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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-C - Statewide Education Improvement and Assessment Program › Section 193-C:6 - Assessment Required.

193-C:6 Assessment Required. –
A statewide assessment shall be administered in all school districts in the state once in an elementary school grade, once in a middle school grade, and one grade in high school. For those years in grades 3 through 8 in which the school district does not administer the statewide assessment, the school district, in consultation with the department and as part of the statewide education improvement and assessment program, shall develop and administer its own assessment or shall administer a standardized assessment that identifies a pupil's range of learning and yields objective data to use in improving instruction and learning. All public school students in the designated grades shall participate in the assessment, unless such student is exempted from taking the test by his or her parent or legal guardian, or provided that the commissioner of the department of education may, through an agreement with another state when such state and New Hampshire are parties to an interstate agreement, allow pupils to participate in that state's assessment program as an alternative to the assessment required under this chapter. Home educated students may contact their local school districts if they wish to participate in the statewide assessment. Private schools may contact the department of education to participate in the statewide assessment. The department may use the College Board SAT or ACT college readiness assessment to satisfy the high school assessment requirements of this chapter. The statewide assessment results of a student or the student's school district shall not be included as part of the student's transcript unless the student, if 18 years of age or older, or the student's parent or legal guardian if the student is under 18 years of age, consents. A school district shall not penalize any exempted student nor shall the department of education or the state board of education penalize any school district for a lower participation rate. A school district shall develop a form to be signed by the parent or legal guardian of any student exempted from the assessment. The school district shall provide an appropriate alternative educational activity for the time period during which the assessment is administered. The alternative activity shall be agreed upon by the school district and the parent or legal guardian of the student. The name of the parent or legal guardian and any specific reasons disclosed to school officials for the objection to the assessment shall not be public information and shall be excluded from access under RSA 91-A.
Source.
1993, 290:2. 1999, 224:2. 2007, 3:2. 2015, 226:1. 2017, 16:1, eff. June 16, 2017; 88:1, eff. Aug. 4, 2017; 142:2, eff. Aug. 15, 2017. 2018, 91:1, eff. July 24, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-C - Statewide Education Improvement and Assessment Program › Section 193-C:7, 193-C:8 - Repealed by 2020, 37:4, XV, eff. July 29, 2020.

193-C:7, 193-C:8 Repealed by 2020, 37:4, XV, eff. July 29, 2020. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-C - Statewide Education Improvement and Assessment Program › Section 193-C:9 - Repealed by 2013, 263:7, II, eff. Sept. 22, 2013.

193-C:9 Repealed by 2013, 263:7, II, eff. Sept. 22, 2013. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-C - Statewide Education Improvement and Assessment Program › Section 193-C:10 - Accessibility of Assessment Materials.

193-C:10 Accessibility of Assessment Materials. –
After the assessment results are released by the department, a pupil's parent or legal guardian shall have the right to inspect and review the pupil's assessment, including the questions asked, the pupil's answers, instructions or directions to the pupil, and other supplementary materials related or used to administer the pupil's assessment. A parent or legal guardian shall direct a request for inspection or review to the pupil's school, and the school shall comply with such request within 45 days of its receipt. The department of education shall make available released assessment items on the department's website as soon as possible after the statewide assessment results are released. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, to implement procedures for the review and inspection of assessment materials. These rules shall provide parents and legal guardians with no fewer rights accorded to them under the Family Educational and Privacy Rights Act, 20 U.S.C. 1232g.
Source.
1998, 290:1. 2014, 219:1, eff. Sept. 12, 2014.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-C - Statewide Education Improvement and Assessment Program › Section 193-C:11 - Anonymity of Pupil Assessment Results; Parental Authorization Required.

193-C:11 Anonymity of Pupil Assessment Results;  Parental Authorization Required. –
Individual pupil names or codes contained in the statewide assessment results, scores, or other evaluative materials shall be deleted for the purposes of records maintenance and storage of such results or scores at the department of education, unless a parent or legal guardian provides written authorization otherwise, or as required under federal law. Individual pupil results shall be made available to a parent, a legal guardian, or the pupil's school in accordance with the Family Educational and Privacy Rights Act, 20 U.S.C. 1232g.
Source.
1998, 290:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-C - Statewide Education Improvement and Assessment Program › Section 193-C:12 - Pupil Assessment Information.

