Bill Text: NH HB213 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requiring college courses completed by a high school student to be counted in the student's grade point average.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-02-13 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote; House Journal 17, PG.329 [HB213 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2013-HB213-Introduced.html

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HB 213 – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

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04/03

HOUSE BILL 213

AN ACT requiring college courses completed by a high school student to be counted in the student’s grade point average.

SPONSORS: Rep. Roberts, Ches 4

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill requires school boards to establish a policy enabling a high school student who takes a college course for credit to have that credit computed as part of the student’s high school grade point average.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0815

04/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT requiring college courses completed by a high school student to be counted in the student’s grade point average.

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

1 New Subdivision; College Course Credit for High School Students. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 64 the following new subdivision:

College Course Credit for High School Students

189:65 College Course Credit for High School Students. The school board of each school district shall adopt a policy enabling a high school student in his or her junior or senior year to obtain credit for a course taken at an accredited postsecondary educational institution in which the student earns a ‘C’ average or higher, or its equivalent, provided that the course fulfills a high school graduation requirement. The policy shall require that the college course grade shall be computed as part of the student’s overall high school grade point average.

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