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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:22 - Copies of State Constitution and Election Laws to be Furnished.

189:22 Copies of State Constitution and Election Laws to be Furnished. –
The secretary of state is hereby directed to furnish to the state board of education such number of copies of the state constitution and the election laws as may be necessary.
Source.
1937, 31:1. RL 135:22.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:23 - Distribution.

189:23 Distribution. –
The state board of education is hereby directed to distribute copies of the state constitution and election laws to all teachers of history and civics in the upper grades of elementary schools and to teachers of United States history in junior and senior high schools to be used by them in instructing their pupils relative to the laws governing election and voting.
Source.
1937, 31:1. RL 135:23.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:24 - Standard School.

189:24 Standard School. –
A standard school is one approved by the state board of education, and maintained for at least 180 days in each year, or the equivalent number of hours as required in the rules of the department of education, in a suitable and sanitary building, equipped with approved furniture, books, maps and other necessary appliances, taught by teachers, directed and supervised by a principal and a superintendent, each of whom shall hold valid educational credentials issued by the state board of education, with suitable provision for the care of the health and physical welfare of all pupils. A standard school shall provide instruction in all subjects prescribed by statute or by the state board of education for the grade level of pupils in attendance.
Source.
1919, 106:24. 1921, 85, II:11. PL 117:20. RL 135:24. RSA 189:24. 1959, 133:3. 1971, 371:1. 2007, 71:2. 2011, 42:2, eff. July 8, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:25 - Elementary School.

189:25 Elementary School. –
An elementary school is any school approved by the state board of education in which the subjects taught are those prescribed by the state board for the grades kindergarten through 8 of the public schools. However, a separate organization consisting of grades 7 through 9, or any grouping of these grades, may be recognized as a junior high school and so approved by the board. Also a separate organization consisting of grades 4 through 8 or any grouping of these grades may be recognized as a middle school and so approved by the state board. Any elementary school may include a kindergarten program which, if it is provided, shall precede the other elementary grades. Provided, however, that for the purpose of eligibility for state or federal teacher loan forgiveness programs, teachers of grades 7 through 12 shall be considered teachers of secondary school.
Source.
1919, 106:25. 1921, 85, II:12. PL 117:21. RL 135:25. RSA 189:25. 1963, 288:1. 1971, 178:1. 2007, 71:2, eff. Aug. 10, 2007. 2022, 150:6, eff. June 7, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:25-a - Universal Service Fund; Definition of "School."

189:25-a Universal Service Fund;  Definition of "School." –
For the purpose of obtaining discounts pursuant to the universal service fund, otherwise known as "E-rate" discounts, as established by section 254 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, "school" means any public or private elementary or secondary school, and any regional career and technical educational center designated under RSA 188-E, including educational programs offered at such career and technical educational centers for pre-kindergarten, adult education programs, and juvenile justice programs.
Source.
2001, 84:1. 2015, 252:12, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:26 - Books Excluded.

189:26 Books Excluded. –
No book shall be introduced into the public schools calculated to favor any particular religious sect or political party.
Source.
RS 73:11, 12. CS 77:12, 13. GS 81:12. GL 89:12. PS 92:9. 1895, 50:5. 1921, 85, II:13. PL 117:22. RL 135:26.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:27 - Register.

189:27 Register. –
The school board shall furnish to the responsible person a supply of blank registers provided by the state board.
Source.
RS 73:2. CS 72:2. 1861, 25:68. GS 81:14, 16. GL 89:15, 17. PS 92:10. 1921, 85, II:14. PL 117:23. RL 135:27. RSA 189:27. 1967, 448:2. 1971, 149:2, eff. July 25, 1971.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:27-a - Computerization of Pupil Registers.

189:27-a Computerization of Pupil Registers. –
School boards, or the governing persons or governing bodies of public academies or non-public schools, may choose to maintain pupil registration and enrollment information through the use of a computer, instead of using a register provided by the state board of education. The software program for any such computer application shall be capable of providing in printed form at least the information required by RSA 186:11, VI.
Source.
1988, 103:1, eff. July 1, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:27-b - Retention of Pupil Registers.

189:27-b Retention of Pupil Registers. –
Pupil registers, whether kept manually or by means of a computer, shall be retained as a permanent record of the school district, public academy, or nonpublic school.
Source.
1988, 103:1, eff. July 1, 1988. 2018, 223:2, eff. Aug. 7, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:28-a - Report to the Public.