193-C:12 Pupil Assessment Information. –
I. The department shall provide the testing entity as defined in RSA 189:65, VIII, with individual pupil names and unique pupil identifiers. The testing entity shall maintain the results, scores, or other evaluative materials for the purpose of measuring and reporting individual student growth.
II. The department may provide, or may request the testing entity to provide, the assessment results and comparative data to a parent, a legal guardian, or the pupil's school as provided in RSA 193-C:11. The department may collect, and the districts shall provide, student address information from the individual school districts solely for the purpose of effectuating the distribution of assessment results and comparative data as provided in this section.
III. The report shall be provided to parents in an informative and instructional manner to help children meet challenging state academic standards and advance student learning.
IV. The testing entity shall destroy all student data after 8 years.
Source.
2019, 323:1, eff. Oct. 12, 2019. 2021, 20:1, eff. July 5, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-D - Safe School Zones › Section 193-D:1 - Definitions.

193-D:1 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Act of theft, destruction, or violence" means an act set forth in the following statutes regardless of the age of the perpetrator:
(a) Any of the offenses enumerated in RSA 189:13-a, V.
(b)(1) Any first or second degree assault under RSA 631.
(2) Any simple assault under RSA 631:2-a.
(c) Criminal mischief under RSA 634:2.
(d) Unlawful possession or sale of a firearm or other dangerous weapon under RSA 159.
(e) Arson under RSA 634:1.
(f) Burglary under RSA 635.
(g) Robbery under RSA 636.
(h) Theft under RSA 637.
(i) Illegal sale or possession of a controlled drug under RSA 318-B.
(j) Criminal threatening under RSA 631:4.
II. "Safe school zone" means an area inclusive of any school property or school buses.
III. "School" means any public or private elementary, secondary, or secondary vocational-technical school in New Hampshire. It shall not include home schools under RSA 193-A.
IV. "School employee" means any school administrator, teacher, or other employee of any public or private school, school district, school department, or school administrative unit, or any person providing or performing continuing contract services for any public or private school, school district, school department, or school administrative unit.
V. "School property" means all real property, physical plant and equipment used for school purposes, including but not limited to school playgrounds and buses, whether public or private.
VI. "School purposes" means school-sponsored programs, including but not limited to educational or extra-curricular activities.
Source.
1994, 355:3. 1995, 231:2. 2007, 139:1, eff. Aug. 17, 2007. 2018, 254:1, eff. Aug. 11, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-D - Safe School Zones › Section 193-D:2 - State Board Rulemaking Authority; Public School District Policies.

193-D:2 State Board Rulemaking Authority;  Public School District Policies. –
I. The state board of education shall adopt rules relative to safe school zones, under RSA 541-A, for public school pupils and public school employees regarding:
(a) Disciplinary proceedings, including procedures assuring due process.
(b)(1) Standards and procedures for suspension and expulsion of pupils, including procedures assuring due process.
(2) Standards and procedures which shall require expulsion of a pupil for knowingly possessing a firearm in a safe school zone without written authorization from the superintendent or designee.
(c) Procedures pertaining to discipline of pupils with special needs, including procedures assuring due process.
(d) Procedures for reporting acts of theft, destruction, or violence under RSA 193-D:4.
(e) Reporting acts of violence against school employees, volunteers, and visitors.
(f) A complaint procedure for those asserting that a provision of this chapter has been violated, and possible sanctions and penalties for such violation.
II. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit local school boards from adopting and implementing policies relative to pupil conduct and disciplinary procedures.
Source.
1994, 355:3, eff. June 8, 1994. 2020, 38:13, eff. Sept. 27, 2020.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-D - Safe School Zones › Section 193-D:3 - Criminal Penalties.

193-D:3 Criminal Penalties. –
Any person convicted of an act of theft, destruction, or violence as defined in RSA 193-D:1 committed in a safe school zone at any time of year may be subject to an extended term of imprisonment as provided in RSA 651:6.
Source.
1994, 355:3, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-D - Safe School Zones › Section 193-D:4 - Written Report Required.

