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NH Rev Stat § 194-C:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-C - School Administrative Units|Section 194-C:8 - Weighted Voting.

    194-C:8 Weighted Voting. –||In all votes regarding school administrative unit affairs, including the organization of such unit's school board and selection of officers, each district shall be entitled to one vote for each 16 pupils residing in that district and enrolled in schools under the administrative unit. A balance of 8 or more students shall entitle that district to an additional vote. A balance of fewer than 8 students shall have no net effect on a district's vote. Enrollments shall be based on the average daily membership in residence of each district for the school year which ended in the preceding June. Weighted votes shall only be used upon the demand of a majority of the members of any board present and voting in the school administrative unit. The school board members present at a school administrative unit school board meeting shall be entitled to cast the entire number of votes assigned to their school districts, provided that each representative present shall be entitled to a proportionate share of the total to be cast as provided in RSA 194-C:7.|||Source. 1996, 298:3, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-C:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-C - School Administrative Units|Section 194-C:9 - Budget.

    194-C:9 Budget. –||I. At a meeting held before January 1, the school administrative unit board shall adopt a budget required for the expenses of the school administrative unit for the next fiscal year, which budget may include the salary and expenses of supervisors of health, physical education, music, art, and guidance, and any other employees, and shall include the expenses necessary for the operation of the school administrative unit. Superintendents, assistant superintendents, business administrators, teacher consultants, and the regularly employed office personnel of the school administrative unit office shall be deemed employees of the school administrative unit for the purposes of payment of salaries and contributions to the employee's retirement system of the state of New Hampshire and workers' compensation. The school administrative unit board shall apportion the total amount of the budget among the constituent school districts in the following manner: the apportionment shall be based 1/2 on the average membership in attendance for the previous school year and 1/2 on the most recently available equalized valuation of each district as of June 30 of the preceding school year. Prior to January 15 in each year, the board shall certify to the chairperson of the school board of each constituent school district the amount so apportioned. Each district within a school administrative unit shall raise at the next annual district meeting the sum of money apportioned to it by the school administrative unit board for the expenses of services which each district received in connection with the school administrative unit office. The school administrative unit board in adopting the budget shall not add any new service to the school administrative unit budget unless a majority of the school districts in the school administrative unit representing not less than 60 percent of the total pupils in the school administrative unit have voted favorably upon the establishment of the service. A vote to accept a new service shall not be construed as a vote to raise and appropriate money within the meaning of RSA 197:3.||II. The provisions of paragraph I shall not apply to school administrative units comprising only one district. The budget for these units shall be a part of the school district budget and subject to the vote of the annual school district meeting or, for those districts without an annual meeting, by the legislative body.||III. Paragraph I of this section shall not apply to school districts which have adopted the provisions of RSA 194-C:9-a.|||Source. 1996, 298:3. 2003, 279:1, eff. Sept. 16, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-C:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-C - School Administrative Units|Section 194-C:10 - Public Hearing.

    194-C:10 Public Hearing. –||Before final adoption of the school administrative unit budget as provided in RSA 194-C:9, at least one public hearing shall be held within the school administrative unit, at a time and place specified by the school administrative unit board chairperson, upon a preliminary budget prepared by the school administrative unit board. Notice of such public hearing and a summary of the preliminary budget shall be submitted by the secretary of the board for publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the school administrative unit at least 7 days prior to the date of the hearing. The budget, subsequent to its final approval by the school administrative unit board, shall be posted in a public place in each constituent school district and given such other publication as the school administrative unit board may determine.|||Source. 1996, 298:3, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-C:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-C - School Administrative Units|Section 194-C:11 - Repealed by 2014, 321:2, I, eff. Sept. 30, 2014.

    194-C:11 Repealed by 2014, 321:2, I, eff. Sept. 30, 2014. –|
NH Rev Stat § 194-C:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-C - School Administrative Units|Section 194-C:12 - Repealed by 2014, 321:2, II, eff. Sept. 30, 2014.

