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NH Rev Stat § 194-F:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-F - Education Freedom Accounts|Section 194-F:1 - Definitions.

    194-F:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Adequate education grant" means the grant calculated under RSA 198:41.||II. "Curriculum" means the lessons and academic content taught in a specific course, program, or grade level.||III. "Department" means the department of education.||IV. "Education freedom account" or "EFA" means the account to which funds are allocated by the scholarship organization to the parent of an EFA student in order to pay for qualifying education expenses to educate the EFA student under this chapter.||V. "Education service provider" means a person or organization that receives payments from education freedom accounts to provide educational goods and services to EFA students.||VI. "Eligible student" means a resident of this state who is eligible to enroll in a public elementary or secondary school and whose annual household income at the time the student applies for the program is less than or equal to 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines as updated annually in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C. section 9902(2). No income threshold need be met in subsequent years, provided the student otherwise qualifies. Students in the special school district within the department of corrections established in RSA 194:60 shall not be eligible students.||VII. "EFA student" means an eligible student who is participating in the EFA program.||VIII. "Full-time" means more than 50 percent of instructional time.||IX. "Remote or hybrid" shall mean any public school that is not providing instruction in-person where the student or the educator are both not physically present in the traditional classroom due to full-time or part-time classroom closure.||X. "Parent" means a biological or adoptive parent, legal guardian, custodian, or other person with legal authority to act on behalf of an EFA student.||XI. "Program" means the education freedom account program established in this chapter.||XII. "Scholarship organization", means a scholarship organization approved under RSA 77:G, that administers and implements the EFA Act.|||Source. 2021, 91:431, eff. Aug. 24, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-F:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-F - Education Freedom Accounts|Section 194-F:5 - Parent and Education Service Provider Advisory Commission.

    194-F:5 Parent and Education Service Provider Advisory Commission. –||I. There is established the parent and education service provider advisory commission to assist the scholarship organization by providing recommendations about implementing, administering, and improving the EFA program.||II. The commission shall consist of 7 members who shall be parents of EFA students or education service providers and shall represent no fewer than 4 counties in the state. The members shall be appointed by the director of the scholarship organization and serve at the director's pleasure for one calendar year after which they may be reappointed. The director of the scholarship organization, or designee, shall serve as a non-voting chairperson of the commission. The commissioner of the department of education, or designee, shall serve as a non-voting member of the commission.||III. The scholarship organization may request the commission to meet, in person or virtually, to review appeals of education service provider denials pursuant to RSA 194-F:4, XI and to provide a recommendation to the scholarship organization as to whether an education service provider should be allowed to receive, or continue receiving, payments from EFAs.|||Source. 2021, 91:431, eff. Aug. 24, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-F:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-F - Education Freedom Accounts|Section 194-F:6 - Requirements for Education Service Providers.

    194-F:6 Requirements for Education Service Providers. –||I. The scholarship organization may approve education service providers on its own initiative, at the request of parents, or by notice to the scholarship organization provided by prospective education service providers.||II. A prospective education service provider that wishes to receive payments from EFAs shall:||(a) Submit notice to the scholarship organization that it wishes to receive payments from EFAs.||(b) Agree not to refund, rebate, or share EFA funds with parents or EFA students in any manner, except that funds may be remitted or refunded to an EFA in accordance with procedures established by the scholarship organization.||(c) Comply with all state and federal anti-discrimination laws.|||Source. 2021, 91:431, eff. Aug. 24, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-F:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-F - Education Freedom Accounts|Section 194-F:7 - Independence of Education Service Providers.

    194-F:7 Independence of Education Service Providers. –||I. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to limit the independence or autonomy of an education service provider or to make the actions of an education service provider the actions of the state government.||II. Education service providers shall be given maximum freedom to provide for the educational needs of EFA students without governmental control.||III. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to expand the regulatory authority of the state, its officers, or any school district to impose any additional regulation of education service providers beyond those necessary to enforce the requirements of the EFA program.||IV. Any education service provider that accepts payment from an EFA under this chapter is not an agent of the state or federal government.||V. An education service provider shall not be required to alter its creed, practices, admissions policy, or curriculum in order to accept payments from an EFA.|||Source. 2021, 91:431, eff. Aug. 24, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-F:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-F - Education Freedom Accounts|Section 194-F:8 - Responsibilities of Public Schools and School Districts.

