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NH Rev Stat § 194:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:21 - Joint Maintenance Agreements.

    194:21 Joint Maintenance Agreements. –||I. Two or more adjoining districts in the same or different towns may make contracts with each other for establishing and maintaining jointly a high school or other public school for the benefit of their pupils, and may raise and appropriate money to carry the contracts into effect; and their school boards, acting jointly or otherwise, shall have such authority and perform such duties in relation to schools so maintained as may be provided for in the contracts.||II. (a) The school boards of the component school districts shall hold at least one public hearing in each district. Reasonable notice of each hearing shall be provided no less than 10 days prior to the date of the hearing. Upon adoption of the joint maintenance agreement by the component districts, a copy of the agreement executed by each component school board shall be submitted to the state board of education for approval. If the state board of education approves the agreement, it shall forward it to the clerks of the component school districts for submission to the voters as soon as may be reasonably possible at an annual meeting or a special meeting called for the purpose. A majority of voters present and voting in each component district shall be required for approval of the joint maintenance agreement.||(b) If after review the state board of education determines that the joint maintenance agreement fails to comply with the provisions of this section, the state board shall forward written notice of its findings, including specific areas of deficiency, to the school boards of the component school districts. Such school boards shall correct any deficiencies and resubmit the agreement to the state board for review within 30 days of the state board's deficiency notice.||(c) The state board shall act on all joint maintenance agreement proposals within 30 days of receipt.||III. The school boards of the component school districts shall be authorized to incur indebtedness by the issuance and sale of bonds or notes, or otherwise, in the name of the joint maintenance agreement subject to approval by the legislative body of the component districts pursuant to RSA 33. The school boards of the component school districts shall be authorized to engage in collective bargaining pursuant to RSA 273-A and to hire staff in the name of the joint maintenance agreement, as may be necessary.|||Source. 1845, 221:1, 2. CS 79:1. 1862, 2618:1. GS 82:3. 1869, 7:1. GL 90:3. PS 89:10. 1921, 85, IV:20. PL 119:20. RL 138:20. 2000, 215:1, eff. July 31, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:21-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:21-a - Long-Term Contracts.

    194:21-a Long-Term Contracts. –||The school districts of the state may enter into a contract with each other for the establishing and maintaining jointly a high school for the benefit of their pupils and may raise and appropriate money to carry said contracts into effect. The school boards of said districts, acting jointly or otherwise, shall have the authority and perform such duties in relation to schools so maintained as may be provided for in the contracts. The term of any such contract may be for a term not to exceed 20 years from the date of the contract. In entering into such contract either of said school districts may bind itself to the payment of tuition for the entire term of the contract and may also bind itself to annual payments on account of capital investments.|||Source. 1959, 218:1, eff. Aug. 11, 1959.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:21-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:21-b - Special Meetings.

    194:21-b Special Meetings. –||The adoption of a long-term contract as provided for by RSA 194:21-a may be taken by the school district at a regular annual meeting or a special meeting called for the purpose provided that an article is inserted in the warrant for said meeting relative to said contract.|||Source. 1959, 218:2, eff. Aug. 11, 1959.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:21-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:21-c - Application of Statutes.

    194:21-c Application of Statutes. –||The provisions of RSA 194:21 relative to joint maintenance of schools, and the provisions of RSA 194:27, as amended, relative to limitations on the payment of tuition, shall not apply to the school districts of the state if any long-term contract herein provided for is adopted by said districts.|||Source. 1959, 218:3, eff. Aug. 11, 1959.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:22 - Contracts With Schools.

    194:22 Contracts With Schools. –||Any school district may make a contract with an academy, high school or other literary institution located in this or, when distance or transportation facilities make it necessary, in another state, and raise and appropriate money to carry the contract into effect. If the contract is approved by the state board the school with which it is made shall be deemed a high school maintained by the district.|||Source. 1874, 69:1. GL 90:15. 1885, 89:2. 1887, 111:1. PS 89:11. 1901, 96:6. 1903, 118:1. 1905, 90:1. 1909, 100:1. 1911, 137:1. 1915, 126:1. 1917, 219:1. 1921, 85, IV:21. PL 119:21. RL 138:21.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:23 - Definition of High School.