    194-C:12 Repealed by 2014, 321:2, II, eff. Sept. 30, 2014. –|
NH Rev Stat § 194-D:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-D - Open Enrollment Schools|Section 194-D:1 - Definitions.

    194-D:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Open enrollment public school" or "open enrollment school" means any public school which, in addition to providing educational services to pupils residing within its attendance area or district, chooses to accept pupils from other attendance areas within its district and from outside its district.||II. "Parent" means a parent, guardian, or other person or entity having legal custody of a child or, in the case of a child with a disability, a surrogate parent who has been appointed in accordance with state or federal law.||III. "Pupil" means any child who is eligible for attendance in public schools in New Hampshire, and who lives with a parent.||IV. "Receiving district" means the school district to which a pupil is sent to attend an open enrollment school.||V. "Resident district" means the school district in which the pupil resides.||VI. "School board" means the school district school board.||VII. "Sending district" means the school district in which the pupil resides.||VIII. "State board" means the state board of education.||IX. "Teacher" means any individual providing or capable of providing direct instructional services to pupils, and who meets requirements prescribed in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act.|||Source. 2009, 241:14, eff. Sept. 14, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-D:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-D - Open Enrollment Schools|Section 194-D:2 - Establishment; Parental Choice; Admission.

    194-D:2 Establishment;  Parental Choice;  Admission. –||I. Any school district legislative body may vote to designate one or more of its schools as an open enrollment school.||II. Open enrollment schools shall operate under the same laws, rules, and policies as any other public school, except as provided in this chapter.||III. No public school, except a chartered public school, shall be required to be an open enrollment school.||IV. A school district may predetermine the number of pupils residing outside an open enrollment school's district or attendance area it deems appropriate to accept.||V. Applications may be made on behalf of eligible pupils to more than one open enrollment school within the state.||VI. Every open enrollment school shall make available information about its curriculum and policies to all persons, and parents and pupils considering enrollment in that school.||VII. There shall be no application fee for pupil admission to any open enrollment school.||VIII. A pupil who meets the admission requirements of an open enrollment school, and who is a resident of the district where the school is located, shall be given absolute admission preference over a nonresident pupil. Once admitted and unless expelled, open enrollment school pupils need not reapply for admission for subsequent years.||IX. Attendance at an open enrollment school for the purposes of transportation shall not constitute assignment under the provisions of RSA 189:6 and RSA 189:8. Pupils who reside in the school district in which the open enrollment school is located shall be provided transportation to that school by the district on the same terms and conditions as provided for in RSA 189:6 and RSA 189:8 and that transportation is provided to pupils attending other public schools within that district. However, any added costs for such transportation services shall be borne by the open enrollment school. For the purposes of open enrollment, neither the sending nor the receiving school district shall be obligated to provide transportation services for pupils attending an open enrollment school outside the pupil's resident district.||X. Upon approval by each of the district's legislative bodies and after a public hearing, 2 or more school districts may consolidate otherwise eligible resident pupils into one applicant pool for the purposes of an admissions lottery for designated open enrollment schools.|||Source. 2009, 241:14, eff. Sept. 14, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-D:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-D - Open Enrollment Schools|Section 194-D:4 - Pupil Selection and Enrollment.