189:28-a Report to the Public. –
I. School boards shall publish in the next annual report, or post at the annual meeting, the general fund balance sheet from the most recently completed audited financial statements or from the most recently completed financial report filed pursuant to RSA 21-J:34, V.
II. In the case of an accumulated general fund deficit, the school board shall insert an article in the warrant recommending such action as they deem appropriate, which may include, but is not limited to, raising a sum of money for the purpose of reducing that deficit.
Source.
1994, 147:5, eff. July 22, 1994.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:29 - Repealed by 1998, 389:11, eff. Oct. 1, 1998.

189:29 Repealed by 1998, 389:11, eff. Oct. 1, 1998. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:29-a - Records Retention and Disposition.

189:29-a Records Retention and Disposition. –
Members of the school board shall establish a records retention and disposition schedule for all official records of the school district. If records are microfilmed, 2 films shall be made, properly labeled and stored in 2 different locations. At least one copy shall be stored in a fireproof container. Records which have been microfilmed may be retained or destroyed in accordance with the schedule determined by the members of the board. A complete record of all records destroyed or discarded shall be maintained along with notations of the methods and dates of disposal.
Source.
1983, 94:1, eff. July 23, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:29-b - Identification and Accommodation of Gifted and Talented Students.

189:29-b Identification and Accommodation of Gifted and Talented Students. –
I. In this section, "gifted and talented student" means a student identified as having unique academic, artistic, or athletic potential according to assessments selected and administered locally.
II. Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, every New Hampshire public school shall submit to the department of education, no later than August 1, an annual narrative report detailing the policies, programs, and procedures that are in place to identify and accommodate the unique needs of gifted and talented students. If no such policies, programs, or procedures exist, the report shall so state.
III. The department shall develop a standardized format for the submission of such information and shall reassess the format each year to ensure the required information is useful. The department shall make the reports available on its public Internet website.
Source.
2021, 139:1, eff. July 23, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:30 - Repealed by 1986, 41:29, V, eff. April 3, 1988.

189:30 Repealed by 1986, 41:29, V, eff. April 3, 1988. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:31 - Removal of Teacher.

189:31 Removal of Teacher. –
Superintendents shall direct and supervise the work of teachers, and for cause may remove a teacher or other employee of the district. The person so removed shall continue as an employee of the district unless discharged by the local school board but may not return to the classroom or undertake to perform the duties of such person's position unless reinstated by the superintendent.
Source.
RS 70:10. CS 74:12. GS 79:14. GL 87:14. PS 92:2. 1919, 106:12. 1921, 85, II:4. PL 117:27. RL 135:31. RSA 189:31. 1969, 196:4. 1995, 174:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:32 - Appeal.

189:32 Appeal. –
Any person so removed, unless dismissed by the school board, may appeal to the state board. The board shall prescribe the manner in which appeals shall be made, and when one is made shall investigate the matter in any way it sees fit, and make such orders as justice requires.
Source.
1919, 106:12. 1921, 85, II:4. PL 117:28. RL 135:32. RSA 189:32. 1969, 196:5. 1986, 41:19, eff. April 3, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:33 - Conferences; Reports.

189:33 Conferences;  Reports. –
It shall be the duty of superintendents to attend all conferences called by the state board. Each superintendent shall report to the proper officers any violation of the provisions of the laws of this state in reference to the public schools, school buildings, the employment of persons under 18 years of age who cannot read and speak the English language understandingly, the protection of children and violations of the rules and regulations prescribed by the state board for the efficient administration of the public schools.
Source.
1919, 106:12. 1921, 85, I:4. 1925, 138:2. PL 117:29. RL 135:33. RSA 189:33. 1973, 72:13, eff. June 3, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:34 - Appointment.

