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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-F - New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank Educational Institutions Bond Financing Act › Section 195-F:14 - Additional Powers.

195-F:14 Additional Powers. –
In order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, the bank, in addition to any powers granted to it elsewhere in this chapter and in RSA 35-A, shall have the following powers:
I. To charge for its costs and services in review or consideration of any proposed loan to an educational institution or purchase of educational institution bonds, and to charge therefor whether or not such loan shall have been made or such educational institution bonds shall have been purchased;
II. In connection with any loan to an educational institution, to consider the need, desirability or eligibility of such loan and the ability of such educational institution to secure borrowed money from other sources and the costs thereof;
III. To fix and establish any and all terms and provisions with respect to any purchase of educational institution bonds by the bank, including date and maturities of such bonds, provision as to redemption or payment prior to maturity, and any and all other matters which in connection therewith are necessary, desirable or advisable in the judgment of the bank;
IV. To the extent permitted under its contracts with the holders of bonds or notes of the bank, to consent to any modification with respect to rate of interest, time and payment of any installment of principal or interest, security or any other term or bond or note, contract or agreement of any kind to which the bank is a party; and
V. To apply for, accept, receive and expend any grants or other moneys that may be made available to it by the federal government or any other public or private source for the purposes of this chapter.
Source.
1982, 5:1, eff. Feb. 19, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-F - New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank Educational Institutions Bond Financing Act › Section 195-F:16 - Waiver of Defenses; Rights of Holders.

195-F:16 Waiver of Defenses;  Rights of Holders. –
Upon the sale and issuance of any educational institution bonds to the bank by any educational institution, such educational institution shall be held and be deemed to have agreed that in the event of the failure of such educational institution to pay the interest on or the principal of any of such educational institution bonds owned or held by the bank as and when due and payable, such educational institution shall have waived all and any defenses to nonpayment, the bank shall thereupon constitute a holder or owner of such educational institution bonds as being in default, and that notwithstanding the provisions of any other law as to time or duration of default or percentage of holders or owners of bonds entitled to exercise rights of such holders or owners of bonds in default, or to invoke any remedies or powers thereof or of any trustee in connection therewith or of any board, body, agency or commission of the state having jurisdiction in such matter or circumstance, the bank may then and thereupon avail itself of all other remedies, rights and provisions of law applicable in such circumstance, and that the failure to exercise or exert any such rights or remedies within any time or period provided by law shall not be raised as a defense by such educational institution, and that all of the bonds of the issue of bonds of such educational institution as to which there has been such nonpayment shall for all of the purposes of this section be held and be deemed to have become due and payable and to be unpaid. The bank is hereby authorized and empowered to carry out the provisions of this section and to exercise all of the rights and remedies and provisions of law herein provided or referred to.
Source.
1982, 5:1, eff. Feb. 19, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-F - New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank Educational Institutions Bond Financing Act › Section 195-F:17 - Cooperation by State Agencies.

195-F:17 Cooperation by State Agencies. –
All officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions and commissions of the state are hereby authorized and empowered to render any and all of such services to the bank as may be within the area of their respective governmental functions as fixed or established by law and as may be requested by the bank. All of such officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions and commissions are authorized and directed to comply promptly with any such reasonable request by the bank as to the making of any study or review as to desirability, need, cost or expense with respect to any educational institution project or improvement, or the financial feasibility thereof or the financial or fiscal responsibility or ability in connection therewith of any educational institution making application for a loan to the bank and for the purchase by the bank of educational institution bonds to be issued by such educational institution. The cost and expense of any services requested by the bank shall, at the request of the officer, department, board, agency, division or commission rendering such service, be met and provided for by the bank.
Source.
1982, 5:1, eff. Feb. 19, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-F - New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank Educational Institutions Bond Financing Act › Section 195-F:18 - Agreements With Financial Institutions.

195-F:18 Agreements With Financial Institutions. –
The bank is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into such agreements or contracts with any banks, trust companies, banking or financial institutions, within or without the state, as may be necessary, desirable or convenient in the opinion of the bank for rendering services to the bank in connection with the care, custody or safekeeping of educational institution bonds or other investments held or owned by the bank and services in connection with the payment or collection of amounts due and payable as to principal or interest, and for services in connection with the delivery to the bank of educational institution bonds or other investments purchased by it or sold by it, and to pay the cost of such services. The bank is further authorized and empowered in connection with any of such services to be rendered by any such banks, trust companies or banking or financial institutions as to the custody and safekeeping of any of its educational institution bonds or investments, to require security in the way of collateral bonds, surety agreements or security agreements in such form and in such amount as, in the opinion of the bank, is necessary or desirable for the purpose of the bank.
Source.
1982, 5:1, eff. Feb. 19, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-F - New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank Educational Institutions Bond Financing Act › Section 195-F:19 - Effectuation of Purposes.

