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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 188-H - Sexual Misconduct at Institutions of Higher Education › Section 188-H:12 - Data Reporting Requirements.

188-H:12 Data Reporting Requirements. –
Annually, not later than October 1, an institution of higher education shall prepare and submit to the director, the commissioner of the department of health and human services, the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, and the chairpersons of the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over education a report that includes:
I. The total number of allegations of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking reported to the institution's Title IX coordinator by a student or employee of the institution against another student or employee of the institution.
II. The number of law enforcement investigations initiated in response to complaints of sexual misconduct brought forward by students or employees of the institution against another student or employee of the institution, if known.
III. The number of students found responsible for violating an institution's policies prohibiting sexual misconduct.
IV. The number of students found not responsible for violating an institution's policies prohibiting sexual misconduct.
V. The number of disciplinary actions imposed by the institution as a result of a finding of responsibility for violating an institution's policies prohibiting sexual misconduct. The report shall provide information in an anonymous manner that complies with state and federal privacy laws.
Source.
2020, 24:18, eff. Jan. 16, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 188-H - Sexual Misconduct at Institutions of Higher Education › Section 188-H:13 - Amnesty.

188-H:13 Amnesty. –
A reporting party or a witness that causes an investigation of sexual misconduct, or drug or alcohol use, shall not be subject to a disciplinary proceeding or sanction for a violation of the institution of higher education's student conduct policy related to the incident unless the institution determine that the report was not made in good faith or that the violation was egregious. An egregious violation shall include, but not be limited to, taking an action that places the health and safety of another person at risk.
Source.
2020, 24:18, eff. Jan. 16, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 188-H - Sexual Misconduct at Institutions of Higher Education › Section 188-H:14 - Enforcement and Penalty.

188-H:14 Enforcement and Penalty. –
Upon determination, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing, that an institution of higher education has violated or failed to carry out any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter, the director may impose a civil penalty upon such institution for each violation not to exceed $150,000, which shall be adjusted for inflation annually, or one percent of an institution's annual operating budget, whichever is lower. The director shall use any such civil penalty funds to provide oversight of this chapter.
Source.
2020, 24:18, eff. Jan. 16, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 188-H - Sexual Misconduct at Institutions of Higher Education › Section 188-H:15 - Memoranda of Understanding With Rape Crisis Centers or Domestic Violence Centers.

188-H:15 Memoranda of Understanding With Rape Crisis Centers or Domestic Violence Centers. –
I. An institution of higher education shall enter into and maintain a memorandum of understanding with a rape crisis center or domestic violence center to:
(a) Assist in developing the institution's policies, programing, and training regarding sexual misconduct involving students or employees.
(b) Provide an off-campus alternative for students and employees of the institution to receive free and confidential sexual assault crisis services, including access to a sexual assault nurse examiner if available, or free and confidential domestic violence crisis services in response to sexual misconduct.
(c) Ensure that a student or employee of the institution may access free and confidential counseling and advocacy services either on campus or off campus.
(d) Ensure cooperation and training between the institution and the crisis center or agency to ensure an understanding of the roles that the institution, crisis center, and agency should play in responding to reports and disclosures of sexual misconduct against students and employees of the institution and the institution's protocols for providing support and services to such students and employees.
II. A memorandum of understanding may include an agreement, including a fee structure, between the rape crisis center or domestic violence center and the institution of higher education to provide confidential victim services. Confidential victim services may include case consultation and training fees for confidential resource advisors, consultation fees for the development and implementation of student education and prevention programs, the development of staff training and prevention curriculum, and confidential on-site office space for an advocate from a rape crisis center or domestic violence center to meet with students.
III. The commission may waive the requirements of this section in the case of an institution that demonstrates that it acted in good faith but was unable to obtain a signed memorandum.
Source.
2020, 24:18, eff. Jan. 16, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 188-I - Suicide Prevention in Higher Education › Section 188-I:1 - Student Identification Cards.