189:34 Appointment. –
I. School boards shall appoint truant officers for their districts.
II. School board policies on truancy shall include but not be limited to:
(a) A definition of "excused absence" and a process for considering exceptions to absences not otherwise excused.
(b) A process for intervention designed to address individual cases of truancy as quickly as possible and to reduce the number of habitual truants in the school district. The process shall consider whether school record keeping practices and notification provided to parents or guardians of the child's absences have an effect on the child's attendance. The board shall provide for the participation of parents in the development of the policy. The policy shall include early parental involvement in the intervention process. The policy shall also designate an employee in each school as the person responsible for truancy issues.
Source.
1852, 1278. CS 78:2. GS 83:7. GL 91:7. 1881, 42:1. PS 92:15. 1899, 70:1. 1921, 85, II:17. PL 117:30. RL 135:34. 2010, 9:1. 2013, 249:14, eff. Sept. 1, 2013.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:35 - Term; Removal.

189:35 Term;  Removal. –
Truant officers shall hold office for one year and until their successors are appointed, but they may be removed by the school board at any time for cause.
Source.
1881, 42:2. PS 92:16. 1921, 85, II:18. PL 117:31. RL 135:35.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:35-a - Truancy Defined.

189:35-a Truancy Defined. –
I. For the purposes of this subdivision, "truancy" means an unexcused absence from school or class and "unexcused absence" is an absence which has not been excused in accordance with RSA 189:34, II(a).
II. Ten half days of unexcused absence during a school year shall constitute habitual truancy.
III. A school district shall define the term "half day of absence."
IV. Nothing in this section shall affect or limit a school district's power to adopt bylaws concerning truancy pursuant to RSA 193:16.
V. Nothing in this section shall affect or limit the duties of a parent pursuant to RSA 193:1.
VI. School district attendance records shall be presumed to be true and accurate unless evidence to the contrary is presented.
Source.
2005, 7:1. 2010, 9:2, eff. July 6, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:36 - Duties.

189:36 Duties. –
I. Truant officers shall, when directed by the school board, enforce the laws and regulations relating to truants and children between the ages of 6 and 18 years not attending school or who are not participating in an alternative learning plan under RSA 193:1, I(h); and the laws relating to the attendance at school of children between the ages of 6 and 18 years; and shall have authority without a warrant to take and place in school any children found employed contrary to the laws relating to the employment of children, or violating the laws relating to the compulsory attendance at school of children under the age of 18 years, and the laws relating to child labor. No home school pupil nor any person between the ages of 6 and 18 who meets any of the requirements of RSA 193:1, I(c)-(h) shall be deemed a truant.
II. A truant officer or school official shall not file a petition alleging that the child is in need of services pursuant to RSA 169-D:2, II until all steps in the school district's intervention process under RSA 189:34, II have been followed.
Source.
1852, 1278. CS 78:2. GS 83:7. GL 91:7. 1881, 42:3. PS 92:17. 1899, 70:2. 1911, 162:16. 1921, 85, II:19. PL 117:32. RL 135:36. RSA 189:36. 1973, 72:29. 2007, 350:4. 2010, 9:3. 2011, 224:281, eff. Sept. 30, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:37 - Additional Officers.

189:37 Additional Officers. –
The state board may require school boards to appoint additional truant officers if in its judgment such additional officers are necessary; and may require the school board of any school district to remove any truant officer found by it to be incompetent, and to appoint a competent successor; and upon the failure or neglect of the school board to do so, it may appoint such truant officer and fix compensation, which shall be paid by the district.
Source.
1911, 162:18. 1921, 85, III:33. PL 117:34. 1927, 29:1. RL 135:38. 1995, 174:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:38 - Repealed by 1992, 29:1, eff. June 2, 1992.

189:38 Repealed by 1992, 29:1, eff. June 2, 1992. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:39 - How Chosen.

189:39 How Chosen. –
Superintendents shall nominate and school boards elect all teachers employed in the schools in their school administrative unit, providing such teachers hold a valid educational credential issued by the state board of education.
Source.
RS 70:10. CS 74:12. GS 79:14. GL 87:14. PS 92:2. 1919, 106:12. 1921, 85, II:4. PL 117:35. RL 135:39. RSA 189:39. 1971, 371:2, eff. Aug. 27, 1971.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:39-a - Critical Staffing Shortages.

189:39-a Critical Staffing Shortages. –
Notwithstanding a determination of critical staffing shortage made by the department of education, a superintendent, with the approval of the local school board, may determine that a critical staffing shortage exists in one or more specific teaching areas within the school district. The department of education shall be notified of any critical staffing shortages which have been determined in a school district within 30 days of such determination.
Source.
2002, 117:1, eff. July 2, 2002.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:39-b - One-Year Certificate of Eligibility.