193-D:4 Written Report Required. –
I. (a) Any public or private school employee who has witnessed or who has information from the victim of an act of theft, destruction, or violence in a safe school zone shall report such act in writing immediately to a supervisor. A supervisor receiving such report shall immediately forward such information to the school principal who shall file it with the local law enforcement authority. Such report shall be made by the principal to the local law enforcement authority immediately, by telephone or otherwise, and shall be followed within 48 hours by a report in writing. If the alleged victim is a student, the principal shall also immediately notify the person responsible for the victim's welfare, as defined in RSA 169-C:3, XXII, that a report was made to the local law enforcement authority.
(b) The provisions of subparagraph (a) shall not apply to any simple assault involving pupils in kindergarten through grade 12 if the local school board has adopted a discipline policy which sets forth circumstances under which parents shall be notified of simple assaults.
(c) Each school district, in conjunction with the local law enforcement authority, shall establish a memorandum of understanding for administering the provisions of RSA 193-D:4, I(a)-(c).
(d) All assaults committed against school employees, volunteers, and visitors, shall be reported to the department of education for data collection and examination.
(e) All public schools shall provide an annual incident report to their local school boards. The report shall include all incidents of violence involving students, employees, volunteers, or visitors.
(f) When an act of violence is observed by a group of people, one member of the group may report the act and identify the additional observers, provided a second observer also signs the report.
II. The report required under paragraph I shall include:
(a) The name and home address, if known, of any person suspected of committing an act of theft, destruction, or violence in a safe school zone.
(b) The name and home address, if known, of any witness to the act of theft, destruction, or violence in a safe school zone.
(c) Identification of the act of theft, destruction, or violence as defined in RSA 193-D:1 that was allegedly committed.
Source.
1994, 355:3. 1995, 231:3. 2000, 194:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001. 2020, 38:14, eff. Sept. 27, 2020.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-D - Safe School Zones › Section 193-D:5 - Waiver of Written Report Requirement.

193-D:5 Waiver of Written Report Requirement. –
The written report required under RSA 193-D:4 shall be waived by law enforcement officials when there is a law enforcement response at the time of the incident which results in a written police report.
Source.
1994, 355:3, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-D - Safe School Zones › Section 193-D:6 - Penalties for Failure to Report.

193-D:6 Penalties for Failure to Report. –
Any person who knowingly fails to comply with the reporting requirements under RSA 193-D:4 for acts of theft, destruction, or violence, unless such report is waived under RSA 193-D:5, shall be guilty of a violation.
Source.
1994, 355:3, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-D - Safe School Zones › Section 193-D:7 - Confidentiality.

193-D:7 Confidentiality. –
I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be permissible for any law enforcement officer and any school administrator to exchange information relating only to acts of theft, destruction, or violence in a safe school zone regarding the identity of any juvenile, police records relating to a juvenile, or other relevant information when such information reasonably relates to delinquency or criminal conduct, suspected delinquency or suspected criminal conduct, or any conduct which would classify a pupil as a child in need of services under RSA 169-D or a child in need of protection under RSA 169-C.
II. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, law enforcement may disclose law enforcement records or information contained within such records related to any report of a "serious threat to school safety" pursuant to RSA 169-B:2, XIV to the reporting school officials for use in disciplinary proceedings conducted in accordance with RSA 193:13, I(b) and II. Law enforcement may also, upon issuance of a court order pursuant to RSA 169-B:35, II, disclose court records to such school officials. All records shall be maintained in accordance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. section 1232g, and applicable state law.
Source.
1994, 355:3, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. 2023, 68:1, eff. Aug. 6, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-D - Safe School Zones › Section 193-D:8 - Transfer Records; Notice.

193-D:8 Transfer Records;  Notice. –
All elementary and secondary educational institutions, including academies, private schools, and public schools, shall upon request of the parent, pupil, or former pupil, furnish a complete school record for the pupil transferring into a new school system. Such record shall include, but not be limited to, records relating to any incidents involving suspension or expulsion, or delinquent or criminal acts, or any incident reports in which the pupil was charged with any act of theft, destruction, or violence in a safe school zone.
Source.
1994, 355:3, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-D - Safe School Zones › Section 193-D:9 - Liability for Reporting.

193-D:9 Liability for Reporting. –
Any public or private school employee or employee of a company under contract to a school or school district who in good faith has made a report under RSA 193-D shall not be subject to liability for making the report.
Source.
2010, 155:5, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-E - Adequate Public Education › Section 193-E:1 - Policy and Purpose.

