Live Free or Die Legal
This website is not an official source of law. This website does not provide legal advice. For official legal materials, verify against the relevant court, legislature, agency, or other official source. Legal information may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrectly processed. Consult a qualified attorney for advice about a specific legal matter.

This RSA section is an unofficial mirror, is not legal advice, and may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrectly processed.

RSA 197:5 · Warning

Title
XV: EDUCATION
Chapter
197 · SCHOOL MEETINGS AND OFFICERS
Status
current
Official source linked
Yes
Official source Copy section link

197:5 Warning. – School district meetings shall be warned by the school board, or, in cases authorized by law, by a justice of superior court, by a warrant addressed to the voters of the district, stating the time and place of the meeting and the subject matter of the business to be acted upon. In all districts which have not adopted the provisions of this title providing for medical inspection in schools the warrant shall contain an article relating thereto. Source. RS 70:3. CS 74:1. GS 79:1, 3. GL 87:1, 4. PS 90:4. 1921, 85, V:5. PL 120:5. RL 139:5. RSA 197:5. 1969, 182:1. 2003, 289:20, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Copy link

Source note

Source. RS 70:3. CS 74:1. GS 79:1, 3. GL 87:1, 4. PS 90:4. 1921, 85, V:5. PL 120:5. RL 139:5. RSA 197:5. 1969, 182:1. 2003, 289:20, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Source history

  • 1921, 85, V:5. PL 120:5. RL 139:5. RSA 197:5
  • 1969, 182:1
  • 2003, 289:20, eff. Sept. 1, 2003
  • RS 70:3. CS 74:1. GS 79:1, 3. GL 87:1, 4. PS 90:4

Related materials

Bill relationships

  • 2026 HB1069 reference

    for Local Elections Held on State Primary Day. I. If a town or school district elects to hold its election of officers on the date of the state primary pursuant to RSA 39:2-c or RSA 197:5-b, the state shall reimburse the town or school district for all direct costs incurred in conducting the local election. II. ReimbuRSAble costs shall include, but not be limited to, the costs of printing and distributin

  • 2026 HB1069 amend

    , except that the election of officers shall occur on the date of the state primary. 2 New Section; School District Meeting Elections; Option to Align with State Primary. Amend RSA 197 by inserting after section 5-b the following new section: 197:5-c Option to Align School District Election of Officers with State Primary. I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with the state primar

  • 2026 HB1712 reference

    de that: (a) Any existing public school may by a vote of the school board and a 2/3 majority vote taken by the school district at a regular annual meeting pursuant to RSA 195, RSA 197, or the governing charter, called for the purpose and provided that an article is inserted in the warrant for said meeting to become a charter conversion school. (b) All pupils attending a school which successfully

  • 2026 HB1807 amend

    e unit. If less than [4] 10 administrators are so employed, all administrators shall be so listed. 2 New Section; Education; School Meetings; Annual Warrant Information. Amend RSA 197 by inserting after section 1-g the following new section: 197:1-h Annual Warrant Information. In the annual warrant, the information in RSA 671:20, II (a)-(c) shall be printed immediately below the article number a

  • 2026 HB1807-FN amend

    e unit. If less than [4] 10 administrators are so employed, all administrators shall be so listed. 2 New Section; Education; School Meetings; Annual Warrant Information. Amend RSA 197 by inserting after section 1-g the following new section: 197:1-h Annual Warrant Information. In the annual warrant, the information in RSA 671:20, II (a)-(c) shall be printed immediately below the article number a

  • 2026 HB748 amend

    s as long as the eligible student is under the age of 20 years and has not graduated from high school. 2 New Section; Method of Adopting Local Education Freedom Accounts. Amend RSA 197 by inserting after section 3-a the following new section: 197:3-b Method of Adopting Local Education Freedom Accounts. I. Upon the written application of 25 or more registered voters or 2 percent of the registered v

  • 2026 HB748-FN amend

    s as long as the eligible student is under the age of 20 years and has not graduated from high school. 2 New Section; Method of Adopting Local Education Freedom Accounts. Amend RSA 197 by inserting after section 3-a the following new section: 197:3-b Method of Adopting Local Education Freedom Accounts. I. Upon the written application of 25 or more registered voters or 2 percent of the registered v

  • 2025 HB93 add

    ive AN ACT enabling school districts to appoint a school district treasurer. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 New Section; Appointed School Treasurer. Amend RSA 197 by inserting after section 23-a the following new section: 197:23-b Appointed School Treasurer. Any school district which is not a cooperative school district as defined in RSA 195:1 may, under an article in t

Opinions and discipline decisions mentioning this RSA