195-F:19 Effectuation of Purposes. –
In order to effectively carry out its purpose under this chapter of making loans to educational institutions by purchase of educational institution bonds, and by receipt of its income from service charges and from payments of interest on and the maturing principal of educational institution bonds purchased and held by it, and in order to produce revenues or income to the bank sufficient at all times to meet its costs and expenses of operation under this chapter and to pay the principal of and interest on its outstanding bonds and notes when due, the bank shall at all times, and to the greatest extent possible, so plan to issue its bonds and notes and so lend money to educational institutions by the purchase of educational institution bonds so that the aforesaid intention and purpose is achieved without in any manner or respect jeopardizing any rights of the holders of bonds or notes of the bank or affecting other matters provided for in or pursuant to this chapter.
Source.
1982, 5:1, eff. Feb. 19, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-F - New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank Educational Institutions Bond Financing Act › Section 195-F:20 - Form of Investments.

195-F:20 Form of Investments. –
All educational institution bonds or other investments of moneys of the bank permitted or provided for under this chapter shall at all times be purchased and held in fully marketable form (subject to provisions for any registration in the name of the bank). All educational institution bonds at any time purchased, held or owned by the bank shall upon delivery to the bank be accompanied by all documentation customary in the field of educational institution financing, including opinion of counsel, certification and guaranty as to signatures, and certification as to absence of litigation and such other or further documentation as shall from time to time be required by the bank.
Source.
1982, 5:1, eff. Feb. 19, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-G - College Savings Bond Program › Section 195-G:1 - Declaration of Policy.

195-G:1 Declaration of Policy. –
It is declared to be the policy of this state that for the benefit of the people of the state, the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity and the improvement of their health and living conditions, it is essential that students attending higher educational institutions be given the fullest opportunity to learn and develop their intellectual and mental capacities. It is recognized that the financial costs to obtain an education beyond the high school level are often burdensome or prohibitive, and it is essential that qualified students or their parents be provided with methods to finance postsecondary education. It is essential that state residents be provided with an appropriate method of financing their postsecondary educations so that they might achieve the required levels of learning and development of their intellectual and mental capacities. Therefore, the general court has conferred certain powers on the state treasurer to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, all to the public benefit and good. It is further declared that the exercise by the state treasurer of the powers conferred under this chapter shall constitute the performance of an essential governmental function.
Source.
1989, 394:1, eff. Aug. 4, 1989.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-G - College Savings Bond Program › Section 195-G:2 - Definitions.

195-G:2 Definitions. –
In this chapter "college saving bonds" means general obligation bonds of the state issued pursuant to RSA 6-A and this chapter.
Source.
1989, 394:1, eff. Aug. 4, 1989.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-G - College Savings Bond Program › Section 195-G:3 - College Savings Bonds.

195-G:3 College Savings Bonds. –
Bonds sold pursuant to RSA 6-A:12 may be designated by the state treasurer as college savings bonds. Such college savings bonds shall mature not less than 5 years nor more than 20 years from the date of issuance, unless the state treasurer determines otherwise, and shall be subject to such financial incentives as may be otherwise provided.
Source.
1989, 394:1, eff. Aug. 4, 1989.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-G - College Savings Bond Program › Section 195-G:4 - Negotiated Sale of Bonds.

195-G:4 Negotiated Sale of Bonds. –
No college savings bonds shall be sold at a negotiated sale unless the underwriter or underwriters to which such bonds are sold:
I. Are organized, incorporated or have their principal place of business in the state; or
II. In the judgment of the state treasurer, have sufficient capability to make a broad distribution of such bonds to investors residing in the state.
Source.
1989, 394:1, eff. Aug. 4, 1989.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-H - College Tuition Savings Plan › Section 195-H:1 - Definitions.

195-H:1 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Commission" means the New Hampshire college tuition savings plan advisory commission.
II. "Eligible educational institution" means that which is defined in 26 U.S.C. section 529(e)(5).
III. [Repealed.]
IV. "Savings plan" means any plan administered as the New Hampshire college tuition savings plan.
Source.
1997, 304:2. 1998, 150:1. 2007, 196:1, 7, I, eff. Aug. 17, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-H - College Tuition Savings Plan › Section 195-H:3 - Rulemaking.