189:39-b One-Year Certificate of Eligibility. –
I. The local school board, in consultation with the superintendent, may offer a one-time certificate of eligibility, for a one-year period which may be extended by the local school board for a second consecutive year, to any person interested in employment as an educator on a full-time or part-time basis, without requiring a person to possess an educator credential provided that such person:
(a) Possesses at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited postsecondary institution.
(b) Is subject to a criminal history records check pursuant to RSA 189:13-a.
(c) Is qualified for the position by relevant experience and education.
I-a. The provision of subparagraph I(a) shall not apply to an individual applying to teach a course in a CTE specialty area.
II. The school board, with input from the superintendent, shall formulate the terms of the certificate of eligibility which shall contain no tenure provisions.
III. The department of education shall be notified of the issuance of all certificates of eligibility within 30 days of the date of issuance.
III-a. The professional code of ethics and the professional code of conduct shall apply to all individuals possessing a certificate of eligibility under this section.
IV. Any person who has had an educator credential, educator license, or other educator certification revoked under RSA 189:14-c or RSA 189:14-d, or who has been rendered ineligible to be employed as an educator under another provision of law, shall not be eligible under this section.
V. No person shall be offered more than one certificate of eligibility under this section.
Source.
2002, 117:1. 2010, 318:2, eff. Sept. 18, 2010. 2021, 28:1, eff. July 5, 2021. 2023, 64:1, eff. July 31, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:40 - School Sessions.

189:40 School Sessions. –
In the absence of express contract, a session of 3 hours in the forenoon and 3 hours in the afternoon shall constitute a school day, 5 such days a school week, and 4 such weeks a school month, in the public schools.
Source.
1883, 33:1. PS 92:20. 1921, 85, II:21. PL 117:36. RL 135:40.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:41 - Repealed by 1969, 104:5, eff. June 24, 1969.

189:41 Repealed by 1969, 104:5, eff. June 24, 1969. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:42 - Registers.

189:42 Registers. –
The person responsible shall make the entries in the register required by the state board of education, and at the close of the term return the register to the school board.
Source.
1861, 250:81. GS 81:14, 15. GL 89:15, 16. PS 92:11. 1921, 85, II:24. PL 117:38. RL 135:42. RSA 189:42. 1967, 448:3. 2003, 41:1, eff. July 5, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:43 - to 189:47-a Repealed by 1996, 298:5, II, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.

189:43 to 189:47-a Repealed by 1996, 298:5, II, eff. Aug. 9, 1996. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:48 - Repealed by 1986, 41:29, V, eff. April 3, 1988.

189:48 Repealed by 1986, 41:29, V, eff. April 3, 1988. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:49 - Optional Services.

189:49 Optional Services. –
The school board of any school district may provide the following child benefit services for pupils in each public and nonpublic school in the district or in another school district in this state:
I. School physician services under the provisions of RSA 200:26-41.
II. School nurse services.
III. School health services.
IV. School guidance and psychologist services.
V. Educational testing services.
VI. Transportation under the provisions of RSA 189:9.
VII. Textbooks and instructional materials.
VIII. Health and welfare services equivalent to those provided by public schools including speech correction and remedial and diagnostic services.
IX. Driver education.
X. Educational television services.
XI. Programs for the deaf, blind, emotionally disturbed, children with disabilities; audio-visual aids; and programs for the improvement of the educational studies of pupils with disabilities.
XII. Physical education.
XIII. Hot lunch program.
In the event that a court rules invalid one or more of the above services the other services shall not be deemed void but shall continue in effect.
Source.
1970, 51:1. 1971, 499:4; 566:1. 1973, 501:1. 1990, 140:4, eff. June 18, 1990.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:50 - Appropriations.

189:50 Appropriations. –
A town may raise and appropriate money to carry the provisions of this subdivision into effect.
Source.
1970, 51:1, eff. May 4, 1970.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:51 - Limitation.

189:51 Limitation. –
Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to allow either a deletion or diminution of a program or purchase adopted through normal budgetary procedure.
Source.
1971, 566:2, eff. Sept. 29, 1971.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:52 - Repealed by 1995, 288:3, I, eff. July 1, 1995.