193-E:1 Policy and Purpose. –
I. It is the policy of the state of New Hampshire that public elementary and secondary education shall provide all students with the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare them for successful participation in the social, economic, scientific, technological, and political systems of a free government, now and in the years to come; an education that is consistent with the minimum standards for public school approval, the state-established academic standards, and school district or school curriculum.
II. Respecting New Hampshire's long tradition of community involvement, it is the purpose of this chapter to ensure that appropriate means are established to provide an adequate education through an integrated system of shared responsibility between state and local government. In this system, the state establishes minimum standards for public school approval and academic standards for inclusion and delivery of educational services at the local level. School districts then have responsibility and flexibility in implementing diverse educational approaches to instruction and curriculum tailored to meet student needs.
Source.
1998, 389:1. 2005, 257:15. 2007, 270:3. 2016, 84:6, eff. July 18, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-E - Adequate Public Education › Section 193-E:2 - Criteria for an Adequate Education.

193-E:2 Criteria for an Adequate Education. –
An adequate education shall provide all students with the opportunity to acquire:
I. Skill in reading, writing, and speaking English to enable them to communicate effectively and think creatively and critically.
II. Skill in mathematics and familiarity with methods of science to enable them to analyze information, solve problems, and make rational decisions.
III. Knowledge of the biological, physical, and earth sciences, including environmental sciences that investigate the complex interaction of physical, chemical, and biological processes that take place on the earth, to enable them to understand and appreciate the world and the engineering, socio-economic, and geopolitical challenges around them.
IV. Knowledge of civics and government, economics, geography, history, and Holocaust and genocide education to enable them to participate in the democratic process and to make informed choices as responsible citizens.
V. Grounding in the arts, languages, and literature to enable them to appreciate our cultural heritage and develop lifelong interests and involvement in these areas.
VI. Sound wellness and environmental practices, including outdoor recreation, to enable them to enhance their own well-being, as well as that of others.
VII. Skills for lifelong learning, including interpersonal, environmental education, and technological skills, to enable them to learn, work, communicate, and participate effectively in a changing society and environment.
Source.
1998, 389:1. 2005, 257:15. 2007, 270:3, eff. June 29, 2007. 2020, 29:12, eff. Sept. 21, 2020. 2021, 210:2, Pt. V, Secs. 1 and 2, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-E - Adequate Public Education › Section 193-E:2-b - Cost of an Adequate Education.

193-E:2-b Cost of an Adequate Education. –
I. The general court shall use the definition of the opportunity for an adequate education in RSA 193-E:2-a to determine the resources necessary to provide essential programs, considering educational needs. The general court shall make an initial determination of the necessary specific resource elements to be included in the opportunity for an adequate education.
II. The general court shall create a process for the periodic determination of the specific resource elements essential to providing the substantive educational content of an adequate education. This review should occur no less frequently than every 10 years.
III. [Repealed.]
Source.
2007, 270:2. 2012, 264:1, VII, eff. Aug. 17, 2012.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-E - Adequate Public Education › Section 193-E:2-c - Resource Elements.

193-E:2-c Resource Elements. –
The general court recognizes that schools with greater educational challenges will benefit from varying resources. Schools with varying educational challenges often exist within a single school district. The general court is committed to addressing the varying educational challenges that exist among the schools of the state.
Source.
2007, 270:2, eff. June 29, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-E - Adequate Public Education › Section 193-E:3-a - Definitions.

193-E:3-a Definitions. –
In this section:
I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of education.
II. "Department" means the department of education.
II-a. "Genocide" means any of the following acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; or forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
II-b. "Holocaust" means the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately 6,000,000 Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.
II-c. "Holocaust and genocide education" means studies on the Holocaust, genocide, and other acts of mass violence.
III. "Input-based school accountability system" means the certified narrative explanation describing how a school has demonstrated compliance with the school approval standards included in the opportunity for an adequate education required under RSA 193-E:3-b.
IV. "Performance-based school accountability system" means the scoring system required under RSA 193-E:3-b and implemented by the department in rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.
V. "State board" means the state board of education.
Source.
2009, 198:1, eff. July 14, 2009. 2020, 29:13, eff. Sept. 21, 2020.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-E - Adequate Public Education › Section 193-E:3-c - Performance-Based Accountability System.