    194:23 Definition of High School. –||I. The term "high school" shall mean a public school or public academy comprising a span of grades beginning with the next grade following an approved elementary, middle or junior high school as defined by RSA 189:25 and ending with grade 12. Such a school shall:||(a) Offer those subjects prescribed by statute, including instruction in history, government, and constitutions of the United States and New Hampshire and of the organization and operation of New Hampshire municipal, county, and state government;||(b) Provide such other subjects as the school district maintaining such school shall determine by its school board or by vote of the district;||(c) Comply with standards prescribed by the state board of education which shall be uniform in their application to all schools; and||(d) Qualify a pupil to receive a diploma upon completion.||II. In this section, "public academy" means an independent school which contracts with one or more school districts to provide education services to such districts in compliance with RSA 194:23. All contracts between a public academy and a school district shall be subject to approval by the state board of education. In this section, "independent school" means a school which is governed by a board of trustees or other officials who are not publicly elected. An independent school shall not include a chartered public school established under RSA 194-B.||II-a. In this section, the term "high school" shall include the regional career and technical education center in the Manchester school district which complies with the provisions of RSA 188-E.||III. The enactment of paragraph II shall not affect a determination of the New Hampshire retirement system board of trustees under RSA 100-A regarding the eligibility of an employer or its employees to participate in the New Hampshire retirement system.|||Source. 1901, 96:1. 1903, 31:1; 118:1. 1905, 19:1. 1921, 85, IV:22. PL 119:22. RL 138:22. RSA 194:23. 1959, 246:1. 1975, 183:3. 1985, 151:1. 2006, 191:1. 2007, 71:3. 2008, 354:1. 2012, 221:2. 2015, 252:13, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:23-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:23-a - Repealed by 1985, 151:6, eff. July 21, 1985.

    194:23-a Repealed by 1985, 151:6, eff. July 21, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 194:23-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:23-b - Approval of High Schools.

    194:23-b Approval of High Schools. –||I. In order to satisfy compulsory school attendance laws, a high school student less than 16 years old must attend a high school which has been approved by the state board of education as complying with the provisions of RSA 194:23, or its equivalent; and the state board of education shall annually publish a list of all high schools which it has approved as meeting the requirements of RSA 194:23.||II. The commissioner of the department of education may, through an agreement with another state when such state and New Hampshire are parties to an interstate agreement, allow New Hampshire pupils to attend schools that meet the standards established by one of the 2 states.|||Source. 1959, 246:2. 1985, 151:2. 1999, 224:3. 2000, 98:1, eff. June 26, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:23-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:23-c - Standards and Uniformity.

    194:23-c Standards and Uniformity. –||The state board of education shall have the power to approve for a reasonable period of time a high school that does not fully meet the requirements of RSA 194:23 if in its judgment the financial condition of the school district or other circumstances warrant delay in full compliance.|||Source. 1959, 246:2. 1985, 151:3, eff. July 21, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:23-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:23-d - Repealed by 2003, 314:9, eff. July 22, 2003.

    194:23-d Repealed by 2003, 314:9, eff. July 22, 2003. –|
NH Rev Stat § 194:23-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:23-e - Receipt of Tuition Students.

    194:23-e Receipt of Tuition Students. –||In order to be entitled to accept tuition students, a public high school must be approved by the state board of education as complying with the provisions of RSA 194:23.|||Source. 1959, 246:2. 1985, 151:5, eff. July 21, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:23-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:23-f - High School Student as School Board Member.

    194:23-f High School Student as School Board Member. –||The provisions of this section shall apply only to high schools located in a school district in which the school board has voted to have a nonvoting student member pursuant to RSA 189:1-c.||I. In addition to the school board members authorized in RSA 671:4, a high school shall select, in accordance with the directives of paragraph II and the provisions of RSA 189:1-c, one or more students from among its members to be nonvoting members of the school board for the district in which the high school is located. A student member shall have all the rights of a regular school board member regarding school board business except the right to vote.||II. A student board member shall be chosen by a simple majority vote of the high school student body. The student government of the high school shall establish procedures for the nomination and election of candidates. The student government shall also establish a procedure for any public high school student in the school district to petition a student board member to present proposals and opinions to the school board.||III. A student board member shall serve for a term of one year. The school board shall decide the date at which the term shall begin. Any student who will graduate during the term's duration is not eligible to be a candidate and is not eligible to vote. The student government of the high school shall establish a procedure for filling any vacancy that may occur in this position. A student board member shall serve without pay.||IV. The duties of a student school board member shall include:||(a) Attending all school board meetings except as specified in paragraph V;||(b) Representing all public high school students within the district;||(c) Presenting to the school board specific proposals and opinions from students as directed in paragraph II; and, when appropriate, placing proposals on the school board agenda in accordance with the board procedures;||(d) Serving as a liaison between students and the principal, other faculty, student government advisors, and appropriate outside agencies;||(e) Keeping public high school students informed of the business of the school board.||V. A student school board member shall be excluded from discussions and procedures of the school board involving subjects which are confidential under RSA 91-A.|||Source. 1983, 111:3. 2009, 5:2, eff. June 16, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:24 - Transfer of Scholar.