189:52 Repealed by 1995, 288:3, I, eff. July 1, 1995. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:53 - Literacy Skill Development in Elementary Grades.

189:53 Literacy Skill Development in Elementary Grades. –
All school districts which provide elementary education shall have instruction in literacy for all students through grade 3, including instruction in reading, writing, speaking, listening, reasoning, and mathematics. All instruction shall be designed to assist students to achieve literacy and to provide the opportunity for each child to learn according to such child's needs and abilities as set forth by the state board of education in the minimum standards for New Hampshire public elementary schools.
Source.
1988, 274:3. 1995, 174:12, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:54 - Repealed by 1997, 13:1, eff. June 21, 1997.

189:54 Repealed by 1997, 13:1, eff. June 21, 1997. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:55 - Repealed by 2003, 288:2, eff. Sept. 16, 2003.

189:55 Repealed by 2003, 288:2, eff. Sept. 16, 2003. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:56 - Repealed by 1995, 288:3, II, eff. July 1, 1995.

189:56 Repealed by 1995, 288:3, II, eff. July 1, 1995. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:57 - Coordination With Special Population Programs.

189:57 Coordination With Special Population Programs. –
Educational and youth employment programs serving special population students shall be coordinated with the requirements of this subdivision. All such coordinating efforts shall not exempt participating school districts or public or private employers from meeting all requirements of state or federal laws.
Source.
1988, 274:3, eff. July 1, 1989.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:58 - Rulemaking.

189:58 Rulemaking. –
The state board of education shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the procedures and guidelines necessary to effect the purposes of this subdivision.
Source.
1988, 274:3, eff. June 29, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:59 - Dropout Prevention and Dropout Recovery Program Established.

189:59 Dropout Prevention and Dropout Recovery Program Established. –
I. There is hereby established a dropout prevention and dropout recovery program in the department of education. The department is authorized to provide the services described in this subdivision to the state and to public, quasi-public, and private entities to assist pupils in successfully completing high school. The program shall:
(a) Provide and coordinate services designed to assist pupils in the successful completion of high school.
(b) Encourage individual, corporate, and state support and involvement to promote employment opportunities for New Hampshire's students.
(c) Render assistance in ensuring student placement in quality jobs with ample career opportunities.
(d) Encourage students to pursue postsecondary education by assisting in securing appropriate part-time work to accompany that education.
(e) Encourage lifelong learning by introducing students to the importance of skills training and demonstrating how learning is relevant to skills necessary in the workplace.
(f) Provide tutoring, study skills training, and instruction leading to successful completion of secondary school, including dropout prevention strategies through a school-site mentor.
(g) Provide alternative secondary school services with high academic standards.
(h) Deliver pre-employment and work maturity skill training, paid and unpaid work, work-based learning experiences that teach all aspects of industry-specific and general workplace competencies, including internships, job shadowing, and school sponsored workplace mentoring.
(i) Provide opportunities which may include community service and peer- centered activities encouraging responsibility and other positive social behaviors during non-school hours, including linking youth and adult mentoring, as appropriate.
(j) Provide support services and transitional links that assist students in the elimination of barriers.
(k) Establish an 85 percent graduation rate, and a 90 percent return to school rate as performance goals for program participants most likely to drop out. "Graduation rate" means the number of seniors who receive a diploma from a high school divided by the number enrolled in this program at such high school. "Return to school rate" means the percentage of students in grades 9-11 enrolled in the program who return to school for the next school year.
II. The commissioner of the department of education shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A, relevant to the implementation of this subdivision. Such rules shall include:
(a) Procedures for securing funds for participating entities.
(b) Methods for tracking compliance with program goals and reporting performance outcomes.
Source.
2003, 288:1, eff. Sept. 16, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:60 - Repealed by 2020, 37:4, XIV, eff. July 29, 2020.

189:60 Repealed by 2020, 37:4, XIV, eff. July 29, 2020. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:61 - Local Matching Funds Required.

189:61 Local Matching Funds Required. –
A school district may receive dropout prevention and dropout recovery services by a favorable vote of its legislative body authorizing the expenditure of not less than 10 percent of estimated program costs for such school district.
Source.
2003, 288:1, eff. Sept. 16, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:62 - Eligible Program Participants.