    194-D:4 Pupil Selection and Enrollment. –||I. (a) Open enrollment schools may set maximum enrollment as they deem appropriate.||(b) Open enrollment schools may limit enrollment to specific grade or age levels, pupil needs, or areas of academic focus including, but not limited to, at-risk pupils, vocational education pupils, mathematics, science, the arts, history, or languages.||(c)(1) Open enrollment schools may select pupils on the basis of aptitude, academic achievement, or need, provided that such selection is directly related to the academic goals of the school.||(2) If the number of otherwise eligible applicants to a particular open enrollment school exceeds that school's maximum published enrollment, that school shall use lottery selection as a basis for admission.||(3) If the number of otherwise eligible applicants to open enrollment schools located inside and outside the school district exceeds that district's published maximum percentage of pupils authorized to attend such schools, the district shall use lottery selection as a basis for pupil eligibility, and in accordance with RSA 194-D:2, VIII.||II. A pupil may withdraw from an open enrollment school at any time and enroll in a public school where the pupil resides, except that no pupil shall change schools more than once each school year. The school board of the pupil's resident district may waive this limitation after a hearing.||III. A pupil may be suspended or expelled from an open enrollment school based on criteria determined by the principal and teachers in the open enrollment school and in conformance with RSA 193:13. No open enrollment school shall be obligated to enroll an expelled pupil.||IV. For the purpose of this chapter, a pupil enrolled in an open enrollment school shall be considered reassigned to the school district in which the open enrollment school is located for purposes of school attendance.||V. The school board in the district in which the open enrollment school is located may establish policies to implement open enrollment schools as provided in this chapter.|||Source. 2009, 241:14, eff. Sept. 14, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-D:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-D - Open Enrollment Schools|Section 194-D:5 - Funding.

    194-D:5 Funding. –||I. There shall be no tuition charge for any pupil attending an open enrollment school located in that pupil's resident district. For an open enrollment school authorized by the school district, the pupil's resident district shall pay to such school an amount equal to not less than 80 percent of that district's average cost per pupil as determined by the department of education using the most recent available data as reported by the district to the department.||II. In accordance with current department of education standards, the funding and educational decision-making process for children with disabilities attending a chartered public or open enrollment school shall be the responsibility of the school district and shall retain all current options available to the parent and to the school district.||III. Any federal or other funding available in any year to a sending district shall, to the extent and in a manner acceptable to the funding source, be directed to an open enrollment school in a receiving district on an eligible per pupil basis.||IV. The commissioner of the department of education shall apply for all federal funding available to open enrollment schools under the No Child Left Behind Act, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or other federal source of funds. The commissioner shall expend any such funds received in a manner acceptable to the funding source.||V. A sending district may provide funds, services, equipment, materials, or personnel to an open enrollment school, in addition to the amounts specified in this section in accordance with the policies of the sending school district.||VI. An open enrollment school may accept pupils at tuition rates at less than the amounts established by this chapter.||VII. An open enrollment school may receive financial aid, private gifts, grants, or revenue as if it were a school district.|||Source. 2009, 241:14, eff. Sept. 14, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-D:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-D - Open Enrollment Schools|Section 194-D:6 - Budgets.

    194-D:6 Budgets. –||That portion of a school district's estimated expenditures on open enrollment school tuition shall be shown as a separate line item in a school district's budget.|||Source. 2009, 241:14, eff. Sept. 14, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-D:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-D - Open Enrollment Schools|Section 194-D:7 - State Board; Duties.

    194-D:7 State Board;  Duties. –||I. The state board shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, consistent with the provisions of this chapter relative to the administration of open enrollment schools.||II. The state board shall convene one or more working committees to study and make recommendations regarding the implementation and effectiveness of open enrollment schools. The recommendations shall be provided to the legislative oversight committee in RSA 194-B:21.|||Source. 2009, 241:14, eff. Sept. 14, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-E:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-E - Innovation Schools|Section 194-E:1 - Definitions.

    194-E:1 Definitions. –||In this section:||I. "Innovation school" means a school in which a local school board implements an innovation plan pursuant to RSA 194-E:2 with the approval of the state board.||II. "Innovation school zone" means a group of schools of a school district or multiple school districts that share common interests, such as geographical location or educational focus, or that sequentially serve classes of students as they progress through elementary and secondary education and in which a local school board implements a plan for creating an innovation school zone pursuant to RSA 194-E:2 with the approval of the state board.||III. "State board" means the state board of education established in RSA 21-N:10.|||Source. 2021, 27:1, eff. July 5, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-E:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-E - Innovation Schools|Section 194-E:3 - State Approval.

