 High School Student as School Board Member. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 194:23-f to read as follows:

194:23-f High School Student as School Board Member. The provisions of this section shall apply [only] to all public high schools [located in a school district in which the school board has voted to have a nonvoting student member pursuant to] maintained by the local school board as provided in RSA 189:1-c.

195:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.

Approved: June 17, 2022

Effective Date: January 01, 2023