193-E:3-c Performance-Based Accountability System. –
I. At least every 4 years the commissioner shall review the performance-based accountability system and make recommendations for future legislation to the legislative oversight committee established in RSA 193-C:8-a.
II. The department shall have the following duties:
(a) Implement the performance-based accountability system to be used by schools that will ensure that the opportunity for an adequate education is maintained.
(b) Identify performance criteria and measurements.
(c) Establish performance goals and the relative weights assigned to those goals.
(d) Establish the basis, taking into account the totality of the performance measurements, for determining whether the opportunity for an adequate education exists, which may include the assignment of a value for performance on each measurement.
(e) Ensure the integrity, accuracy, and validity of the performance methodology as a means of establishing that a school provided the opportunity for an adequate education as defined in RSA 193-E:2-a.
III. The performance-based accountability system shall be based on data and indicators aligned to the New Hampshire consolidated state plan, as required by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 20 U.S.C. section 6301 et seq. as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act.
IV. The commissioner shall submit a report of its findings with recommendations for future legislation for the performance-based accountability system to the legislative oversight committee established in RSA 193-C:8-a. After the report is approved by the legislative oversight committee, the commissioner shall submit the report to the chairpersons of the house and senate education committees, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the governor, the house clerk, and the senate clerk.
V. The department shall annually prepare a detailed report documenting the results of each school on the performance-based school accountability system to be developed pursuant to this section, and identifying all schools that can demonstrate the opportunity for an adequate education through the performance-based methodology. The report shall be submitted no later than January 15 annually to the same individuals receiving the final report under paragraph IV.
Source.
2009, 198:1. 2016, 84:8, 9, eff. July 18, 2016. 2018, 352:2, eff. Aug. 31, 2018. 2020, 37:18, eff. July 29, 2020. 2022, 109:2, eff. July 26, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-E - Adequate Public Education › Section 193-E:3-d - Performance-Based School Accountability System; Verification Process.

193-E:3-d Performance-Based School Accountability System;  Verification Process. –
Prior to the submission of the final report pursuant to RSA 193-E:3-c, IV, the department shall undertake a process to verify and test the integrity, accuracy, and validity of the performance-based accountability system utilizing the best available data from one school from each of the counties in the state. The commissioner shall ensure, to the greatest extent possible, that the verification process utilizes the best available data from a balance of elementary and secondary schools representing diverse socioeconomic conditions throughout the state. The commissioner shall work with school officials and faculty from the selected schools to implement the performance-based school accountability program and to develop a data collection system which will allow schools to easily report results to the department for analysis and reporting. The commissioner shall review and make recommendations regarding the performance-based accountability system to ensure that the system adequately measures the goals and indicators associated with student academic achievement and growth.
Source.
2009, 198:1, eff. July 14, 2009. 2018, 352:3, eff. Aug. 31, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-E - Adequate Public Education › Section 193-E:3-f - Approval of Courses and Programs.

193-E:3-f Approval of Courses and Programs. –
The principal or other administrator of a high school shall grant credit toward high school graduation for similar courses and programs that have been satisfactorily completed at other approved schools or shall provide reasonable justification for denial. For purposes of this section, approved schools include all New Hampshire public schools, including chartered public schools, public academies, approved public or private tuition program schools, and all schools in Vermont and Maine that are members of an interstate school district with schools in New Hampshire.
Source.
2021, 82:1, eff. Aug. 17, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-E - Adequate Public Education › Section 193-E:4 - Definitions.

193-E:4 Definitions. –
In this subdivision:
I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of education.
II. "Data warehouse" means the electronic system operated by the department of education that maintains the information about pupils as set forth in RSA 193-E:3, I, VI, and VII. The data warehouse shall not contain the name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, social security number, or any other personally identifiable information about any pupil.
III. "District" means a New Hampshire public school district or a district outside of New Hampshire educating publicly funded New Hampshire pupils.
IV. "District of origin" means the district in which the pupil resides at the point at which the pupil first enters the New Hampshire educational system, whether in an early childhood program, district, or postsecondary education level.
V. "Early childhood program" means a preschool or childcare program receiving Head Start or child care scholarship funds, whether licensed or exempt from licensing, or a preschool program operated by a district. Early childhood programs not operated by a district shall report data only for pupils for which Head Start or child care scholarship funds are received.
VI. "Postsecondary institution" means the university system of New Hampshire or the community college system of New Hampshire.
VII. "Random number generator" means the electronic system that creates unique pupil identification numbers and assigns a unique pupil identification number to a pupil when an early childhood program, a district, or a postsecondary institution enters a pupil's name, date of birth, town of birth, and gender. The system shall maintain that information and the name of the district of origin, and no other information. This system shall not retain the unique pupil identification number.
VIII. "Unique pupil identifier" means a randomly generated number assigned to an early childhood program pupil, a district pupil, or postsecondary institution pupil in order to gather pupil level data.
IX. "Unique pupil identification system" means an electronic system comprised of the data warehouse and the random number generator.
Source.
2004, 147:3. 2010, 356:2, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-F - Pupil Safety and Violence Prevention › Section 193-F:1 - Title.