195-H:3 Rulemaking. –
The commission shall adopt rules relative to:
I. The administration, management, promotion, and marketing of the savings plan.
II. Maintaining the tuition savings program in compliance with Internal Revenue Service standards for qualified state tuition programs.
III to VII. [Repealed.]
VIII. The administration, implementation, and promotion of the New Hampshire excellence in higher education endowment trust fund established in RSA 6:38.
Source.
1997, 304:2. 1998, 150:2. 1999, 328:3. 2007, 196:7, II, eff. Aug. 17, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-H - College Tuition Savings Plan › Section 195-H:4 - College Tuition Savings Plan.

195-H:4 College Tuition Savings Plan. –
I. (a) The treasurer shall, as needed, issue requests for proposals to evaluate and determine the vehicle for investments of the savings plan and its administration.
(b) The commission shall consider and, if appropriate, give preference to proposals best meeting the following criteria:
(1) Ability to administer financial programs with individual account maintenance and reporting.
(2) Ability to develop and administer an investment program of a nature similar to the objectives of the college tuition savings plan.
(3) Ability to augment the college tuition savings plan with other programs or informational services considered beneficial by the commission.
(c) The final selection of the vehicle for investments and its administration shall be made by the commission.
II. The commission shall determine and make recommendations regarding the use of personnel in the treasurer's office with costs for such administrative support to be funded from the savings plan.
III. The savings plan shall be on a "cash only" basis, and shall include provisions for automatic deductions.
IV. The savings plan shall be established in such form as shall be determined by the commission and may be established as a trust to be declared by the state treasurer. The savings plan or such trust may be divided into multiple investment portfolios. If so divided, and if distinct records are maintained for any such portfolio and the assets associated with any such portfolio are accounted for separately from the other assets of the trust, then the debts, liabilities, obligations, and expenses incurred, contracted for, or otherwise existing with respect to a particular portfolio shall be enforceable against the assets of such portfolio only, and not against the assets of the trust generally.
V. [Repealed.]
Source.
1997, 304:2. 1998, 150:3. 2007, 196:3, 4, eff. Aug. 17, 2007. 2011, 224:123, eff. July 1, 2011. 2013, 144:92, eff. July 1, 2013.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-H - College Tuition Savings Plan › Section 195-H:5 - Residency.

195-H:5 Residency. –
Persons shall be eligible to participate in and benefit from the savings plan, regardless of state of residency.
Source.
1997, 304:2. 2007, 196:5, eff. Aug. 17, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-H - College Tuition Savings Plan › Section 195-H:6 - to 195-H:8 Repealed by 2007, 196:7, III, eff. Aug. 17, 2007.

195-H:6 to 195-H:8 Repealed by 2007, 196:7, III, eff. Aug. 17, 2007. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-H - College Tuition Savings Plan › Section 195-H:9 - Liability Exemption.

195-H:9 Liability Exemption. –
Neither the state nor any eligible educational institution shall be liable for any shortage of funds in the event that the accruals from the savings plan are insufficient to meet the tuition requirements of such institution chosen by the student for which the plan was intended.
Source.
1997, 304:2. 2007, 196:6, eff. Aug. 17, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-H - College Tuition Savings Plan › Section 195-H:10 - Funds Exempt From Interest and Dividends Tax.

[RSA 195-H:10 repealed by 2021, 91:99, V, effective January 1, 2025.]
195-H:10 Funds Exempt From Interest and Dividends Tax. –
Income and distributions from any qualified tuition program as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, shall be exempt from the New Hampshire interest and dividends tax pursuant to RSA 77:4-e, provided that distributions from the plan which are subject to federal income tax shall be subject to the interest and dividends tax pursuant to RSA 77 on the accrued income portion of the savings plan distribution.
Source.
1997, 304:2. 2003, 64:2. 2007, 196:6, eff. Aug. 17, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-H - College Tuition Savings Plan › Section 195-H:11 - Definitions.

195-H:11 Definitions. –
In this subdivision:
I. "Eligible institution" means a postsecondary educational institution or training program within the university system of New Hampshire as defined in RSA 187-A, a postsecondary educational institution within the community college system of New Hampshire as defined in RSA 188-F, or a private postsecondary institution approved to operate in this state that:
(a) Is approved by the higher education commission pursuant to RSA 21-N:8-a and accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education; and
(b) Is a not-for-profit organization eligible to receive federal Title IV funds.
II. "Eligible student" means a first-year, full-time, Pell Grant-eligible student who meets the eligibility and residency requirements of RSA 195-H:13. "First-year" means a student who has never enrolled in an eligible institution.
III. "Full-time" means an enrolled student who is carrying an academic course load that is determined to be full-time by the eligible institution based on a standard applicable to all students enrolled in a particular educational program. The student's course load may include any combination of courses, work, research, or special studies that the eligible institution considers sufficient to classify the student as full-time.
Source.
2021, 91:163, eff. July 1, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-H - College Tuition Savings Plan › Section 195-H:12 - Governor's Scholarship Program and Fund Established.