    194-E:3 State Approval. –||I. A local school board may seek an innovation school or school zone designation by the state board.||II. A local school board that seeks designation of an innovation school or school zone shall submit one or more innovation plans to the department for review and comment.||III. Within 45 days after receiving a local school board's plan, the department of education shall respond to the local school board with any suggested changes or additions to the plan, including but not limited to suggestions for further innovations or for measures to increase the likelihood that the innovations will result in greater academic achievement and growth within the innovation schools or innovation school zones. Based on the department's comments, the local school board may choose to withdraw and resubmit its innovation plan or plan for creating an innovation school zone.||IV. The local school board shall forward the innovation plan to the state board for review.||V. The state board shall hold public hearing on the plan. A representative of the department of education and a representative of the proposing local board shall be present at the hearing.||VI. Within 60 days after receiving a local school board's innovation plan or plan for creating an innovation school or school zone, the state board shall either approve or reject the innovation plan using reasonable discretion in the assessment of the elements set forth in this chapter and provide written explanation of the decision to the local board.||VII. If the innovation plan is rejected, the local board may resubmit an amended innovation plan to the department at any time after rejection.|||Source. 2021, 27:1, eff. July 5, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-E:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-E - Innovation Schools|Section 194-E:4 - Innovation Plans; Waiver of Regulatory Requirements.

    194-E:4 Innovation Plans;  Waiver of Regulatory Requirements. –||I. Upon the designation of an innovation school or school zone, the state board shall waive compliance with any administrative rules specified in the local district plan.||II. Each local district shall continue to be subject to all laws and rules that are not waived by the state board under this chapter.||III. No waiver shall be granted from any requirement of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).||IV. The local board may submit a revised innovation plan under RSA 194-E:2 at any time if it is determined that additional waivers are required.||V. Each local district and schools not specified in the innovation plan shall continue to be subject to all rules that are not waived by the state board.|||Source. 2021, 27:1, eff. July 5, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-E:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-E - Innovation Schools|Section 194-E:5 - Innovation School and School Zone Reviews.

    194-E:5 Innovation School and School Zone Reviews. –||I. Two years after state board approval of the innovation plan and every 2 years thereafter, the local board shall review the plan and the progress toward the plan objectives including improvements in academic performance and any cost savings or increased efficiencies, or both.||II. The results of the local board review shall be provided to the department of education.||III. If a local school board finds that the academic performance of students enrolled in the innovation school is not improving at a sufficient rate or that the plan is not achieving the planned results, the local school board may notify the department and state board that they wish to revoke the innovation status.|||Source. 2021, 27:1, eff. July 5, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-E:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-E - Innovation Schools|Section 194-E:6 - Department of Education Review.

    194-E:6 Department of Education Review. –||I. The department shall review the results of each local board innovation plan review and analyze the results based upon data available to the department.||II. The department may at any time conduct its own review of the innovation school or school zone performance.||III. If the department finds that innovation plan performance is not satisfactory, they shall notify the local board and the state board. The local board may respond or provide a revised innovation plan pursuant to RSA 194-E:2.||IV. The state board may revoke the innovation status at any time with notification to the local board and to the department.|||Source. 2021, 27:1, eff. July 5, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-E:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-E - Innovation Schools|Section 194-E:7 - Reporting.

    194-E:7 Reporting. –||I. The department of education shall provide an annual report on innovation schools and school zones to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over education, and the state board of education.||II. The report shall include:||(a) The number of school districts with innovation schools or school zones and the total number in the state.||(b) The number of innovation schools and the number of schools within each innovation school zone.||(c) The number of students in each innovation school or innovation school zone and a percentage of students in the local district.||(d) An overview of innovations implemented.||(e) An overview of the academic performance of the students served in innovation schools and innovation school zones, including a comparison between the students' academic performance before and after implementation of the innovations, and a comparison with the academic performance of similar schools.||(f) A list of administrative rules waived.|||Source. 2021, 27:1, eff. July 5, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 194-E:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 194-E - Innovation Schools|Section 194-E:8 - Rulemaking.

    194-E:8 Rulemaking. –||The state board of education shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to innovation schools and innovation zones.|||Source. 2021, 27:1, eff. July 5, 2021.|