    194:24 Transfer of Scholar. –||Whenever it shall appear that the attendance of a pupil at the school with which the contract is made will work a manifest hardship, which may be avoided by permitting the child to attend another approved school, the pupil through his parents, guardian or some other responsible person may apply to the school board for an order transferring the pupil to the more accessible school.|||Source. 1901, 96:6. 1903, 118:1. 1905, 90:1. 1915, 126:1. 1917, 219:1. 1921, 85, IV:23. PL 119:23. RL 138:23.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:25 - Hearing.

    194:25 Hearing. –||The school board shall thereupon order a hearing within 10 days thereafter, and, if it shall appear to the board that the claim is well-founded, the board shall make the order prayed for, and the district in which the pupil resides shall be liable to the school to which the pupil is assigned for the pupil's tuition not to exceed in any one year a sum based upon the costs as set forth in RSA 194:27.|||Source. 1901, 96:6. 1903, 118:1. 1905, 90:1. 1915, 126:1. 1917, 219:1. 1921, 85, IV:23. PL 119:24. RL 138:24. 1949, 139:1, eff. July 1, 1949.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:26 - Appeal.

    194:26 Appeal. –||The person applying for the pupil's transfer, or the governing board of the school with which the district has made the contract, may appeal from the decision of the school board to the state board within 10 days from the date of the filing of the order, or if no order is filed within 10 days after the application. The state board may upon such appeal, or if application is made directly therefor, modify the provisions of RSA 194:22 when conditions of transportation or accessibility require such action for the best interests of the pupil, and the order of the board shall be final and binding upon any school board affected thereby.|||Source. 1901, 96:6. 1903, 118:1. 1905, 90:1. 1915, 126:1. 1917, 219:1. 1921, 85, IV:23. PL 119:25. RL 138:25. 1943, 149:1, eff. May 4, 1943.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:27 - Tuition.

    194:27 Tuition. –||Any district not maintaining a high school or school of corresponding grade shall pay for the tuition of any pupil who with parents or guardian resides in said district or who, as a resident of said district, is determined to be entitled to have his or her tuition paid by the district where the pupil resides, and who attends an approved public high school or public school of corresponding grade in another district, an approved public academy, or a private school approved as a school tuition program by the school board pursuant to RSA 193:3, VII. Except under contract as provided in RSA 194:22, the liability of any school district hereunder for the tuition of any pupil shall be the current expenses of operation of the receiving district for its high school, as estimated by the state board of education for the preceding school year. This current expense of operation shall include all costs except costs of transportation of pupils.|||Source. 1901, 96:1. 1903, 118:1. 1917, 16:1. 1921, 85, IV:24. 1923, 89:1. 1925, 129:1. PL 119:26. 1927, 18:1. 1933, 126:1. RL 138:26. 1949, 139:2. RSA 194:27. 1955, 166:1. 1957, 51:1. 1973, 299:1. 1998, 271:2. 2017, 182:5, eff. Aug. 28, 2017. 2021, 106:5, eff. Aug. 5, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:27-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:27-a - Tuition Liability for Nongraduating Pupils.

    194:27-a Tuition Liability for Nongraduating Pupils. –||A pupil who has attended a high school, or schools of corresponding grades, for such time as is usually required and who has not been graduated may be required to certify to the school board of the district liable for the pupil's tuition that he will make the effort required to profit from his attendance before he is entitled to any further tuition payments on his behalf. The school board of the district liable for tuition for any such pupil may refuse tuition for such pupil when it has been determined that such pupil is grossly neglecting his school work. A decision of the board to refuse tuition under such circumstances stands, subject only to review by the state board of education. The decision of the state board of education is binding and final on both the district and the pupil. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a school board from making tuition payments beyond the time usually required for the completion of a high school program if in the board's judgment it is desirable to extend the educational opportunity for a pupil.|||Source. 1969, 356:9, eff. July 1, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:28 - Recovery of.