189:62 Eligible Program Participants. –
I. All programs shall be eligible to apply for dropout prevention and dropout recovery programs and funds under this subdivision, provided that such programs and funds shall be targeted, to the extent available, to those high schools with the highest dropout rate, as determined by the department of education.
II. Program participants shall be certified by the department of education according to the following criteria:
(a) Programs which focus on youth development strategies.
(b) A minimum of 3 years and preferably 10 or more years of experience at the state and national levels in providing dropout prevention and dropout recovery programming to at-risk youth.
(c) Experience in program delivery in both rural and city high schools in New Hampshire.
(d) Programs shall be existing operations with boards of directors.
(e) Documentable accountability and performance measures with supporting data.
(f) State or national recognition for dropout prevention or dropout recovery.
(g) Ability to provide multiple sources of funds for the purposes of expansion and efficiency of service delivery.
(h) Programs which are members of the National Career Association.
(i) Provide nationally normed outcomes in the following areas:
(1) Basic academic competencies.
(2) Career development.
(3) Job attainment.
(4) Leadership and self development.
(5) Personal skills.
(6) Job survival competencies.
(j) Connection with an established tracking and reporting system.
Source.
2003, 288:1, eff. Sept. 16, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:63 - Repealed by 2020, 37:4, XIV, eff. July 29, 2020.

189:63 Repealed by 2020, 37:4, XIV, eff. July 29, 2020. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:69 - Repealed by 2014, 143:2, eff. July 1, 2015.

189:69 Repealed by 2014, 143:2, eff. July 1, 2015. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:71 - Military Uniform.

189:71 Military Uniform. –
A student shall have the right to wear a dress uniform issued to the student by a branch of the United States armed forces while participating in the graduation ceremony for the student's high school if that student meets the following requirements:
I. The student has fulfilled all of the requirements for receiving a high school diploma in the state of New Hampshire and the school district and is otherwise eligible to participate in the graduation ceremony.
II. The student has completed basic training for and is an active member of a branch of the United States armed forces.
Source.
2016, 32:2, eff. July 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:72 - Child Abuse or Neglect Information.

189:72 Child Abuse or Neglect Information. –
The school board of each public school and chartered public school shall post in a clearly visible location in a public area of the school that is readily accessible to students a sign that is provided in an electronic or printed form by the division for children, youth, and families, and that contains the telephone number operated by the New Hampshire division for children, youth, and families of the department of health and human services, to receive reports of child abuse or neglect and instructions on how to access the division for children, youth, and families website.
Source.
2017, 245:1, eff. Sept. 16, 2017.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:73 - Family and Medical Leave Coverage.

189:73 Family and Medical Leave Coverage. –
A school district employee who has been employed by the school district for at least 12 months and who has worked at least 900 hours in the previous 12-month period shall be eligible for family and medical leave under the same terms and conditions as leave provided to eligible employees under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-3), 29 U.S.C. section 2611, et seq., as amended.
Source.
2019, 346:324, eff. June 30, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 189 - School Boards, Superintendents, Teachers, and Truant Officers; School Census › Section 189:74 - School Board Public Comment Period.

189:74 School Board Public Comment Period. –
I. School boards shall provide the opportunity for the public to comment on school district matters at a meeting of the school board held under RSA 91-A:2. The public comment period shall be for no less than 30 minutes. School boards may request that persons register in advance of the meeting, but may not require pre-registration as a condition of participating in the public comment period. School boards may impose reasonable time limits for each speaker, provided such time limits are equal for all speakers. Nothing in this section shall restrict school boards from establishing other reasonable standards for the public comment period, provided such standards are imposed equally for all speakers. School boards may reasonably restrict public comments that disclose student personally-identifiable information, teacher personally-identifiable information, or other confidential or privileged information.
II. The requirement that a school board shall provide the opportunity for the public to comment on school district matters at a meeting of the school board shall not apply to emergency meetings under RSA 91-A:2, II.
III. The requirement that a school board shall provide the opportunity for the public to comment on school district matters at a meeting of the school board shall not apply when the sole purpose of the school board meeting is to enter non-public session under RSA 91-A:3.
Source.
2022, 333:1, eff. Sept. 6, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 190 - Council for Teacher Education › Section 190:2 - Members.