195-H:12 Governor's Scholarship Program and Fund Established. –
I. There is hereby established the governor's scholarship program and the governor's scholarship fund. The program and fund shall be administered by the commission. The fund shall be kept distinct and separate from all other funds and shall be used to provide scholarships which a recipient shall apply to the costs of an education at an eligible institution. The funds shall be distributed to an eligible institution based on the number of eligible students awarded a scholarship and upon receipt of a request for reimbursement for such scholarship funds accompanied by appropriate documentation.
II. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund any appropriation relating to the governor's scholarship fund made in each fiscal year to the commission. The state treasurer shall invest the fund in accordance with RSA 6:8. Any earnings shall be added to the fund.
III. All moneys in the fund shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the commission for the purposes of this subdivision.
IV. The commission may institute promotional programs and solicit and receive cash gifts or other donations for the purpose of supporting educational scholarships from the fund. The commission shall not solicit or accept real property.
V. All gifts, grants, and donations of any kind shall be credited to the fund.
Source.
2021, 91:163, eff. July 1, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-H - College Tuition Savings Plan › Section 195-H:13 - Eligibility.

195-H:13 Eligibility. –
I. Any person who meets the following requirements shall be an eligible student:
(a) A person shall meet the residency requirements of RSA 193:12; be a graduate of a New Hampshire high school, public academy, chartered public school, New Hampshire private preparatory high school, or a high school-level home education program as defined in RSA 193-A; have received a New Hampshire high school equivalency certificate; have completed at least 3 years of high school in this state; be pursuing a certificate, associate, or bachelor degree at an eligible institution in this state; and be eligible to receive a Pell grant; or
(b) A person shall be a graduate of a preparatory high school outside of this state while a dependent of a parent or legal guardian who is a legal resident of this state and who has custody of the dependent; or
(c) A person shall have a parent or guardian who has served in or has retired from the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard within the last 4 years and is a resident of this state; or
(d) A person shall be a graduate of a high school, public academy, chartered public high school, or a high school-level home education program outside of this state but have maintained his or her primary residence in this state for not less than 5 years preceding the date of application for a scholarship.
II. A person shall meet the qualifications for academic performance or work experience as established by the commission.
III. A person shall not have been adjudicated delinquent or convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any felonies or any second or subsequent alcohol or drug-related offenses under the laws of this or any other state, or under the laws of the United States, except that an otherwise eligible person who has been adjudicated delinquent or has been convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a second or subsequent alcohol or drug-related misdemeanor offense shall be eligible or continue to be eligible for a scholarship after the expiration of one academic year from the date of adjudication, conviction, or plea.
Source.
2021, 91:163, eff. July 1, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-H - College Tuition Savings Plan › Section 195-H:14 - Procedures.

195-H:14 Procedures. –
I. All scholarship funds shall be distributed to the eligible student by the eligible institution. The institution shall include the scholarship in the student's financial aid package and may seek subsequent reimbursement. The state shall provide the reimbursements twice per year to each eligible institution for the number of eligible students enrolled in the current semester or term who are receiving a scholarship. The institution shall submit the list of scholarship recipients to the commission or its designee no later than November 30 and April 30 of each academic year, and shall be reimbursed within 30 days of submission.
II. An eligible student may receive a scholarship in the amount of $1,000 per year provided he or she maintains at least a 2.0 grade point average. An eligible student who earned the New Hampshire scholar designation at the time of high school graduation may receive a scholarship in the amount of $2,000 per year provided he or she maintains at least a 2.5 grade point average. The eligible institution shall not reduce any merit or need-based grant aid that would have otherwise been provided to the eligible student. An eligible student may receive an annual scholarship for a maximum of 4 years.
III. In the event the state does not reimburse the eligible institution for scholarship amounts paid to an eligible student receiving an award, the eligible institution shall agree not to seek additional payments from the eligible student and to absorb the loss of funds without any consequence to the eligible student.
IV. The commission shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to awarding and disbursing scholarship funds to an eligible student enrolled in an eligible institution.
V. An eligible student, who initially attends a community college and transfers directly to an eligible institution, without a break in attendance, shall remain an eligible student for a maximum of 4 years of total eligibility.
VI. The commission may hire staff or enter into a contract for services or personnel necessary to administer the program.
Source.
2021, 91:163, eff. July 1, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-K - Achieving a Better Life Experience (Able) Savings Account Program › Section 195-K:1 - Definitions.

