New Hampshire 2005 Education Legislation

We are pleased to provide a listing of House & Senate bills submitted for this legislative session.  These are divided into 4 categories:

    A:  bills specific to CHARTER SCHOOLS and SCHOOL REFORM,

    B:  bills specific to EDUCATION FUNDING,

    C:  bills on EDUCATION TOPICS, 

    D:  bills of POTENTIAL INTEREST, non-ed bills that may relate to school governance and policy.

Our current LEGISLATION WATCH bills are in red.    

 

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OUR COMMENTS on legislation:  HB 297.

 

A: BILLS RELATED TO CHARTER SCHOOLS & SCHOOL REFORM

 

Bill Number

Bill

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Bill Text

Topic

Sponsor

HB76

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Making revisions to the process of charter school approval by the state board of education

John Hunt- Ches. 28

HB297

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Relative to charter schools

Lars Christiansen – Hills 66

 

B: BILLS RELATED TO EDUCATION FUNDING

 

HB71

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--Bill Passed  House w/Amend. 2/15/05--

Relative to full funding of the school building aid program for fiscal year 2005

Gene Chandler – Carr.04

HB78

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--Bill Passed House 4/13/05--

Relative to state funding of regional vocational education centers

John Graham – Hills 57

HB100 Link Link

establishing an education equity index to provide state education assistance to municipalities.

Ken Weyler - Rock 08

HB191

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--Bill Passed  House w/Amend. 3/9/05--

Relative to using building aid for leased classrooms

Kenneth Weyler – Rock. 79

HB230

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--Bill Passed  House w/Amend. 3/23/05--

Relative to default budgets

Ralph Boehm – Hills 27

HB292 Link Link

Establishing a procedure for a town to withdraw from a multi-town school district.

Richard Drisko – Hills 46

HB308

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--Bill Passed House 3/9/05--

--Bill Passed Senate 4/14/05--

Relative to the special education payment distribution schedule and relative to alternative dispute resolution proceedings in special education

Claire Clarke – Merr. 06

HB470

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--Bill Passed  House 3/9/05--

Relative to the annual funding of placement costs for juvenile diversion and alternative disposition programs and relative to an effectiveness study of such programs

Mary Gile – Merr. 10

HB549

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--Bill Passed  House 3/30/05--

Modifying notice requirements for acceptance of unanticipated funds by a school district

Robert Brundige – Hills 19

HB606

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Revising the calculation and distribution of education funding and special education funding

Packy W Campbell – Straf 68

HB614

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Providing for state education funding of statewide average education costs per pupil

Kevin Camm – Rock 79

HB616

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Revising the calculation and distribution of adequate education grants

Frederick King – Coos 01

HB664

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mandating open enrollment in all school districts

W. P. Campbell, Straf 3

HB684

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relative to education funding and the distribution of targeted aid and transition education grants.

Gionet, Graft 3

 

C: BILLS on EDUCATION, MISC. TOPICS

 

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HB39

Relative to sex education in public schools

Russell Albert – Straf 67

HB98

---Bill Tabled 3/9/05---

Relative to law enforcement authority under the Safe Schools Act.

Franklin Bishop – Rock. 74

HB129

---Bill Passed House 3/23/05---

Relative to high performance school incentive

James Pilliod – Belk. 31

HB150

---Bill Passed House w/Amend. 2/23/05---

Relative to defining truancy

Clair Snyder – Straf 67

HB151

---Bill Passed House 3/23/05---

Requiring school districts to develop a school age nutrition and physical activity advisory committee

Pamela Price – Hills 64

HB301

---Bill Passed House w/Amend. 3/30/05---

Relative to establishing parents of students with disabilities advisory groups in each school district

Richard Drisko – Hills 46

HB557

---Bill Passed House 3/30/05---

Relative to submission of data to the department of education.

Timothy J Dunn – Ches. 03

HB650

revising education funding and distribution and establishing needs-based matching grants

Carter - Hills 3

SB12

---Bill Passed Senate w/Amend. 2/10/05---

Relative to a certain contract to create a high school for Bedford, New Hampshire.

Sheila Roberge – District 9

SB17

---Bill Passed Senate w/Amend. 2/17/05---

Relative to student loans for students outside of the state.

Lou D’Allesandro – District 20

SB64

---Bill Passed Senate 3/24/05---

Establishing a committee to study small group health insurance plans.

