Bill Text: NH HB740 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring the department of education to maintain student records of chartered public school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-05 - Public Hearing: 02/12/2025 01:45 pm Legislative Office Building 205-207 [HB740 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2025-HB740-Introduced.html
HB 740-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0780
02/08
HOUSE BILL 740-FN
SPONSORS: Rep. Fellows, Graf. 8
COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of education to assume responsibility for the maintenance of student records for chartered public schools that have closed.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0780
02/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; School Dissolution; Record Retention Required. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 27-b the following new section:
189:27-c School Dissolution; Record Retention Required. For any school chartered by the state board of education pursuant to RSA 194-B:3-a, the department of education shall assume responsibility for the maintenance of student records when a school closes The department shall:
I. Obtain and preserve all the pupil registers consistent with RSA 187, RSA 187-a, RSA 189:27-b, as well as the definitions for any codes used.
II. Obtain and preserve complete individual high school transcripts with definitions for any codes used. The department of education shall provide certified transcripts in a timely manner and at no cost, upon a request by the student or their current guardian.
III. Certify the period of enrollment upon a request by the student or their current guardian.
IV. Ensure all former students and their guardians of record are notified of the disposition of pupil registers and high school transcripts.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
25-0780
1/11/25
HB 740-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from the Department of Education. The Department was contacted on 12/31/24 for a fiscal note worksheet. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education
