HB 1243 - AS INTRODUCED

2020 SESSION

20-2512

04/06

HOUSE BILL 1243

AN ACT relative to the degree-granting authority of an educational institution in New Hampshire.

SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Rep. Boehm, Hills. 20; Rep. Shaw, Hills. 16; Rep. Allard, Merr. 21

COMMITTEE: Education

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires a recommendation by the higher education commission as a prerequisite to the granting of a degree by an educational institution.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2512

04/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

AN ACT relative to the degree-granting authority of an educational institution in New Hampshire.

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

1  Higher Education Corporations; Granting of Degrees.  Amend RSA 292:8-h, II to read as follows:

II.  No educational institution shall grant degrees unless recommended by the higher education commission and authorized by name to do so by an act of the legislature.

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