195-K:1 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014" means the federal Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2014 which allows individuals with disabilities to establish tax-free 529A savings accounts to save for medical, housing, transportation, employment training, education, and other quality of life expenses.
II. "Executive director" means the executive director of the governor's commission on disability established in RSA 275-C.
III. "Individuals with disabilities" means individuals who are eligible for the program because their disabilities occurred on or before the individual attained age 26, as required by 26 U.S.C. section 529A(e)(1)-(2) of the federal Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014.
IV. "Savings plan" means any plan administered as the New Hampshire ABLE savings account program.
Source.
2016, 9:1, eff. Mar. 16, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-K - Achieving a Better Life Experience (Able) Savings Account Program › Section 195-K:2 - Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Savings Account Program.

195-K:2 Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Savings Account Program. –
I. The state treasurer and the executive director shall establish and administer a qualified ABLE savings account program as authorized in the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014, and in accordance with the provisions of section 529A of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and may enter into such contracts as the state treasurer and the executive director deem necessary to achieve this purpose, subject to the approval of the governor and council.
II. The state treasurer and the executive director shall adopt rules relative to the administration, management, promotion, and marketing of the qualified ABLE program and ensure that the qualified ABLE program complies with section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any related federal law applicable to the qualified ABLE program.
III. Any personnel and administrative costs related to plan administration within the state treasurer's office and the governor's commission on disability shall be funded from the savings plan.
IV. No general fund moneys shall be expended in support of the savings plan or its implementation.
Source.
2016, 9:1, eff. Mar. 16, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-K - Achieving a Better Life Experience (Able) Savings Account Program › Section 195-K:3 - ABLE Savings Plan.

195-K:3 ABLE Savings Plan. –
I. (a) The state treasurer and the executive director shall, as needed, issue requests for proposals to evaluate and determine the vehicle for investments of the savings plan and its administration.
(b) The state treasurer and the executive director shall consider and, if appropriate, give preference to proposals best meeting the following criteria:
(1) Ability to administer financial programs with individual account maintenance and reporting.
(2) Ability to develop and administer an investment program of a nature similar to the objectives of the ABLE savings plan.
(c) The final selection of the vehicle for investments and its administration shall be made by the state treasurer and the executive director.
(d) The state treasurer and the executive director may consider and contract with an ABLE savings account program previously established in another state.
II. The savings plan may be on a "cash only" basis, and may include provisions for automatic deductions.
III. The savings plan or such trust may be divided into multiple investment portfolios. If so divided, and if distinct records are maintained for any such portfolio and the assets associated with any such portfolio are accounted for separately from the other assets of the trust, then the debts, liabilities, obligations, and expenses incurred, contracted for, or otherwise existing with respect to a particular portfolio may be enforceable against the assets of such portfolio only, and not against the assets of the trust generally.
Source.
2016, 9:1, eff. Mar. 16, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-K - Achieving a Better Life Experience (Able) Savings Account Program › Section 195-K:4 - Funds Exempt From Interest and Dividends Tax.

[RSA 195-K:4 repealed by 2021, 91:99, VI effective January 1, 2025.]
195-K:4 Funds Exempt From Interest and Dividends Tax. –
Income and distributions from any qualified ABLE program as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, shall be exempt from the interest and dividends tax pursuant to RSA 77:4-h, provided that distributions from the plan which are subject to federal income tax shall be subject to the interest and dividends tax pursuant to RSA 77 on the accrued income portion of the savings plan distribution.
Source.
2016, 9:1, eff. Mar. 16, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 195-K - Achieving a Better Life Experience (Able) Savings Account Program › Section 195-K:5 - Authority to Issue Request for Proposals.

195-K:5 Authority to Issue Request for Proposals. –
I. Within 6 months of the issuance of regulations by the Internal Revenue Service and the federal Department of Treasury governing implementation of any savings account programs authorized pursuant to the federal Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014 (ABLE), the state treasurer, in consultation with the executive director, shall issue a request for proposals from third-party vendors to implement a savings plan pursuant to this chapter and in accordance with provisions of section 529A of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The state treasurer and executive director shall implement a savings plan pursuant to this chapter within 6 months after a suitable third-party vendor has been selected.
II. In selecting a third-party vendor, the state treasurer and executive director of the governor's commission on disability shall consider, and, if appropriate, give preference to proposals best meeting the following criteria:
(a) Ability to administer financial programs with individual account maintenance and reporting.
(b) Ability to develop and administer an investment program of a nature similar to the objectives of the ABLE plan.
III. The final selection of the vehicle for investments and administration shall be made by the treasurer and the executive director.
IV. The state treasurer and the executive director may consider and contract with an ABLE savings account program previously established in another state.
Source.
2016, 9:1, eff. Mar. 16, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:1 - Annual.