193-F:1 Title. –
This chapter shall be known, and may be cited as the "Pupil Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000."
Source.
2000, 190:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-F - Pupil Safety and Violence Prevention › Section 193-F:2 - Purpose and Intent.

193-F:2 Purpose and Intent. –
I. All pupils have the right to attend public schools, including chartered public schools, that are safe, secure, and peaceful environments. One of the legislature's highest priorities is to protect our children from physical, emotional, and psychological violence by addressing the harm caused by bullying and cyberbullying in our public schools.
II. Bullying in schools has historically included actions shown to be motivated by a pupil's actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry or ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability, gender, gender identity and expression, obesity, or other distinguishing personal characteristics, or based on association with any person identified in any of the above categories.
III. It is the intent of the legislature to protect our children from physical, emotional, and psychological violence by addressing bullying and cyberbullying of any kind in our public schools, for all of the historical reasons set forth in this section, and to prevent the creation of a hostile educational environment.
IV. The sole purpose of this chapter is to protect all children from bullying and cyberbullying, and no other legislative purpose is intended, nor should any other intent be construed from the enactment of this chapter.
Source.
2000, 190:1. 2010, 155:1, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-F - Pupil Safety and Violence Prevention › Section 193-F:3 - Definitions.

193-F:3 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. (a) "Bullying" means a single significant incident or a pattern of incidents involving a written, verbal, or electronic communication, or a physical act or gesture, or any combination thereof, directed at another pupil which:
(1) Physically harms a pupil or damages the pupil's property;
(2) Causes emotional distress to a pupil;
(3) Interferes with a pupil's educational opportunities;
(4) Creates a hostile educational environment; or
(5) Substantially disrupts the orderly operation of the school.
(b) "Bullying" shall include actions motivated by an imbalance of power based on a pupil's actual or perceived personal characteristics, behaviors, or beliefs, or motivated by the pupil's association with another person and based on the other person's characteristics, behaviors, or beliefs.
II. "Cyberbullying" means conduct defined in paragraph I of this section undertaken through the use of electronic devices.
III. "Electronic devices" include, but are not limited to, telephones, cellular phones, computers, pagers, electronic mail, instant messaging, text messaging, and websites.
IV. "Perpetrator" means a pupil who engages in bullying or cyberbullying.
V. "School property" means all real property and all physical plant and equipment used for school purposes, including public or private school buses or vans.
VI. "Victim" means a pupil against whom bullying or cyberbullying has been perpetrated.
Source.
2000, 190:1. 2004, 205:1. 2010, 155:2, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-F - Pupil Safety and Violence Prevention › Section 193-F:5 - Training and Assessment.

193-F:5 Training and Assessment. –
I. Each school district and chartered public school shall provide:
(a) Training on policies adopted pursuant to this chapter, within 9 months of the effective date of this section and annually thereafter, for school employees, regular school volunteers, or employees of a company under contract to a school, school district, or chartered public school who have significant contact with pupils for the purpose of preventing, identifying, responding to, and reporting incidents of bullying or cyberbullying; and
(b) Educational programs for pupils and parents in preventing, identifying, responding to, and reporting incidents of bullying or cyberbullying. Any such program for pupils shall be written and presented in age appropriate language.
II. The department of education shall provide evidence-based educational programs to support training as required under paragraph I.
III. Nothing in this chapter shall require the inclusion of any specific curriculum, textbook, or other material designed to prevent bullying or cyberbullying in any program or activity conducted by an educational institution. The omission of such subject matter from any curriculum, textbook, or other material in any program or activity conducted by an educational institution shall not constitute a violation of this chapter.
Source.
2002, 149:2. 2010, 155:2, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-F - Pupil Safety and Violence Prevention › Section 193-F:6 - Reporting.