188-I:1 Student Identification Cards. –
I. Each institution of higher education shall adopt a policy implementing the requirement that student identification cards shall include on either side of the cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
II. The requirement in paragraph I shall apply to any student identification card issued for the first time or for replacement cards issued for damaged or lost student identification cards after the effective date of this section.
III. Public and private institutions of higher learning that issue student identification cards, including the institutions of the university system of New Hampshire, the community college system, and private higher education institutions regulated by the higher education commission under RSA 21-N:8-a, II, shall comply with the requirement in paragraph I by including on either side of the student identification cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Source.
2022, 344:3, eff. July 31, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:1 - Days of School.

189:1 Days of School. –
The school board of every district shall provide standard schools for at least 180 days in each year, or the equivalent number of hours as required in the rules of the department of education, at such places in the district as will best serve the interests of education and give to all the pupils within the district as nearly equal advantages as are practicable.
Source.
1883, 43:6. PS 92:1. 1919, 106:20. 1921, 85, II:1. PL 117:1. RL 135:1. RSA 189:1. 1959, 133:1. 2007, 71:1. 2011, 42:1, eff. July 8, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:1-a - Duty to Provide Education.

189:1-a Duty to Provide Education. –
I. It shall be the duty of the school board to provide, at district expense, elementary and secondary education to all pupils who reside in the district until such time as the pupil has acquired a high school diploma or has reached age 21, whichever occurs first; or if the pupil is a "child with a disability" under RSA 186-C:2, I, until such time as the pupil has acquired a high school diploma or reached age 21 inclusive; provided, that the board may exclude specific pupils for gross misconduct or for neglect or refusal to conform to the reasonable rules of the school, and further provided that this section shall not apply to pupils who have been exempted from school attendance in accordance with RSA 193:5.
II. Elected school boards shall be responsible for establishing the structure, accountability, advocacy, and delivery of instruction in each school operated and governed in its district. To accomplish this end, and to support flexibility in implementing diverse educational approaches, school boards shall establish, in each school operated and governed in its district, instructional policies that establish instructional goals based upon available information about the knowledge and skills pupils will need in the future.
III. School boards shall adopt a teacher performance evaluation system, with the involvement of teachers and principals, for use in the school district. A school board may consider any resources it deems reasonable and appropriate, including any resources that may be provided by the state department of education. In this paragraph, "teacher" shall have the same meaning as in RSA 189:14-a, V.
IV. Pursuant to RSA 193:3, VI, a school board may execute a contract with any approved nonsectarian private school approved by the school board as a school tuition program as defined in RSA 193:3, VII to provide for the education of a child who resides in the school district, and may raise and appropriate money for the purposes of the contract, if the school district does not have a public school at the pupil's grade level and the school board decides it is in the best interest of the pupil.
Source.
1969, 356:10. 1973, 72:28. 1975, 22:1. 1983, 84:1. 2011, 108:1. 2013, 243:1. 2017, 182:1, eff. Aug. 28, 2017. 2023, 7:4, eff. June 25, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:1-b - Freedom of Assembly; Freedom of Religion.

189:1-b Freedom of Assembly;  Freedom of Religion. –
I. On each school day, before classes of instruction officially convene in the public schools of this sovereign state, a period of not more than 5 minutes shall be available to those who may wish to exercise their right to freedom of assembly and participate voluntarily in the free exercise of religion.
II. There shall be no teacher supervision of this free exercise of religion, nor shall there be any prescribed or proscribed form or content of prayer.
Source.
1977, 182:1, eff. Aug. 13, 1977.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:1-c - Student Member.

189:1-c Student Member. –
In addition to the school board members authorized in RSA 671:4, the school board shall have at least one nonvoting student member from each public high school maintained by the local school board within its district. The powers and duties of a student member shall be as described in RSA 194:23-f.
Source.
1983, 111:2. 2009, 5:1, eff. June 16, 2009. 2022, 195:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:1-d - Definitions.