197:1 Annual. –
A meeting of every school district shall be held annually between March 1 and March 25, inclusive, or in accordance with RSA 40:13 if that provision is adopted in the district, for raising and appropriating money for the support of schools for the fiscal year beginning the next July 1, for the transaction of other district business and, in those districts not electing their district officers at town meeting, for the choice of district officers.
Source.
RS 70:3. CS 74:1. GS 79:3. GL 87:3. PS 90:1. 1921, 85, V:1. PL 120:1. RL 139:1. RSA 197:1. 1961, 134:1. 1981, 250:3. 1997, 318:10, eff. Aug. 22, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:1-g - Posting Warrants.

197:1-g Posting Warrants. –
If the annual meeting of the school district for other business is to be held at some other time than at the town meeting the school board shall post the warrant for said annual meeting omitting the article relative to election of district officers. The school warrant for the election of district officers shall prescribe the time the polls are to open and also an hour before which the polls may not close. Said prescribed times shall be the same as those set for the opening and closing of polls for the town meeting.
Source.
1963, 195:1. 1979, 321:5, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:2 - Special.

197:2 Special. –
A special meeting of a school district shall be held whenever, in the opinion of the school board, there is occasion therefor, or whenever 50 or more voters, or
1/4 of the voters of the district, whichever is less, shall have made written application to the school board therefor, setting forth the subject matter upon which action is desired. No special school district meeting shall be held in conjunction with the biennial election, except when a special school district meeting has been approved by the court and a school district has adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting pursuant to RSA 40:14.
Source.
RS 70:4. CS 74:2. GS 79:3. GL 87:3. PS 90:2. 1921, 85, V:2. PL 120:2. RL 139:2. RSA 197:2. 1969, 104:9. 1991, 370:6. 2005, 83:1, eff. Aug. 6, 2005.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:4 - Meeting Places.

197:4 Meeting Places. –
School district meetings, including the first session of meetings in school districts which have adopted official ballot voting procedures under RSA 40:13 and 14, may be held at such suitable places, which have 2-way visual and audio closed circuit capacity, as in the opinion of the officers calling the meeting will best accommodate the voters.
Source.
1879, 57:37. PS 90:3. 1921, 85, V:4. PL 120:4. RL 139:4. 1997, 319:2, eff. Aug. 22, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:4-a - Meeting Outside District.

197:4-a Meeting Outside District. –
I. A school district may hold its district meeting outside the geographical boundaries of the district, if the district does not have a facility with a large enough seating capacity to accommodate the meeting.
II. Warrants and other items required to be posted shall be posted for review by qualified voters at the place of the meeting on the day of the meeting.
III. The school district officers shall arrange transportation, for those voters who need it, from the usual polling place in the district to the out-of-district facility and back to the usual polling place.
IV. The out-of-district meeting shall be held in an adjacent town or nearest appropriate facility.
Source.
1993, 120:2, eff. July 16, 1993.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:5 - Warning.

197:5 Warning. –
School district meetings shall be warned by the school board, or, in cases authorized by law, by a justice of superior court, by a warrant addressed to the voters of the district, stating the time and place of the meeting and the subject matter of the business to be acted upon. In all districts which have not adopted the provisions of this title providing for medical inspection in schools the warrant shall contain an article relating thereto.
Source.
RS 70:3. CS 74:1. GS 79:1, 3. GL 87:1, 4. PS 90:4. 1921, 85, V:5. PL 120:5. RL 139:5. RSA 197:5. 1969, 182:1. 2003, 289:20, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:5-a - Budget.

197:5-a Budget. –
The school board, if the school district is not controlled by the municipal budget act, shall prepare a budget for the annual or any special meeting upon a form prescribed and provided by the commissioner of revenue administration and shall post the same with and at the same time as the warrant for the meeting is posted.
Source.
1963, 120:7. 1973, 544:8, eff. Sept. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:5-b - Budgetary Official Ballot.