193-F:6 Reporting. –
I. Each school district and chartered public school shall annually report substantiated incidents of bullying or cyberbullying to the department of education. Pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. 1232g, such reports shall not contain any personally identifiable information pertaining to any pupil. The department shall develop a form to facilitate the reporting by school districts and chartered public schools. The department shall maintain records of such reports.
II. The department of education shall prepare an annual report of substantiated incidents of bullying or cyberbullying in the schools. The report shall include the number and types of such incidents in the schools and shall be submitted to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairpersons of the house and senate education committees. The department of education shall assist school districts with recommendations for appropriate actions to address identified problems with pupil safety and violence prevention.
Source.
2010, 155:3, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-F - Pupil Safety and Violence Prevention › Section 193-F:7 - Immunity.

193-F:7 Immunity. –
A school administrative unit employee, school employee, chartered public school employee, regular school volunteer, pupil, parent, legal guardian, or employee of a company under contract to a school, school district, school administrative unit, or chartered public school, shall be immune from civil liability for good faith conduct arising from or pertaining to the reporting, investigation, findings, recommended response, or implementation of a recommended response under this chapter. The department of education shall be immune from civil liability for its good faith conduct in making recommendations under this chapter.
Source.
2010, 155:3, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-F - Pupil Safety and Violence Prevention › Section 193-F:8 - School District Discrimination or Harassment Policies.

193-F:8 School District Discrimination or Harassment Policies. –
A school district or chartered public school may establish separate discrimination or harassment policies that include categories of pupils, and nothing in this chapter shall prevent a school district or chartered public school from remediating any discrimination or harassment based on a person's membership in a legally protected category under local, state, or federal law.
Source.
2010, 155:3, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-F - Pupil Safety and Violence Prevention › Section 193-F:9 - Private Right of Action Permitted.

193-F:9 Private Right of Action Permitted. –
Any person aggrieved as a result of gross negligence or willful misconduct in violation of any provision of RSA 193-F:4 may initiate an action against a school district or chartered public school and may recover court costs and reasonable attorney's fees as the prevailing party. For the purposes of this chapter, "gross negligence" means deliberate indifference. Nothing in this section shall supercede or replace existing rights or remedies under any other law.
Source.
2010, 155:3, eff. July 1, 2010. 2021, 164:1, eff. July 30, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-F - Pupil Safety and Violence Prevention › Section 193-F:10 - Public Academies.

193-F:10 Public Academies. –
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to public academies as defined in RSA 194:23.
Source.
2010, 155:3, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-G - Persistently Dangerous Schools › Section 193-G:1 - Persistently Dangerous Schools.

193-G:1 Persistently Dangerous Schools. –
I. A persistently dangerous school is a school in which 3 of the following acts have occurred as separate incidents during the period of one school year for 3 consecutive years:
(a) Homicide under RSA 630.
(b) First or second degree assault under RSA 631:1 and RSA 631:2.
(c) Aggravated felonious sexual assault under RSA 632-A:2.
(d) Arson under RSA 634:1.
(e) Robbery as a class A felony under RSA 636:1, III; or
(f) Unlawful possession or sale of a firearm or other dangerous weapon under RSA 159.
II. Any act set forth in paragraph I must occur within the school or on school grounds, during regular school hours or during a school-sponsored event, or during transportation of pupils to or from school, if such transportation is provided by the school district.
III. No later than July 1 of each year, the commissioner of the department of education shall report any persistently dangerous schools to the state board of education and to the school board of such schools.
Source.
2003, 186:1, eff. Aug. 25, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-G - Persistently Dangerous Schools › Section 193-G:2 - Citizen's Advisory Committee.

193-G:2 Citizen's Advisory Committee. –
If a school is classified as a persistently dangerous school, the local school board shall establish a citizen's advisory committee to examine the conditions which led to the designation and offer input to the school board and administrators on steps which might be taken to remedy the designation and prevent further incidents. The committee shall be appointed by the local school board chairman with the advice of the local school board members. It shall include but not be limited to the principal of the designated school, the superintendent of the designated school, one member of the school board, one teacher employed at the designated school, one law enforcement official from the police department having jurisdiction in the district in which the designated school is located, and representatives of parents whose children are assigned to the designated school. The committee shall serve until the designation of a persistently dangerous school is removed.
Source.
2003, 186:1, eff. Aug. 25, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-G - Persistently Dangerous Schools › Section 193-G:3 - Removal of Designation.

193-G:3 Removal of Designation. –
Any school which is designated a persistently dangerous school, which for 2 consecutive years has operated as a safe school, shall be decertified as a persistently dangerous school. For the purposes of this section, a safe school is a school which has not had the number or frequency of qualifying events set forth in this section.
Source.
2003, 186:1, eff. Aug. 25, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-G - Persistently Dangerous Schools › Section 193-G:4 - School Choice.