189:1-d Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Attendance" means full-time participation in a program of instruction under the direction of a teacher employed by the school district. Educationally disabled home educated pupils educated at school district expense under the direction of a teacher employed by the school district shall be included.
II. "Membership" means pupils of whom attendance is expected, whether a pupil is present or absent on any given day.
III. "Average daily membership in attendance" means the aggregate half-day membership of pupils attending schools operated by a school district divided by the number of half-days of instruction offered. The average daily membership in attendance for preschool and kindergarten pupils shall be divided by the number of instructional days offered to higher-level elementary grades.
IV. "Average daily membership in residence" means the average daily membership in attendance of pupils who are legal residents of the school district pursuant to RSA 193:12 or RSA 193:27, IV and attend a state-approved public or nonpublic school as assigned by the school district in which the pupil resides, or by the state, or attend an approved chartered public school.
Source.
1993, 322:5. 2003, 241:9. 2008, 354:1. 2009, 297:1, eff. Sept. 29, 2009.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:1-e - Directory Information.

189:1-e Directory Information. –
A local education agency which maintains education records may provide information designated as directory information consistent with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Each year schools shall give parents public notice of the types of information designated as directory information. By a specified time after parents are notified of their review rights, parents shall request in writing to remove all or part of the information on their child that they do not wish to be available to the public. Such approval shall be renewed on an annual basis. Items of directory information, which is information not generally considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed, may include:
I. Name and address of a student.
II. Field of study.
III. Weight and height of athletes.
IV. Most recent previous school attended.
V. Date and place of birth.
VI. Participation in officially recognized activities and sports.
VII. Date of attendance, degrees, and awards.
Source.
1997, 255:1, eff. Aug. 18, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:2 - Reduction of Time.

189:2 Reduction of Time. –
If the school board of any district shall decide that, by reason of special conditions or circumstances, the maintenance of standard schools for 180 days, or the equivalent number of hours if approved by the commissioner of the department of education, in said district is undesirable, said school board may so represent in writing to the state board. If, upon hearing, the state board, or the commissioner when authorized by the state board, shall be of the opinion that the representation is true, it may reduce the time of maintaining such schools in said district to such limits as it may deem wise. Provided, however, that the state board, or the commissioner if authorized, shall not reduce the days during which schools shall be in session, as provided in RSA 189:1, on account of workshops, conventions or teachers' institutes.
Source.
1919, 106:20. 1921, 85, II:1. PL 117:2. RL 135:2. RSA 189:2. 1959, 133:2. 1981, 318:5. 2007, 71:1, eff. Aug. 10, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:3 - Other Modifications.

189:3 Other Modifications. –
If any other provisions in the laws which relate to education shall be found by the state board to impose upon any district obligations which, by reason of unusual circumstances or of exceptional conditions in that district, result in an unnecessary expenditure of school money, or in a procedure which is inimical to the best interests of education therein, the state board, upon like proceedings, may suspend or modify such obligations as in its judgment may be reasonable.
Source.
1919, 106:20. 1921, 85, II:1. PL 117:3. RL 135:3.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:4 - Decisions of State Board.

189:4 Decisions of State Board. –
All such decisions of the state board shall be made in writing, recorded by it and a copy sent for record to the clerk of the district affected thereby.
Source.
1919, 106:20. 1921, 85, II:1. PL 117:4. RL 135:4.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:5 - Repealed by 1969, 104:1, eff. June 24, 1969.

189:5 Repealed by 1969, 104:1, eff. June 24, 1969. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:6 - Transportation of Pupils.

189:6 Transportation of Pupils. –
The local school district shall furnish transportation to pupils in kindergarten through grade 8 who live more than 2 miles from the school to which they are assigned. The local school district may furnish transportation to pupils in kindergarten through grade 8 who live 2 miles or less from the school to which they are assigned, and to pupils in grades 9 through 12, when it finds that this is appropriate, and shall furnish it when so directed by the commissioner of education.
Source.
1885, 43:6. PS 92:1. 1919, 106:20. 1921, 125:6. PL 117:6. RL 135:6. RSA 189:6. 1992, 159:1, eff. July 5, 1992. 2019, 181:1, eff. July 1, 2020.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:6-a - School Bus Safety.

189:6-a School Bus Safety. –
The district shall instruct all pupils, who are transported by the district as provided in RSA 189:6, in the following:
I. School bus safety.
II. The evacuation procedure for buses in emergency situations.
III. Any other matters regarding the safety of pupils being transported to school.
Source.
1996, 19:1, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:6-b - Transportation Between Schools and Before-and-After-School Programs.