    194-F:8 Responsibilities of Public Schools and School Districts. –||A public school, or school district, that previously enrolled an EFA student shall provide a private school that is also an education service provider and that has enrolled an EFA student with a complete copy of the ESA student's school records, in a timely manner, while complying with 20 U.S.C. section 1232g, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.|||Source. 2021, 91:431, eff. Aug. 24, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-F:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-F - Education Freedom Accounts|Section 194-F:9 - Legal Proceedings.

    194-F:9 Legal Proceedings. –||I. In any legal proceeding challenging the application of this chapter to an education service provider, the state bears the burden of establishing that the law is necessary and does not impose any undue burden on the education service provider.||II. No liability shall arise on the part of the scholarship organization or the state or of any public school or school district based on the award of or use of an EFA pursuant to this chapter.||III. If any part of this chapter is challenged in a state court as violating either the state or federal constitutions, parents of eligible and/or EFA students shall be permitted to intervene as of right in such lawsuit for the purposes of defending the EFA program's constitutionality. However, for the purposes of judicial administration, a court may require that all parents file a joint brief, so long as they are not required to join any brief filed on behalf of any named state defendant.||IV. If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.|||Source. 2021, 91:431, eff. Aug. 24, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-F:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-F - Education Freedom Accounts|Section 194-F:10 - Phase-Out Grants.

    194-F:10 Phase-Out Grants. –||I. For each school district, the commissioner shall calculate the amount of the reduction in adequate education grants pursuant to RSA 194-F:2, I for each student receiving an EFA under this chapter. In the first year of the grant reduction, the commissioner shall calculate 50 percent of the reduction for each student and shall disburse that amount to the district as a district funding phaseout grant. In the second year of the grant reduction, the commissioner shall calculate 25 percent of the reduction for each student and shall disburse that amount to the district as a district funding phase-out grant. All district funding phase-out grants shall be included in the September 1 disbursement required pursuant to RSA 198:42.||II. The phase-out grants will terminate for new EFA students receiving an EFA effective July 1, 2026.|||Source. 2021, 91:431, eff. Aug. 24, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-F:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-F - Education Freedom Accounts|Section 194-F:11 - Appropriation From Education Trust Fund.

    194-F:11 Appropriation From Education Trust Fund. –||The amount necessary to fund any grants or transfers of funds authorized under this chapter is hereby appropriated to the department from the education trust fund created under RSA 198:39. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant from the education trust fund to satisfy the state's obligation under this section. Such warrant for payment shall be issued regardless of the balance of funds available in the education trust fund. If the balance in the education trust fund, after the issuance of any such warrant, is less than zero, the comptroller shall transfer sufficient funds from the general fund to eliminate such deficit. The commissioner of the department of administrative services shall inform the fiscal committee and the governor and council of such balance. This reporting shall not in any way prohibit or delay the distribution of any grant or transfer of funds authorized under this chapter.|||Source. 2021, 91:431, eff. Aug. 24, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-F:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-F - Education Freedom Accounts|Section 194-F:12 - Legislative Oversight Committee Established.

    194-F:12 Legislative Oversight Committee Established. –||There is established an education freedom savings account oversight committee.||I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:||(a) Two members of the senate, one of whom shall be a member of the majority party and one of whom shall be a member of the minority party, appointed by the president of the senate.||(b) Three members of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be a member of the majority party and one of whom shall be a member of the minority party, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.||II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.||III. The committee shall monitor the implementation of RSA 194-F, including the impact of state education funding to local district schools, and make recommendations for any legislative changes to the education freedom savings account program.||IV. 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 senate member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Three members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.||V. The committee shall submit a report on or before November 30, 2022, and each year thereafter, to the general court including findings, recommendations, and any corrective or technical improvements that the education freedom account program may require.|||Source. 2021, 91:431, eff. Aug. 24, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 195:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 195 - Cooperative School Districts|Section 195:1 - Definitions.

