HB 1132 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

15Mar2022... 0970h

2022 SESSION

22-2439

10/11

HOUSE BILL 1132

AN ACT relative to applications for a charter conversion school.

SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Shaw, Hills. 16; Rep. Boehm, Hills. 20; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Rep. Hill, Merr. 3; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Rep. Umberger, Carr. 2; Rep. Hobson, Rock. 35; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Ward, Dist 8

COMMITTEE: Education

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill removes certain vote requirements for conversion of a public school to a chartered public school and adds the requirement for a two-thirds majority vote of the school district at a regular annual meeting.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15Mar2022... 0970h 22-2439

10/11

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to applications for a charter conversion school.

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

1  Chartered Public Schools; Public School Vote for Charter Conversion.  Amend RSA 194-B:3, VI to read as follows:

VI.(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[, 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].

(b) All pupils attending a school which successfully converts to charter status shall be eligible for admission to such chartered public school.

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