189:6-b Transportation Between Schools and Before-and-After-School Programs. –
To achieve maximum utilization of available before-and-after-school programs for school-age children, school districts shall be permitted to transport pupils between schools and legally-operating before-and-after-school programs upon the approval of the school district in the same manner as the school budget is adopted by that district. Such approval shall continue until revoked in the same manner.
Source.
1997, 308:2, eff. Aug. 19, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:6-c - Pupils Transported in a Mixed Use School Bus.

189:6-c Pupils Transported in a Mixed Use School Bus. –
I. Pupils may be transported to or from school activities in a mixed use school bus, as defined by RSA 259:96-a, which bears a valid state inspection sticker and is operated by a driver who holds a valid driver's license to operate that vehicle. An operator of a mixed use school bus that qualifies as a commercial motor vehicle as defined in RSA 259:12-e shall hold a valid commercial driver license pursuant to RSA 263:86 appropriate for the type and class of mixed use school bus being driven.
II. Pupils with disabilities may be transported to or from school activities in a mixed use school bus unless the pupil's individualized education program as defined in RSA 186-C:2, III, or the pupil's accommodation plan pursuant to section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. section 794, states that such a vehicle shall not be used.
III. In this section, "school activities" shall include, but is not limited to, sporting events, intramural events, events associated with student clubs or organizations, job training programs, field trips, and special education transition services. "School activities" shall not include transportation between home and school.
Source.
2011, 44:1. 2015, 100:1. 2016, 138:1, eff. July 26, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:6-d - Repealed by 2018, 333:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.

189:6-d Repealed by 2018, 333:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2018. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:6-e - Pupils Transported in a Contract Carrier.

189:6-e Pupils Transported in a Contract Carrier. –
I. A school district may contract with a contract carrier of passengers, as defined by RSA 376:2, VII, that is designed to transport 16 or more passengers including the operator, to transport pupils to or from school activities. The motor vehicle used by the contract carrier of passengers shall bear a valid state inspection sticker, comply with applicable provisions of RSA 376, and be operated by a driver who holds a valid commercial driver's license.
II. In this section, "school activities" shall include, but is not limited to, sporting events, intramural events, events associated with student clubs or organizations, job training programs, field trips, and special education transition services that are approved by the school district. "School activities" shall not include transportation between home and school.
Source.
2021, 209:2, Pt. III, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 10, 2021. 2022, 66:1, eff. July 19, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:7 - Repealed by 1992, 159:3, eff. July 5, 1992.

189:7 Repealed by 1992, 159:3, eff. July 5, 1992. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:8 - Limitations and Additions.

189:8 Limitations and Additions. –
Pupils entitled to transportation in accordance with RSA 189:6 may be required to walk a distance not to exceed one mile to a school bus stop established by the local school board. Pupils residing in areas which are inaccessible by a local school district's established mode of transportation may be required to walk a distance not to exceed 1
1/2 miles to a school bus stop, provided that the vehicle, route and schedule have been approved by the commissioner of education. School districts shall assure that pupils shall not be subject to unsafe conditions while walking the required distance to a school bus stop and that the school bus stop is established in a safe location.
Source.
1919, 106:20. 1921, 125:6. PL 117:7. 1933, 76:1. RL 135:8. RSA 189:8. 1992, 159:2, eff. July 5, 1992.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:9 - Pupils in Private Schools.

189:9 Pupils in Private Schools. –
Pupils attending approved private schools, up to and including the twelfth grade, shall be entitled to the same transportation privileges within any town or district as are provided for pupils in public schools.
Source.
1937, 199:1. RL 135:9. RSA 189:9. 1973, 501:3, eff. June 30, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:9-a - Pupils Prohibited for Disciplinary Reasons.