Margaret W Hassan – District 23

SB68

---Bill Passed Senate 2/10/05---

Relative to certain costs for development of a high school in the town of Bedford.

Sheila Roberge – District 9

SB141

---Bill Passed Senate 2/17/05---

Authorizing the creation of certain reserve funds in the Gorham-Randolph-Shelburne cooperative school district.

John T Gallus – District 1

 

 D: Non-EDUCATION BILLS OF INTEREST

        (possibly related to school governance and policy)

 

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HB33

---Bill Passed House w/Amend. 2/9/05---

Relative to establishing retainage procedures for public contracts.

Lawrence Ross – Hills 44

HB37

Relative to health insurance coverage for full-time students on medical leaves of absence.

William Infantine – Hills 54

HB41

---Bill Passed House w/Amend. 2/9/05---

Relative to the right-to-know study commission

John Thomas – Belk. 31

HB61

---Bill Passed House w/Amend. 3/9/05---

Extending the family law task force for the purpose of monitoring the implantation of the task force’s recommendations.

Carolyn Gargasz – Hills 46

HB126

---Bill Passed House w/Amend. 3/30/05---

Relative to grounds for termination of employment.

Randolph Holden – Hills 07

HB145

---Bill Passed House 2/9/05---

Relative to the healthy kids board.

John Hunt – Ches. 28

HB159

Relative to insurance coverage for persons having deafness and hearing loss.

James MacKay – Merr. 11

HB204

---Bill Passed House w/Amend. 2/23/05---

Relative to unauthorized video surveillance

Robert L’Heureux – Hills 58

HB206

---Bill Passed House w/Amend. 2/9/05---

Relative to alcohol education and abuse prevention and treatment programs.

Kathleen Taylor – Straf 70

HB214

---Bill Passed House 3/30/05---

Permitting the parents or legal guardian of a sexual assault victim to remain with the victim during the legal proceedings.

Neal Kurk – Hills 48

HB229

---Bill Passed House 2/15/05---

Extending the committee to study the establishment of a farm viability program.

Burton Williams – Graf. 08

HB258

Relative to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement within a school district.

Mark Carter – Hills 03

HB259

---Bill Passed House w/Amend. 2/15/05---

Relative medical assistance for home care for children with severe disabilities.

Rogers Johnson – Rock. 13

HB325

Relative to the burden of proof in child abuse and neglect proceedings.

Daniel Itse – Rock. 80

HB327

Relative to enforcement of support orders for postsecondary education or college expenses.

David Bickford – Straf 68

HB389

---Bill Passed House 3/30/05---

Relative to the duties of the commission of postsecondary education.

Betsey Patten – Carr. 04

HB391

Relative to voter registration forms for students

Charles Weed – Ches. 03

HB397

Relative to authority to file petitions under RSA 169-C, the Child Protection Act.

David Bickford – Straf 03

HB524

Relative to job protection

Charles Weed – Ches. 03

HB529

Relative to joint physical custody determinations.

David Bickford – Straf 68

HB546

---Bill Passed House 3/23/05---

Relative to the powers, privileges, and immunity of the board of trustees of the state retirement system,

William Zolla – Rock. 05

HB558

---Bill Passed House 3/30/05---

Relative to circumstances constituting sexual assault.

William Knowles – Straf 06

HB610

Relative to trial by jury in parental rights to termination cases.

Daniel Itse – Rock. 80

HB611

---Bill Passed House 3/30/05---

Relative to small group insurers.

John Hunt – Ches. 28

HB617

---Bill Passed House 3/30/05---

Relative to the accountability of public officials.

Richard Marple – Merr. 37

HB618

---Bill Passed House 3/30/05---

Relative to persons acting as volunteers to a state agency.

James MacKay – Merr. 39

HB626

Relative to the right-to-know law.

John Thomas – Belk. 05

HB627 Raising the age of minority for juvenile delinquency proceedings from 17 to 18 years of age. David Bickford – Straf 03

HB640

---Bill Passed House 3/30/05---

Separating child support from child custody laws from the chapter governing divorce and legal separation, implementing parenting plans, and changing terminology based on recommendations of the task force on family law.

David Bickford – Straf 03

SB17

---Bill Passed Senate w/Amend. 2/17/05---

Relative to student loans for students outside of the state.

Lou D’Allesandro – District 20