    194:28 Recovery of. –||If any town in which a high school or school of corresponding grade is not maintained neglects or refuses to pay for tuition as provided in RSA 194:27, such town shall be liable therefor to the parent or guardian of the child furnished with such tuition, if the parent or guardian has paid the same; otherwise to the town or city furnishing the same in an action of assumpsit.|||Source. 1901, 96:2. 1921, 85, IV:25. PL 119:27. RL 138:27.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:29, 194:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:29, 194:30 - Repealed by 1969, 356:11, eff. July 1, 1969.

    194:29, 194:30 Repealed by 1969, 356:11, eff. July 1, 1969. –|
NH Rev Stat § 194:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:31 - Registers; Reports.

    194:31 Registers;  Reports. –||All academies, private schools and public schools shall be furnished with copies of the school register, and shall make an annual report of membership to the department of education in accordance with RSA 189:28.|||Source. 1901, 96:5. 1921, 85, IV:30. PL 119:30. RL 138:30. RSA 194:31. 1991, 169:3. 2005, 189:2, eff. Aug. 29, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:31-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:31-a - Student Records.

    194:31-a Student Records. –||All elementary and secondary educational institutions including academies, private schools and public schools shall, upon request of a private school or a school district as authorized by a parent, student, or former student, furnish a student record to any elementary or secondary educational institution. There shall be no charge for any record furnished pursuant to this section.|||Source. 1993, 147:1, eff. July 16, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:32 - Catalogues.

    194:32 Catalogues. –||The principal of each college, academy, seminary or other institution of learning, incorporated by the laws of this state, shall annually, and before November 1 of each year, forward to the New Hampshire Genealogical Society, for its library, one copy of each printed catalogue of its officers and students and courses of studies published during the year next preceding said date.|||Source. 1907, 40:1. 1921, 85, IV:31. PL 119:31. RL 138:31.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:33 - Union of Districts.

    194:33 Union of Districts. –||Whenever any school district organized under a special act of the legislature shall vote to abolish such district and to unite with the town district, if said town district shall vote to receive said special district, and the special district has for the 5 years next preceding such vote maintained a high school, it shall be incumbent on the town district with which it unites to thereafter keep and maintain a high school within the limits of said special district for at least 34 weeks in each year, of equal grade to that which had been previously maintained therein by such special district, said high school to be open to all scholars in the town district, of suitable age and qualifications.|||Source. 1891, 64:4. 1921, 85, IV:32. PL 119:32. RL 138:32.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:34 - Maintenance of High Schools.

    194:34 Maintenance of High Schools. –||It shall be the duty of said town district to raise and appropriate each year thereafter sufficient money, in addition to the school money which the town in which it is situated may raise, to properly maintain such high school, or schools, as may be established under RSA 194:33.|||Source. 1891, 64:2. 1921, 85, IV:33. PL 119:33. RL 138:33.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:35 - Discontinuance.

    194:35 Discontinuance. –||No high school shall be discontinued, or the location thereof be changed, except by the superior court, on petition of 20 or more legal voters of the town or district in which such high school is located, in addition to a majority of the school board for said town or district, after such notice as the court may order and proof that the educational interests of the town or district require such discontinuance or change.|||Source. 1905, 20:1. 1921, 85, IV:34. PL 119:34. RL 138:34. 1943, 41:1, eff. March 3, 1943.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:36 - Penalty.

    194:36 Penalty. –||Any town district failing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined for such neglect.|||Source. 1891, 64:4. 1921, 85, IV:35. PL 119:35. RL 138:35.|
NH Rev Stat § 194:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194 - School Districts|Section 194:37 - By Vote.

    194:37 By Vote. –||I. Any special district organized under a special act of the legislature may, by a majority vote of the qualified voters present and voting at a legal meeting, dissolve its corporate existence and unite with the town district.||II. Any special district or pre-existing special district may vote by warrant article presented at the annual meeting of the school district of which the special district is a part. Only legally registered voters within the boundaries of the special district may vote on the warrant article. Such warrant articles shall be placed on school district warrants in accordance with RSA 197:6.|||Source. 1885, 89:1. PS 89:14. 1921, 85, IV:36. PL 119:36. RL 138:36. RSA 194:37. 1988, 7:1, eff. Feb. 24, 1988.|