189:9-a Pupils Prohibited for Disciplinary Reasons. –
Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 189:6-8, the superintendent, or a representative as designated in writing, is authorized to suspend the right of pupils from riding in a school bus when said pupils fail to conform to the reasonable rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the school board. Any suspension to continue beyond 20 school days must be approved by the school board. Said suspension shall not begin until the next school day following the day notification of suspension is sent to the pupil's parent or legal guardian.
I. If a pupil has been denied the right to ride a school bus for disciplinary reasons, the parent or guardian of that pupil has a right of appeal within 10 days of suspension to the authority that suspended this pupil's right.
II. Until the appeal is heard, or if the suspension of pupil's right to ride the school bus is upheld, it shall be the parents' or guardians' responsibility to provide transportation to and from school for that pupil for the period of the suspension.
Source.
1973, 462:1. 1995, 174:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:10 - Studies.

189:10 Studies. –
I. The department of education shall survey school districts biennially to receive reports on compliance with this section, and shall provide the report to the president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairpersons of the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over education, health and human services, and children.
II. The school board shall ensure that health education, physical education to include the importance of exercise, and wellness are taught to pupils as part of the curriculum, specifically to include physiology, hygiene, health and interpersonal relationships, physical education, and wellness, as they relate to the effects of alcohol and other drugs, prevention of sexual violence, child abuse as established in the definition of "abused child" under RSA 169-C:3, II, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and sexually transmitted diseases on the human system.
III. The school board shall ensure that personal finance literacy instruction designed to prepare students for success in making financial decisions is taught as part of the curriculum. Personal finance literacy skills may be embedded in an existing course or grade level program of studies.
Source.
1858, 208:2. GS 81:5. GL 89:5. 1883, 37:2. 1887, 52:1. PS 92:6. 1895, 40:1; 50:2. 1899, 12:1. 1903, 31:1. 1909, 49:1. 1911, 136:1. 1921, 85, II:2. PL 117:8. RL 135:10. RSA 189:10. 1959, 130:1. 1973, 242:2; 529:37. 1975, 183:1. 2008, 251:3. 2016, 56:1, eff. July 4, 2016. 2020, 38:18, eff. Sept. 27, 2020. 2022, 112:1, eff. July 26, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:11-b - Learning Disability Teacher.

189:11-b Learning Disability Teacher. –
The school board of each school district may provide the services of a learning disability teacher under such conditions and with such exceptions, as the state board of education may prescribe.
Source.
1973, 209:1, eff. Sept. 1, 1974.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:11-c - Cursive Handwriting and Memorization of Multiplication Tables.

189:11-c Cursive Handwriting and Memorization of Multiplication Tables. –
Each public school district and chartered public school shall:
(a) Provide instruction in cursive writing by the end of fifth grade as a component of English language arts; and
(b) Provide instruction of the multiplication tables by the end of fifth grade; and
(c) Subparagraphs (a) and (b) may be accommodated, modified, or waived in accordance with a student's Individual Education Program (IEP) or 504 Plan.
Source.
2015, 41:1, eff. July 8, 2015. 2023, 17:1, eff. July 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:11-d - Drug and Alcohol Education.

189:11-d Drug and Alcohol Education. –
I. Each public school in the state, as part of the school board-approved kindergarten through grade 12 health education program, shall provide age and developmentally appropriate drug and alcohol education to pupils based upon the needs of the pupils and the community. The school board may authorize the use of an evidence-based prevention program.
II. School boards shall develop policies authorizing school district personnel to provide pupils, parents, and legal guardians with information and resources relative to existing drug and alcohol counseling and treatment for pupils. Nothing in this section shall require a school district to add additional programs or services, but only to provide information about available programs and services.
Source.
2016, 301:1, eff. Aug. 20, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:12 - Repealed by 1998, 389:10, eff. Oct. 1, 1998.

189:12 Repealed by 1998, 389:10, eff. Oct. 1, 1998. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:13 - Dismissal of Teacher.

189:13 Dismissal of Teacher. –
The school board may dismiss any teacher found by them to be immoral, or who has not satisfactorily maintained the competency standards established by the school district, or one who does not conform to regulations prescribed; provided, that no teacher shall be so dismissed before the expiration of the period for which said teacher was engaged without having previously been notified of the cause of such dismissal, nor without having previously been granted a full and fair hearing.
Source.
GS 81:8. GL 89:8. PS 92:3. 1895, 51:1. 1905, 59:1. 1921, 85, II:5. PL 117:11. RL 135:13. 2005, 178:1, eff. Aug. 29, 2005.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:13-b - School Bus Driver Criminal History Records Check.