190:2 Members. –
The council for teacher education shall consist of: the commissioner of education, or designee, and the chairman of the department of education of the university of New Hampshire, or designee; 3 members appointed by them for terms not exceeding 3 years, one from a private educational institution, one from the professional personnel of the public schools and one layman; and the presidents of Keene state college and Plymouth state university, or staff members designated by them; provided that additional members may be appointed by these 7 for such terms as they may determine. Members of the council shall be entitled to reimbursement by the state board of education for mileage and expenses incurred in the performance of their required duties. The state board of education shall furnish the council with suitable meeting facilities, administrative assistance, and necessary supplies.
Source.
1951, 143:2. 2003, 159:2. 2007, 21:1, eff. July 1, 2007. 2019, 132:3, eff. Aug. 24, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 190 - Council for Teacher Education › Section 190:3 - Duties.

190:3 Duties. –
The council for teacher education shall coordinate teacher education in the state in an advisory capacity through a continuing study and discussion of its problems and shall issue advisory reports to agencies and institutions, public and private, concerned with teacher education or its financing in this state.
Source.
1951, 143:3, eff. June 6, 1951.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 190 - Council for Teacher Education › Section 190:6 - Meeting Room; Clerical Assistance.

190:6 Meeting Room;  Clerical Assistance. –
The state board of education shall provide a meeting room, filing space and clerical assistance to the council.
Source.
1951, 143:6, eff. June 6, 1951.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 190 - Council for Teacher Education › Section 190:7 - Employment of Consultant.

190:7 Employment of Consultant. –
The council is empowered to employ consultant services subject to the approval of the state board of education. The said board shall pay the expenses of such employment.
Source.
1951, 143:7, eff. June 6, 1951.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 191 - Teachers' Loyalty › Section 191:1 - Advocacy of Subversive Doctrines Prohibited.

191:1 Advocacy of Subversive Doctrines Prohibited. –
No teacher shall advocate communism as a political doctrine or any other doctrine which includes the overthrow by force of the government of the United States or of this state in any public or state approved school or in any state institution.
Source.
1949, 312:1, eff. July 28, 1949.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193 - Pupils › Section 193:1-a - Dual Enrollment.

193:1-a Dual Enrollment. –
I. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the full-time attendance requirement may be met by attendance at more than one school provided the total time spent in the schools is equivalent to full-time attendance and further that the attendance at more than one school may include attendance at a nonpublic school provided that the school district and the state board of education have given prior approval to the detailed dual enrollment agreement, which is to be effectuated for this purpose.
II. [Repealed.]
Source.
1969, 356:1. 1994, 130:1. 2002, 202:2, eff. July 14, 2002.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193 - Pupils › Section 193:1-b - Rulemaking Authority; Dual Enrollment Programs.

193:1-b Rulemaking Authority;  Dual Enrollment Programs. –
I. In order to accomplish the secular educational purposes of RSA 193:1-a, the state board of education shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A and RSA 21-N:9, II(h), relative to:
(a) Providing for shared or released time programs.
(b) Leasing of space.
(c) Requirements for optional services permitted under RSA 189:49.
II. In the event that a court rules invalid a particular lease or rule, that action shall not be deemed to have invalidated other leases or rules adopted under this section.
Source.
1973, 501:5. 1986, 41:21, eff. April 3, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193 - Pupils › Section 193:1-c - Access to Public School Programs by Nonpublic, Public Chartered Schools or Home Educated Pupils.

193:1-c Access to Public School Programs by Nonpublic, Public Chartered Schools or Home Educated Pupils. –
I. Nonpublic, public chartered school, or home educated pupils shall have access to curricular courses and cocurricular programs offered by the school district in which the pupil resides. The local school board shall adopt a policy regulating participation in curricular courses and cocurricular programs, provided that such policy shall not be more restrictive for non-public, public chartered school, or home educated pupils than the policy governing the school district's resident pupils. In this section, "cocurricular" shall include those activities which are designed to supplement and enrich regular academic programs of study, provide opportunities for social development, and encourage participation in clubs, athletics, performing groups, and service to school and community. For purposes of allowing access as described in this section, a "home educated pupil" includes any pupil who is a "child with a disability" under RSA 186-C:2, I, until such time as such pupil has acquired a high school diploma or reached age 21 inclusive; but shall not include any other pupil who has graduated from a high school level program of home education, or its equivalent, or has attained the age of 21.
II. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a parent to establish a home education program which exceeds the requirements of RSA 193:1.
Source.
2002, 202:1. 2016, 4:1, eff. Mar. 26, 2016. 2022, 131:1, eff. Aug. 31, 2022. 2023, 7:8, eff. June 25, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193 - Pupils › Section 193:3-a - Classroom Placement of Twins or Other Multiples.

