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SB77: relative to changes in school placement for students.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2023 SB77
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Passed/Adopted
Committee
House Education
Hearing
03/30/2023 at 10:45 AM
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Topics

Education

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CHAPTER 59

SB 77 - FINAL VERSION

2023 SESSION

23-0975

09/10

SENATE BILL 77

AN ACT relative to changes in school placement for students.

SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 5; Rep. Hill, Merr. 2

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill requires state board of education rules on manifest educational hardship to allow for a school board's assignment of a pupil to an approved private school.

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23-0975

09/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to changes in school placement for students.

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

59:1 Change of School or Assignment; Best Interest of Student. Amend RSA 193:3, III-a, (e) to read as follows:

(e) The state board of education shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to manifest educational hardship. Each school board shall establish a policy, consistent with the state board's rules, which shall allow a school board, with the recommendation of the superintendent, to take appropriate action including assignment to another public school, [or] public academy, or approved private school within the district or to a public school, [or] public academy, or approved private school in another district.

59:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 01, 2023

Effective Date: July 31, 2023