189:13-b School Bus Driver Criminal History Records Check. –
I. The department shall complete a criminal history records check on all school bus drivers as would school administrative units, school districts, and chartered public schools pursuant to RSA 189:13-a.
II. The selected applicant for employment or designated volunteer with a school administrative unit, school district, chartered public school, or public academy in a school bus driver position shall submit to the department a criminal history records release form, as provided by the division of state police, which authorizes the division of state police to conduct a criminal history records check through its state records and through the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to release a report of the applicant's criminal history record information, including confidential criminal history record information, to the background check coordinator of the department, as described in RSA 21-N:8-a, I-a.
Source.
2020, 38:33, eff. Jan. 1, 2021. 2023, 55:2, eff. July 31, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:14 - Liability of District.

189:14 Liability of District. –
The district shall be liable in the action of assumpsit to any teacher dismissed in violation of the provisions of RSA 189:13, to the extent of the full salary for the period for which such teacher was engaged.
Source.
1845, 225. CS 77:3. GS 81:9. GL 89:8. PS 92:4. 1905, 59:1. 1921, 85, II:6. PL 117:12. RL 135:14.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:14-b - Review by State Board.

189:14-b Review by State Board. –
I. A teacher aggrieved by such decision may either petition the state board of education for review thereof or request arbitration under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to RSA 273-A:4, if applicable, but may not do both. Such petition must be in writing and filed with the state board within 10 days after the issuance of the decision to be reviewed. Upon receipt of such petition, the state board shall notify the school board of the petition for review, and shall forthwith proceed to a consideration of the matter. Such consideration shall include a hearing if either party shall request it. The state board shall issue its decision within 15 days after the petition for review is filed, and the decision of the state board shall be final and binding upon both parties. A petition for review under this section shall constitute the exclusive remedy available to a teacher on the issue of the nonrenewal of such teacher.
II. The state board of education shall uphold a decision of a local school board to nonrenew a teacher's contract unless the local school board's decision is clearly erroneous.
Source.
1957, 285:1. 2003, 204:4. 2008, 246:1. 2011, 267:2, eff. July 1, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:14-c - Revocation of Certification.

189:14-c Revocation of Certification. –
Any teacher certified in this state who has been convicted of any felony involving child sexual abuse images or of a felonious physical assault on a minor or of any sexual assault, shall have such teacher certification revoked by the New Hampshire state board of education.
Source.
1988, 257:3. 1995, 174:11. 2017, 91:5, eff. Aug. 6, 2017.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:14-d - Termination of Employment.

189:14-d Termination of Employment. –
Employees of a school administrative unit or school district in this state who have been convicted of homicide, an offense involving child sexual abuse images, aggravated felonious sexual assault, felonious sexual assault, or kidnapping, in this state or under any statute prohibiting the same conduct in another state, territory or possession of the United States, shall have their employment terminated by the school administrative unit or school district after it receives notice of the conviction.
Source.
1993, 324:2. 2017, 91:5, eff. Aug. 6, 2017.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:14-e - Repealed by 2022, 21:3, II, eff. June 17, 2022.

189:14-e Repealed by 2022, 21:3, II, eff. June 17, 2022. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:14-f - Master Teacher.

189:14-f Master Teacher. –
I. The state board of education shall establish the educational credential of master teacher and grant it to those persons who have fulfilled at least the following requirements:
(a) Academic preparation which shall include a master's-level degree and graduate coursework in curriculum development, supervision, and evaluation;
(b) Teaching experience, including at least 7 years during which a teaching certificate was held; and
(c) Demonstrated quality teaching to be satisfied by meeting professional criteria developed by the professional standards board and approved by the state board of education, which criteria shall include:
(1) Quantitative evaluations of teaching quality from students, parents, peers, and administrators;
(2) At least 3 classroom observations of the candidate by an independent observer from outside the candidate's school district; and
(3) At least 4 significant and rigorous written tasks and exercises.
II. The purposes of the credential are to allow experienced teachers an opportunity for professional growth and development, and to identify highly qualified, experienced teachers to serve as resources in their areas of expertise in curriculum development, mentoring, supervising, evaluating teachers, and in other areas as may be determined by their schools and school districts.
III. Master teachers shall have no authority to effectively recommend any personnel action. However, their activities may form the basis for an independent administrative performance review.
Source.
1998, 314:4, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:14-g - Teacher Signature Certification.

