Title XV, Education

The location of schoolhouses, however made, shall be conclusive for the term of 5 years, unless an appeal therefrom shall be prosecuted as provided in this chapter.

The school board may enlarge any existing lot used for school purposes upon such petition to it and proceedings thereon as are required to authorize it to determine the location for a schoolhouse.

If any school district shall neglect or refuse to procure the lot of land selected for the location of a schoolhouse, or for the enlargement of an existing schoolhouse lot, as provided in this chapter, or if the owner of the land shall refuse to sell the same to the district for …

Any landowner aggrieved by such appraisal of his damages may appeal therefrom to the superior court by petition within 60 days after the appraisal is filed with the clerk of the district; and the procedure and remedies upon such appeal shall be the same as in appeals from the ass…

Upon payment or tender of the damages awarded, the land shall vest in the district, and it may take possession of it. Such payment or tender may be made in accordance with the award of the selectmen before an appeal is taken, or while an appeal is pending, and shall have like eff…

Whenever a school district shall take land for the location of a schoolhouse or for the enlargement of an existing schoolhouse lot as provided by RSA 199:17 the school district clerk shall forward to the registry of deeds for the county for filing where said land is located a cop…

The school board of cities shall have sole power to select and purchase land for schoolhouse lots. When said board has secured, by vote of the city councils, an adequate appropriation for the purchase of a specified lot at a specific price, said board may make the purchase.

If a district shall refuse or neglect to build, repair, remove or fit up a schoolhouse, or shall refuse or neglect to build a schoolhouse upon or to remove it to the lot designated as aforesaid, the selectmen, upon petition of 3 or more voters of the district, after hearing the p…

The schools of a district shall be kept in its schoolhouses, if it has suitable houses that will accommodate the scholars; if not, the school board shall provide suitable accommodations for the schools at the expense of the district.

I. Any school board may operate or allow to be operated for the benefit of persons age 60 or over a meal program on school property including the use of school equipment. Such program may be operated on a profit basis and any surplus funds may be used to defray expenses or otherw…

I. No schoolhouse shall be erected, altered, remodeled or changed in any city school district unless the plans have been previously submitted to the school board of that district and received its approval. II. (a) All construction relating to schoolhouses in any city school distr…

I. Upon final completion of the new schoolhouse as determined by the joint building committee, the committee shall vote to accept the building and transfer it to the care and control of the school board. II. Whenever a schoolhouse shall no longer be needed for public school purpo…

Upon vote of the joint building committee to accept the new schoolhouse and to transfer it to the school board, the joint building committee shall remain in existence for the sole purpose of preparing and submitting a final report relating to the schoolhouse construction and rela…

The provisions of RSA 199:2-199:4-a shall not apply to the Union School District of Concord and to the school districts of Keene, Lebanon, and Claremont.

No committee shall have power to bind the district beyond the amount of money voted by it, and the district shall not be bound by any act, as a ratification of the doings of such committee, beyond their authority, unless by express vote of the district.

If the district does not agree upon a location for a schoolhouse, or upon a committee to locate the same, or if the same is not located by such committee within 30 days after its appointment, the school board, upon petition of 10 percent or more of the voters, shall determine the…

If 10 percent or more of the voters of a district are aggrieved by the location of a schoolhouse by the district or its committee, they may apply by petition to the school board, who shall hear the parties interested and determine the location.

If 10 percent or more of the voters of a school district are aggrieved by the location of a schoolhouse by the district or its committee, or by the school board, they may, within 10 days after the making of the location, apply by petition to the state board of education, who shal…