Bill Text: NH HB286 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishing a study committee to investigate if one school superintendent per county is feasible.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-20 - Executive Session: 03/05/2025 09:30 am Legislative Office Building 205-207 [HB286 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2025-HB286-Introduced.html
HB 286 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0597
02/11
HOUSE BILL 286
AN ACT establishing a study committee to investigate if one school superintendent per county is feasible.
SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock. 14; Rep. D. McGuire, Merr. 14; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 7; Rep. Erf, Hills. 28; Sen. Avard, Dist 12
COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill would create a study committee to study the issue of reducing the number of school superintendents in the state.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0597
02/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT establishing a study committee to investigate if one school superintendent per county is feasible.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study the issue of reducing the number of school superintendents.
2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
3 Duties. The committee shall study whether having one school superintendent per county is feasible, and what the office requirements would be.
4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2025.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