189:14-g Teacher Signature Certification. –
I. A teacher applying for certification through the bureau of credentialing, department of education, shall complete and submit either a written application or an electronic application, both of which shall include a declaration and verification statement to read substantially as follows:
"I hereby certify that I am the individual listed in this application, and that all information provided herein, including all accompanying documentation, is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge."
II. Any willful misrepresentation or omission of facts shall constitute just cause for denial of certification or revocation of existing certifications, and possible criminal prosecution.
Source.
2001, 87:1. 2003, 39:2, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:14-h - Notice to Education Support Personnel and Non-Certified School District Employees Required.

189:14-h Notice to Education Support Personnel and Non-Certified School District Employees Required. –
No later than the last day of school each year, the superintendent shall notify, in writing, all education support personnel and non-certified school district employees who have completed their probationary employment period of the intent to continue or not to continue that employment into the next school year. The notification may contain special circumstances as may be defined by the employer. Nothing in this section shall be construed to amend, replace, or otherwise modify a school district's policy on dismissal, collective bargaining agreements, or any employee benefits package. The receipt of notification under this section shall not constitute a private right of action against a school district.
Source.
2010, 279:1, eff. Sept. 6, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:15 - Regulations.

189:15 Regulations. –
The school board may, unless otherwise provided by statute or state board regulations, prescribe regulations for the attendance upon, and for the management, classification and discipline of, the schools; and such regulations, when recorded in the official records of the school board, shall be binding upon pupils and teachers.
Source.
RS 73:2. GS 81:10. 1868, 9:1. GL 89:10. 1883, 37:3. 1887, 52:1. PS 92:5. 1898, 208:1. 1905, 59:1. 1921, 85, II:7. PL 117:13. RL 135:15. RSA 189:15. 1965, 110:1. 1969, 104:2, eff. June 24, 1969.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:15-a - Purchase of School Insurance.

189:15-a Purchase of School Insurance. –
The school board may purchase, at the expense of the district, accident or injury insurance covering all students while participating in any school activity or may make such insurance available at the option and expense of the parent or guardian of each student.
Source.
1969, 104:3, eff. June 24, 1969.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:16 - Textbooks; Supplies.

189:16 Textbooks;  Supplies. –
The school board shall purchase, at the expense of the city or town in which the district is situated, textbooks and other supplies required for use in the public schools; and shall loan the same to the pupils of such schools free of charge, subject to such regulations for their care and custody as the board may prescribe; and shall sell such books at cost to pupils of the school wishing to purchase them for their own use.
Source.
RS 73:11. CS 77:12. 1863, 27:21. GS 81:17. GL 89:11. 1883, 37:2. 1889, 13:1. PS 92:7. 1895, 90:3. 1921, 85, II:8. PL 117:14. RL 135:16.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:16-a - Menstrual Hygiene Products.

189:16-a Menstrual Hygiene Products. –
I. The school district shall make menstrual hygiene products available at no cost in all gender neutral bathrooms and bathrooms designated for females located in public middle and high schools.
II. Menstrual hygiene products shall include sanitary napkins and tampons.
III. The school district shall bear the cost of supplying menstrual hygiene products. A school district may seek grants or partner with a nonprofit or community-based organization to fulfill this obligation.
Source.
2019, 252:1, eff. July 17, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:17 - Flags; Penalty.