    195:1 Definitions. –||The terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows, unless a different meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context:||I. "Cooperative school district" means a district composed of 2 or more school districts of the state associated together under the provisions of this chapter and may include either the elementary schools, the secondary schools, or both.||II. "Elementary school" shall mean all grades from the kindergarten or grade one through grade 6, or kindergarten or grade one through grade 8.||III. "Secondary school" shall mean all grades from grade 7 through grade 12, or grade 9 through grade 12.||IV. "Cooperative school board" shall mean a school board serving a cooperative school district.||V. "Pre-existing district" shall mean a district or portion of a district which is included within the boundaries of a proposed or established cooperative school district.||VI. [Repealed.]||VII. "Commissioner" shall mean commissioner of education.||VIII. "Date of operating responsibility" shall mean the date or dates set in the resolution adopted at the organization meeting or in the articles of agreement adopted by the several school districts on which the cooperative school district shall take over operating control of those schools within such district which it was organized to operate. Wherever the words "establishment" or "date of establishment" appear in this chapter, they shall be given a meaning synonymous with "date of operating control".||IX. "Valuation" shall mean the valuation as determined by the commissioner of revenue administration for debt limits, under the provisions of RSA 33.|||Source. 1947, 199:1. 1951, 213:1, par. 1. 1953, 225:1. RSA 195:1. 1955, 334:6. 1963, 258:3. 1973, 544:8. 1986, 41:29, VII, eff. April 3, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 195:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 195 - Cooperative School Districts|Section 195:2 - Standards.

    195:2 Standards. –||I. (a) It is the purpose of this chapter to increase educational opportunities within the state by encouraging the formation of cooperative school districts which will each:||(1) Be a natural social and economic region.||(2) Have an adequate minimum taxable valuation.||(3) Have a number of pupils sufficient to permit the efficient use of school facilities within the district and to provide improved instruction.||(b) The state board of education shall approve articles of agreement for a proposed cooperative school district, or agreements for the enlargement of a cooperative school district, only after determining that the formation or enlargement of the district will be in accord with such standards and the purposes set forth herein.||II. [Repealed.]||III. Advisory Powers of Board. The board may prepare recommended forms of articles of agreement and existing arrangements for cooperative school districts and may furnish its advisory services to cooperative school district planning boards or school boards who have such matters under consideration.|||Source. 1951, 213:1, par. 2. RSA 195:2. 1963, 258:4. 1979, 459:4. 1996, 158:1, 2, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 195:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 195 - Cooperative School Districts|Section 195:3 - Repealed by 1963, 258:14, eff. July 1, 1963.

    195:3 Repealed by 1963, 258:14, eff. July 1, 1963. –|
NH Rev Stat § 195:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 195 - Cooperative School Districts|Section 195:4-a - Repealed by 1996, 158:19, II, eff. July 1, 1996.

    195:4-a Repealed by 1996, 158:19, II, eff. July 1, 1996. –|
NH Rev Stat § 195:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 195 - Cooperative School Districts|Section 195:5 - School Board; Powers and Duties.

    195:5 School Board;  Powers and Duties. –||The cooperative school board elected at the organization meeting shall organize and take office at the close of such meeting and proceed to assume its responsibilities and duties with respect to the administration and planning of the new cooperative school district; provided, however, that the cooperative board shall have no administrative authority as to the schools in the pre-existing districts until the date of operating responsibility. Thereafter all cooperative school district officers shall assume office at the close of the annual meeting. The cooperative school board shall have the same powers and duties as school boards in school districts as prescribed by RSA 189. Except as provided in this chapter, all the provisions of this chapter or of any other general law relating to or affecting school districts in the state shall apply to cooperative school districts organized as herein provided.||I. Clerk. The cooperative school board shall appoint annually and fix the salary of the district clerk who shall not be a member of the cooperative school board. The district clerk shall serve also as the clerk of the cooperative school board.||II. Treasurer. The treasurer of a cooperative school district shall be appointed by the cooperative school board for one or more terms not to exceed 5 years each, shall not be a member of the cooperative school board, and shall receive for services such sum as the cooperative school board may determine. The treasurer shall, before entering upon the duties of such office, give a bond to the cooperative school district with a surety company authorized to do business within the state in a form approved by the commissioner of revenue administration, and the premium shall be paid by the cooperative school district. The provisions of RSA 21-J:17, applicable to uniform accounting by school districts, shall apply to cooperative school districts.|||Source. 1947, 199:4, 5. 1951, 213:1, par. 5. 1953, 225:4. RSA 195:5. 1963, 258:5. 1973, 544:8. 1996, 222:4, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 195:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 195 - Cooperative School Districts|Section 195:6 - Powers and Duties of Cooperative School Districts.