197:5-b Budgetary Official Ballot. –
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school district may vote to raise and appropriate money for the support of schools by official ballot as provided for in RSA 49-D:3, II-a by following the procedures set forth in RSA 49-B. The school district may also include within its charter a plan for voting by official ballot, pursuant to RSA 49-B and RSA 49-D, on such other warrant articles as the school district may determine. The membership of any charter commission established in a multi-town school district shall reflect each member town's proportionate membership on the school board. For purposes of this section, all references in RSA 49-B and RSA 49-D to "municipal," "municipality," "city," and "town" shall mean and include "school district," and all references to "elected body" and "governing body" shall mean and include "school board."
Source.
1995, 53:6. 1997, 319:9. 1998, 100:1, eff. July 19, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:6 - Warrant and Articles.

197:6 Warrant and Articles. –
Upon the written application of 25 or more voters or 2 percent of the voters of the school district, whichever is less, although in no event shall fewer than 10 registered voters be sufficient, presented to the school board or one of them not later than 30 days before the date prescribed for the school district meeting or the second Tuesday in March, whichever is earlier, the school board shall insert in the school district warrant for such meeting the petitioned article with only such minor textual changes as may be required. No article may be inserted after posting of said warrant. Corrections to petitioned warrant articles shall not in any way change the intended effect of the article as presented in the original petition. The right to have an article inserted in the warrant conferred by this section shall not be invalidated by the provisions of RSA 32.
Source.
PS 90:5. 1921, 85, V:6. PL 120:6. RL 139:6. 1949, 284:1. RSA 197:6. 1965, 36:1. 1971, 79:2. 1991, 242:1. 1993, 176:11. 2000, 199:1, eff. July 29, 2000. 2018, 325:2, eff. Aug. 24, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:6-a - Penalty.

197:6-a Penalty. –
A school board is guilty of a violation if it refuses to insert an article in the warrant, after being petitioned to do so in accordance with RSA 197:6.
Source.
1971, 79:3. 1977, 588:25, eff. Sept. 16, 1977.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:7 - Posting Warrant.

197:7 Posting Warrant. –
The school board or justice issuing a warrant shall cause an attested copy of it to be posted at the place of meeting, and a like copy at one other place in the district, 14 days before the day of meeting, not counting the day of posting nor the day of the meeting, but including any Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays within said period.
Source.
PS 90:6. 1921, 85, V:7. PL 120:7. RL 139:7. RSA 197:7. 1967, 90:2. 1975, 11:4, eff. April 25, 1975.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:8 - Special Meetings.

197:8 Special Meetings. –
The school board when calling a special meeting shall, within one week after posting the warrant therefor, cause a copy of said warrant to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in said district.
Source.
1945, 39:3, eff. March 6, 1945.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:9 - By a Justice of Superior Court.

197:9 By a Justice of Superior Court. –
If the school board unreasonably neglect or refuse to warn an annual meeting, or to call a special meeting after a sufficient application therefor is made to them, a justice of superior court, upon petition of 10 or more voters, or
1/6 of the voters of the district, may issue such warrant and cause it to be posted, and, if for a special meeting, to be published as required by law. The members of the school board shall be made parties defendant to such petition.
Source.
RS 70:5. CS 74:3. GS 79:4. GL 87:4. PS 90:7. 1921, 85, V:8. PL 120:8. RL 139:8. RSA 197:9. 1969, 182:2, eff. May 28, 1969.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:10 - Return; Record.

197:10 Return;  Record. –
The warrant, with a certificate thereon, verified by oath, stating the time and places when and where copies of it were posted, shall be given to the clerk of the district at or before the time of the meeting, and shall be recorded by the clerk in the records of the district.
Source.
1845, 222:4. CS 74:4. GS 79:5. GL 87:5. PS 90:8. 1921, 85, V:9. PL 120:9. RL 139:9. 1997, 319:3, eff. Aug. 22, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:19 - Moderator.

197:19 Moderator. –
The moderator shall have the like power and duty as a moderator of a town meeting to conduct the business and to preserve order, and in the conduct of a school district meeting, all the statutory duties, powers and authority granted to town moderators, and may administer oaths to district officers and in the district business.
Source.
1852, 1301. CS 74:8. GS 79:11. GL 87:11. PS 90:17. 1921, 85, V:18. PL 120:18. RL 139:18. RSA 197:19. 1971, 524:5. 1979, 321:6, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:19-a - Assistant Moderator.

197:19-a Assistant Moderator. –
The moderator may appoint an assistant moderator, who shall take the oath of office in the same manner as the moderator and shall hold office at the pleasure of the moderator, and shall have all the powers and duties which the moderator has subject to the control of the moderator.
Source.
1957, 84:2, eff. April 24, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:20 - Clerk.