189:17 Flags;  Penalty. –
The school board shall supply a United States and a New Hampshire state flag; the flags shall be made not less than 5 feet in length, with a flagstaff and appliances for displaying the same, for every schoolhouse in the district in which a public school is taught, at the expense of the district. They shall prescribe rules and regulations for the proper custody, care and display of these flags; the regulations shall require that wherever possible, the United States flag and the New Hampshire state flag shall be displayed on separate staffs of equal height. When the flags are displayed on the same staff, the United States flag shall be displayed above the New Hampshire flag. The regulations shall further require that such flags shall be displayed prominently outside of the schoolhouse. When they are otherwise displayed, the flags shall be placed conspicuously in the principal room of assembly of the schoolhouse. The governing board of every private school shall supply a United States flag, such flag to be made not less than 5 feet in length, with a flagstaff and appliances for displaying same. They shall make provisions similar to those required in the public schools for the display of said flag. Any members of a school board or the governing board who shall refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.
Source.
1903, 39:1. 1921, 85, II:9. 1925, 128:1. PL 117:15. RL 135:17. RSA 189:17. 1969, 104:4. 1971, 291:1. 1973, 531:45. 1977, 51:1, eff. June 13, 1977.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:17-a - Flags Provided by Other Than School District.

189:17-a Flags Provided by Other Than School District. –
I. State agencies, private groups, or individual citizens may provide and have placed in a public school classroom an American flag or a New Hampshire state flag, or both, and appliances for displaying such flag or flags, where none is already displayed.
II. Upon receipt of an American flag or a New Hampshire state flag, or both, and appliances donated pursuant to paragraph I of this section, a school shall display such flag or flags in a classroom where none is already displayed.
III. The local school board shall have the authority to accept the donation of flags and appliances, and to determine the location of the flags in the classrooms.
Source.
1988, 30:1, eff. March 24, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:17-b - Authority of Schools to Display the National and State Mottos.

189:17-b Authority of Schools to Display the National and State Mottos. –
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no power or authority of the state of New Hampshire, or any political subdivision thereof, shall in any way restrict, or be construed to restrict, the authority of any school or school district to display the national motto, "In God We Trust," or the state motto, "Live Free or Die," in any school building.
Source.
2021, 161:1, eff. Sept. 28, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:18 - Patriotic Exercises.

189:18 Patriotic Exercises. –
In all public schools of the state one session, or a portion thereof, during the weeks in which Memorial Day and Veterans Day fall, shall be devoted to exercises of a patriotic nature, which shall include a discussion of the words, meaning, and history of the Pledge of Allegiance and the Star Spangled Banner.
Source.
1897, 14:1. 1921, 85, II:23. PL 117:16. 1933, 3:1. RL 135:18. 2016, 67:1, eff. July 4, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:18-a - Memorial or Memorial Plaque on School Property.

189:18-a Memorial or Memorial Plaque on School Property. –
The placement of a memorial or memorial plaque on school property in memory of an alumnus of a junior high school or high school in the district who died honorably during active duty shall require approval from the school board or approval of a warrant article acted upon at the annual school district meeting. The cost for design, manufacture, installation, or maintenance of the memorial shall not be a charge to the state, any municipality, or the school district. This section shall not apply to the addition of names to already existing memorials or to plans for memorials initiated by the municipality or school district.
Source.
2016, 77:1, eff. July 18, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:19 - English Required.

189:19 English Required. –
In the instruction of children in all schools, including private schools, in reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, grammar, geography, physiology, history, civil government, music, and drawing, the English language shall be used exclusively, both for the purposes of instruction therein and for purposes of general administration. Educational programs in the field of bilingual education shall be permitted under the provisions of this section with the approval of the state board of education and the local school district.
Source.
1919, 106:13. 1921, 85, II:10. PL 117:17. RL 135:19. RSA 189:19. 1969, 139:1. 1977, 110:1, eff. July 30, 1977.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:20 - Foreign Languages.

189:20 Foreign Languages. –
A foreign language may be taught in elementary schools; provided, that the course of study (or its equivalent) outlined by the state board in the branches named in RSA 189:19 be not abridged but be taught in compliance with the law of the state.
Source.
1919, 106:13. 1921, 85, II:10. PL 117:18. RL 135:20.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:21 - Language of Devotional Exercises in Private Schools.

189:21 Language of Devotional Exercises in Private Schools. –
The exclusive use of English for purposes of instruction and administration shall not prohibit the conduct of devotional exercises in private schools in a language other than English.
Source.
1919, 106:13. 1921, 85, II:10. PL 117:19. RL 135:21.