    195:6 Powers and Duties of Cooperative School Districts. –||I. Each cooperative school district shall be a body corporate and politic with power to sue and be sued, to acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property for the use of schools therein, and to make necessary contracts in relation thereto, and have and possess all the powers and be subject to all the liabilities conferred and imposed upon school districts under the provisions of RSA 194. Whenever a cooperative school district assumes all the functions of a pre-existing district, it shall also assume the outstanding indebtedness and obligations thereof as of the date of operating responsibility; and on such date of operating responsibility the pre-existing districts shall be deemed dissolved, and any and all assets, property and records thereof not previously disposed of shall vest in the cooperative school district, unless otherwise provided in the articles of agreement or existing arrangements.||II. Each cooperative school district shall have the power to borrow money and issue its notes or bonds in conformity with the provisions of RSA 33, provided, however, indebtedness of a cooperative district organized to provide both elementary and secondary schools may be incurred to an amount not to exceed 10 percent of its assessed valuation as last equalized by the commissioner of revenue administration.||III. Whenever only a part of the educational facilities of a local school district are incorporated into a cooperative school district, such local district shall continue in existence and function as previously. The cooperative school district shall assume only those outstanding debts and obligations of the local school district which pertain to the property acquired by the cooperative school district for use by the cooperative school district. In such case no cooperative school district shall for elementary school purposes incur debt to an amount exceeding 5 percent, and for secondary school purposes, if organized for grades 9 through 12, to an amount exceeding 5 percent, and for secondary school purposes if organized for grades 7 through 12, to an amount not exceeding 6 percent of the total assessed valuation of such district as last equalized by the commissioner of revenue administration. No cooperative school district described in this paragraph shall incur indebtedness if it subjects the taxable property of any school district forming a part thereof to debt, when added to the debt of such school district, of more than 10 percent of the total assessed value of such taxable property as last equalized by the commissioner of revenue administration.|||Source. 1947, 199:3. 1951, 213:1, par. 6. 1953, 225:5, 6. RSA 195:6. 1955, 334:5, 8. 1957, 126:1, 2. 1959, 209:1, 2. 1963, 258:6. 1973, 544:8. 1996, 158:4, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 195:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 195 - Cooperative School Districts|Section 195:7 - Costs of Capital Outlay and Operation.

    195:7 Costs of Capital Outlay and Operation. –||I. If a cooperative school district was organized prior to July 1, 1963, during the first 5 years after the formation of a cooperative school district each preexisting district shall pay its share of all capital outlay costs and operational costs in accordance with either one of the following formulas as determined by a majority vote of the cooperative district meeting:||(a) All such costs shall be apportioned on the basis of the ratio that the equalized valuation of each preexisting district bears to that of the cooperative district; or||(b) One-half of all such costs shall be apportioned on the basis of the ratio that the equalized valuation of each preexisting district bears to that of the cooperative district and 1/2 shall be apportioned on the average daily membership for the preceding year.||(c) Some other formula offered by the cooperative school board with the board's recommendation, adopted by the cooperative school district and approved by the state board of education.||II. Home education pupils who do not receive services from the cooperative school district, except an evaluation pursuant to RSA 193-A:6, II, shall not be included in the average daily membership relative to apportionment formulas.|||Source. 1951, 213:1, par. 7. RSA 195:7. 1955, 334:9. 1959, 195:1. 1961, 206:4. 1996, 158:5; 222:15. 1999, 17:37, eff. April 29, 1999; 281:5, eff. July 16, 1999.|