# New Hampshire HB752: relative to procedures for the closing of a charter school.

New Hampshire HB752, relative to procedures for the closing of a charter school., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-08-11 (Signed by Governor Ayotte 08/01/2025; Chapter 289; eff. 08/01/2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: New Hampshire HB752
- State: New Hampshire
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: relative to procedures for the closing of a charter school.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-23
- Last action: 2025-08-11, Signed by Governor Ayotte 08/01/2025; Chapter 289; eff. 08/01/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 2
- Touches household money: yes
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 5

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- School options for displaced charter families: benefit, low. When a charter expires or is revoked, parents of affected pupils can apply to another charter school. That school must be eligible to receive tuition under the district’s applicable rules. Applying does not guarantee admission. The pupil’s sending district remains responsible for providing an educa…
- Districts can accept closed charter assets: benefit, low. When a charter expires or is revoked, the school must dissolve under its charter application and contract. Those documents govern what happens to its assets. If they are silent or unclear, the district where the school is located can accept the assets at no cost. The district is not responsible for…
- Academic benchmarks limit charter school renewals: cost, low. New Hampshire charter schools must meet or exceed their application’s objective academic test results or stated standards and goals. They must do so by the end of their final contract year. Schools that miss these benchmarks cannot renew their charters.
- Student records preserved with request fees: mixed, low. Operating charter schools must keep student records for 60 years. Schools closing for any reason must transfer records electronically to New Hampshire’s education department, which must preserve them for 60 years. The department must post request instructions online and provide certified copies upo…
- Charter school oversight and closure rules: mixed, low. New Hampshire’s state education board can revoke a charter before its term ends for listed problems. Grounds include major charter violations, poor financial management, serious law violations, false statements in charter applications or contracts, and insolvency or financial instability. Reporting…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Rick M Ladd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David H. Watters (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (17)

- 2025-08-11: Signed by Governor Ayotte 08/01/2025; Chapter 289; eff. 08/01/2025 (House)
- 2025-07-14: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 63 (House)
- 2025-07-14: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 (Senate)
- 2025-07-08: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2914e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 61 (House)
- 2025-07-08: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2914e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 18 (Senate)
- 2025-06-12: House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2145s (Rep. Cordelli): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 6 (House)
- 2025-05-15: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-2145s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 (Senate)
- 2025-05-15: Committee Amendment # 2025-2145s, AA, VV; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 (Senate)
- 2025-05-13: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2145s, 05/15/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21A (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: ==ROOM CHANGE== Hearing: 04/02/2025, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 16 (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 9 (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 11 (House)
- 2025-03-10: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/03/2025 (Vote 17-1; CC) (House)
- 2025-02-27: Executive Session: 03/03/2025 01:00 pm LOB 205-207 (House)
- 2025-02-20: ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 03/05/2025 09:30 am LOB 205-207 (House)
- 2025-02-20: Public Hearing: 03/03/2025 10:15 am LOB 205-207 (House)
- 2025-01-23: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 3 P. 26 (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended, 2025-07-08: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=14574)
- Enrolled, 2025-07-08: [HTML](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=858&inflession=2025)
- Introduced, 2025-01-23: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=7679)
- CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=17023)
- Version adopted by both bodies: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=16095)

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## Sources
- [As Amended (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=14574)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=858&inflession=2025)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=7679)
- [CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=17023)
- [Version adopted by both bodies (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=16095)

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- [HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1002-2025-2026)
- [HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1834-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB752-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).