193:3-a Classroom Placement of Twins or Other Multiples. –
I. No school board shall adopt a policy of automatically separating or placing together twins or other multiples. In this section, "multiples" means triplets or more.
II. A parent or guardian of twins or other multiples in elementary school may, no later than 60 days before the first day of each school year or upon registration in the case of children enrolling in a new school, request that the twins or multiples be placed in the same classroom or in separate classrooms. This request shall be granted unless the principal, after meeting with the parents or guardians and after careful consideration of the reasons for their recommendation and of the best interests of their children and other children in the school affected by this decision, decides that a different placement is necessary.
III. This section is not intended to limit a parent's or guardian's right to appeal.
Source.
2007, 309:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193 - Pupils › Section 193:4 - District Liability for Elementary or Junior High School Tuition.

193:4 District Liability for Elementary or Junior High School Tuition. –
Any district shall pay for the tuition of any pupil who, as a resident of the district, has been assigned to attend a public elementary or junior high school or school of corresponding grade in another district or a private school approved as a school tuition program by the school board pursuant to RSA 193:3, VII, and any district not maintaining an elementary or junior high school or school of corresponding grade shall pay for the tuition of any pupil who, as a resident of the district, is determined to be entitled to have such tuition paid by the district where the pupil resides, and who attends an approved public elementary or junior high school or public school of corresponding grade in another district, or a private school approved as a school tuition program by the school board pursuant to RSA 193:3, VII. Except under contract, the liability of any school district under this section for the tuition of any pupil shall be the current expenses of operation of the receiving district for its elementary or junior high school or public school of corresponding grade, as estimated by the state board of education for the preceding school year. This current expense of operation shall include all costs except costs of transportation of pupils.
Source.
1949, 139:4. RSA 193:4. 1957, 52:1. 1959, 117:1. 1963, 288:2. 1975, 45:1. 1997, 183:3. 1998, 271:1. 2017, 182:4, eff. Aug. 28, 2017. 2021, 106:3, eff. Aug. 5, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193 - Pupils › Section 193:4-a - Tuition Liability; Dual Enrollment.

193:4-a Tuition Liability;  Dual Enrollment. –
Any district shall be liable for the tuition of any child who as a resident of the district has been assigned to attend public school in another district in accordance with an approved dual enrollment plan; such payment shall be made as provided in RSA 193:4.
Source.
1971, 273:1. 1973, 501:4, eff. June 30, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193 - Pupils › Section 193:5 - Exemption From Attendance.

193:5 Exemption From Attendance. –
Whenever it shall appear to the superintendent of schools that the welfare of any child will be best served by the withdrawal of such child from school, the superintendent or a majority of the members of the school board shall make recommendation to the commissioner of education, who shall, if the facts warrant it, make an order exempting such child from attendance for such period of time as seems best for the interest of such child.
Source.
1911, 139:1. 1913, 22:1. 1919, 84:1. 1921, 85, III:3. PL 118:4. RL 137:4. RSA 193:5. 1969, 356:3. 1997, 183:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193 - Pupils › Section 193:7 - Penalty.

193:7 Penalty. –
Any person who does not comply with the requirements of this subdivision shall be guilty of a violation and any fines collected hereunder shall be for the use of the district.
Source.
1871, 2:1. GL 91:14. PS 93:14. 1921, 85, III:4. PL 118:6. RL 137:6. RSA 193:7. 1973, 531:47, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XV - Education › Chapter 193 - Pupils › Section 193:8 - Notice of Requirements.

193:8 Notice of Requirements. –
The school board of every district shall cause a copy of RSA 193:1-7 to be sent to every person who they have reason to believe does not comply with the requirements thereof.
Source.
1871, 2:3. 1874, 58:1. GL 91:16. PS 93:16. 1921, 85, III:5. PL 118:7. RL 137:7. RSA 193:8. 1969, 356:4, eff. July 1, 1969.