193-G:4 School Choice. –
I. Any school which is designated a persistently dangerous school shall, within 5 days of being notified of such designation, notify the parents or guardian of the pupil attending such school of the option to transfer the pupil from the school to a school within the same school district, consistent with local school board policy.
II. If a pupil is the victim of any offense set forth in RSA 193-G:1, I, the school district shall, within 5 days of being notified of the incident, notify the parents or guardian of the pupil of the option to transfer the pupil to another school within the same school district, consistent with local school board policy.
Source.
2003, 186:1, eff. Aug. 25, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-H - School Performance and Accountability › Section 193-H:1-a - Purpose.

193-H:1-a Purpose. –
I. The purpose of this chapter is to create an accountability model that will best support schools and educators as they work to enable all students to progress toward college and career readiness with clearly defined learning outcomes.
II. New Hampshire's student assessment system should promote and measure knowledge and skills that lead students to graduate from high schools ready for college and career.
III. Students best learn at their own pace as they master content and skills, allowing them to advance when they demonstrate the desired level of mastery rather than progressing based on a predetermined amount of seat time in a classroom will assure that students will reach college and career readiness.
IV. New Hampshire's system of educator support should promote the capacity of educators to deeply engage students in learning rigorous and meaningful knowledge, skills, and work-study practices for success in college, career, and citizenship.
V. Competency-based strategies provide flexibility in the way that credit can be earned and awarded and provide students with personalized learning, including those that are offered through on-line, blended, and community based opportunities.
Source.
2013, 263:1, eff. Sept. 22, 2013.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-H - School Performance and Accountability › Section 193-H:2 - Statewide Performance Targets.

193-H:2 Statewide Performance Targets. –
I. On or before the 2018-2019 school year, schools shall ensure that all pupils are performing at the proficient level or above on the statewide assessment as established in RSA 193-C.
II. In addition to the requirement of paragraph I, schools shall meet performance based indicators under this chapter, and statewide performance targets as approved by the legislative oversight committee established in RSA 193-C and thereafter, as established in rules adopted by the state board of education pursuant to RSA 541-A.
III. Notwithstanding RSA 541-A, the state board of education shall receive approval from the legislative oversight committee established in RSA 193-C prior to the submission of any rules to the joint legislative committee on administrative rules relative to statewide performance targets and performance based indicators required under this section.
Source.
2003, 314:6. 2013, 263:3, eff. Sept. 22, 2013. 2018, 185:2, eff. Aug. 7, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-H - School Performance and Accountability › Section 193-H:3 - Identification and Public Disclosure of Targeted Support and Improvement Schools and Comprehensive Support and Improvement Schools.

193-H:3 Identification and Public Disclosure of Targeted Support and Improvement Schools and Comprehensive Support and Improvement Schools. –
I. The commissioner shall annually compile and disseminate to the governor and council, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, local school boards, superintendents of schools, and the public, and shall make available on the department website, a list of targeted support and improvement schools and comprehensive support and improvement schools.
II. A school or school district designated by the commissioner as a targeted support and improvement school or a comprehensive support and improvement school shall have 30 days from the date of the report to appeal such designation to the state board of education.
Source.
2003, 314:6. 2013, 263:4, eff. Sept. 22, 2013. 2018, 185:2, eff. Aug. 7, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-H - School Performance and Accountability › Section 193-H:5 - Powers of the Department of Education.

193-H:5 Powers of the Department of Education. –
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit either the department of education or the state board of education to take control of the daily operations of any local public school.
Source.
2003, 314:6, eff. July 22, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193-I - Math Learning Communities Program in Public Secondary Schools › Section 193-I:1 - Program Established.

193-I:1 Program Established. –
By July 1, 2019, the commissioner of education shall establish and encourage the implementation of a supplemental, 2-tier high school math program to be known as math learning communities, in order to meet the needs of any student who requires a better understanding of requisite math knowledge and skills and who has previously completed algebra I, but who lacks a strong foundation in mathematics to successfully transition from high school to college and career. Math learning communities shall be made available statewide to all public secondary schools. Students who would like to pursue a STEM career or postsecondary education program pathway but who are not ready to engage in mathematical reasoning and the application of math required in algebra II or other upper level math courses shall have access to this program of study and shall be encouraged to participate.
Source.
2018, 305:2, eff. June 25, 2018.