197:20 Clerk. –
The clerk shall keep a true record of all the doings of each meeting; shall make an attested copy of any record of the district for any person upon request and tender of legal fees therefor; shall act as moderator of any meeting until a moderator pro tempore shall be chosen, if the moderator is absent or the office has become vacant; and shall have the same power to administer oaths which the moderator has. If the clerk is absent at any meeting a clerk pro tempore shall be chosen.
Source.
RS 70:8. CS 74:10. GS 79:12. 1868, 1:28. GL 87:12. PS 90:18. 1921, 85, V:19. PL 120:19. RL 139:19. 1951, 37:2. RSA 197:20. 1963, 120:5, eff. Jan. 1, 1964.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:22 - Treasurer's Bond.

197:22 Treasurer's Bond. –
The treasurer shall, before entering upon the duties of such office, give a bond to the district with sufficient sureties, to the acceptance of the school board, for the faithful performance of the treasurer's official duties.
Source.
1887, 105:8. PS 90:20. 1921, 85, V:21. PL 120:21. RL 139:21. 1997, 319:4, eff. Aug. 22, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:24 - Acting Treasurer.

197:24 Acting Treasurer. –
If any person holding the office of treasurer shall, by reason of illness, accident, absence from the state, or other cause, become temporarily incapacitated and unable to perform the duties of such office, the school board may, unless the district has a deputy treasurer appointed in accordance with RSA 197:24-a who is not similarly unavailable to perform the requisite duties, declare a temporary vacancy and appoint an acting district treasurer to perform the duties of the office for a limited period of time and fix the appointee's compensation and the amount of bond. The appointee shall be subject to the requirements and liabilities of such office during the appointee's term.
Source.
1939, 160:2. RL 130:23. RSA 197:24. 1979, 136:1. 1997, 319:6, eff. Aug. 22, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:24-a - Deputy Treasurer.

197:24-a Deputy Treasurer. –
The school district treasurer may appoint a deputy treasurer, subject to approval by the school board, who shall be qualified in the same manner as the treasurer and who shall perform the duties of the treasurer in the case of the treasurer's absence by sickness, resignation, or otherwise. The deputy shall be sworn, shall have the powers of the treasurer, may be removed at the pleasure of the treasurer and shall, before entering upon the duties of such office, give bond as provided in RSA 197:22.
Source.
1979, 136:2. 1997, 319:7, eff. Aug. 22, 1997. 2010, 23:1, eff. July 6, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:25 - Auditors.

197:25 Auditors. –
If a district has not hired an auditor under RSA 21-J:19, the locally elected auditors shall carefully examine the accounts of the treasurer and school board at the close of each fiscal year by following the procedures in RSA 41:31-a through 41:31-d.
Source.
PS 90:22. 1921, 85, V:23. PL 120:23. RL 139:24. 2010, 262:4, eff. Sept. 4, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 197 - School Meetings and Officers › Section 197:26 - Vacancies.

197:26 Vacancies. –
The school board shall fill vacancies occurring on the board, and in other district offices, except that of moderator, until the next annual meeting of the district. In case of vacancy of the entire membership of the board, or the remaining members are unable to agree upon an appointment, the selectmen, upon application of one or more voters in the district, shall fill the vacancies so existing until the next annual meeting of the district.
Source.
RS 70:9. CS 74:11. GS 79:13. GL 87:13. PS 90:23. 1921, 85, V:24. PL 120:24. RL 139:25.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 198 - School Money › Section 198:1 - to 198:3 Repealed by 1999, 17:58, VII, eff. April 29, 1999.

198:1 to 198:3 Repealed by 1999, 17:58, VII, eff. April 29, 1999. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 198 - School Money › Section 198:4 - Estimates.

198:4 Estimates. –
The school board of each district in its annual report shall state in detail the additional sums of money, if any, which will be required during the ensuing fiscal year for the support of the public schools, for the purchase of textbooks, scholars' supplies, flags and appurtenances, for the payment of the tuition of the pupils in the district in high schools, academies, and any private school approved as a school tuition program by the school board in accordance with law, and for the payment of all other statutory obligations of the district.
Source.
RS 72:2. CS 76:2. GS 77:2. GL 85:2. PS 88:2. 1909, 52:1. 1915, 68:1. 1919, 106:21. 1921, 85, VI:4. PL 121:4. RL 140:4. 2017, 182:6, eff. Aug. 28, 2017. 2021, 106:4, eff. Aug. 5, 2021.