Title XV, Education

I. The commissioner, department of education, shall make grants available to designated regional centers for construction of career and technical education facilities or renovation, expansion, or replacement of existing regional career and technical education centers. The state b…

The governor and council, upon recommendation of the state board of education is authorized to apply for financial or any other aid which the United States has authorized or may authorize to be given to the several states for training for health services, including but not limite…

I. (a) Within the state's community college system, there shall be no preferential treatment or discrimination in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or admission based on race, sex, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation. (b) Within the state's community college system, the…

If a college of the community college system issues identification cards to students, all cards issued after January 1, 2014 shall bear a date of issuance.

I. There is established a nonlapsing fund in the department of education to be known as the career and technical education workforce development and innovation fund. II. The fund may include the commissioner of education's project fund reserve under the New Hampshire state plan, …

Any person or student organization aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may bring an action against the public institution of higher education and its employees acting in their official capacities responsible for the violation and seek appropriate relief, including, but not l…

Each institution of higher education shall biennially conduct a sexual misconduct climate survey of all students at said institution. Each institution's sexual misconduct climate survey shall include a base set of common questions recommended by the task force on sexual misconduc…

The governance of the community college system of New Hampshire shall be vested in a single board of trustees composed as follows: I. The governor, the chancellor and the vice-chancellor of the community college system, the president of each college within the community college s…

I. Each designated region shall have a regional advisory committee consisting of representatives from each sending district and the receiving district. Appointees from each district shall represent a reasonable balance of the career cluster areas in the region's approved career a…

Notwithstanding RSA 508, a person shall be required to bring suit for violation of this chapter not later than one year after the day the cause of action accrues. For purposes of calculating the one-year limitation period, each day that the violation persists, and each day that a…

I. There shall be a task force on sexual misconduct at institutions of higher education. The task force shall consist of the following members: (a) The chancellor of the university system of New Hampshire, or designee. (b) The chancellor of the community college system of New Ham…

The commission may at any time inspect the premises, curriculum, teaching materials, faculty performance, sales literature, financial data, or other matters which are relevant to the educational and business activities of a licensed school in order to determine compliance with ap…

I. The board shall elect its own chairperson and vice-chairperson annually. II. The board shall choose a secretary, who shall keep a record of proceedings, and a treasurer, who shall give a bond satisfactory to the trustees for the faithful discharge of duties as treasurer. The t…

I. The program in the regional career and technical education centers shall be broad enough to serve the reasonable business and industry needs of the area, and provide for a substantial career and technical offering in the region. II. Career and technical education of consistent…

The commissioner of the department of education may, after due notice and failure by a career school to remediate noncompliance with rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, suspend the license of any school licensed pursuant to RSA 188-G:2 for a period of not more than 90 days, u…

I. There is established a Berlin cosmetology program task force. II. The members of the task force shall be as follows: (a) A representative from the department of education, appointed by the commissioner of the department of education, who shall serve as chair of the task force.…

The state hereby waives immunity under the Eleventh Amendment of the United States Constitution and consents to suit in a federal court for lawsuits arising out of this chapter. A public institution of higher education that violates this chapter shall not be immune from suit or l…

I. Each institution of higher education shall adopt policies and procedures with the local law enforcement agency having primary jurisdiction over the city or town wherein the institution's primary campus is located to establish the respective roles and responsibilities of each p…

The commission may, after due notice and hearing, revoke the license of any school licensed pursuant to RSA 188-G:2 for violating the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted hereunder. A revocation pursuant to this section shall be permanent. The provisions of RSA 541 shall a…

The trustees shall have the management and control of all the property and affairs of the community college system, all of its colleges, divisions, and departments. In addition to this authority, the trustees are authorized to: I. Develop and adopt bylaws for the regulation of it…

I. The state shall pay a portion of the cost of tuition and reimburse transportation costs, as provided in this section, for a sending district student attending an approved career and technical education (CTE) program. II. A student's sending district shall be financially respon…

I. It is the intent of the general court that community college students who wish to earn baccalaureate degrees in the state's public higher education system be provided with clear and effective information and directions that specify curricular paths to a degree. II. (a) The tru…

The community college system of New Hampshire may participate in the state group health insurance plan if the board of trustees applies for such benefits to the commissioner of the department of administrative services in writing. Upon receipt of the application, the commissioner…

I. The community college system of New Hampshire may establish and administer the finish line New Hampshire program. The program shall be designed to support eligible students to complete a postsecondary credential. II. The program shall be open to any student attending an instit…

If any provision of this chapter or any application of such provision to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this chapter and the application of the provision to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected.

I. Each institution of higher education shall establish a campus security policy that includes the designation of at least one confidential resource advisor. The confidential resource advisor: (a) May have another role at the institution; (b) Shall not be a student or a Title IX …

Every contract that purports to bind any entity to pay money to a private postsecondary career school in return for training shall be construed to be a home solicitation sales contract under RSA 361-B and shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 361-B.

I. Any changes to the conditions of employment, compensation, and benefits of community college system of New Hampshire employees covered by collective bargaining agreements shall be negotiated through the collective bargaining process, except that community college system employ…

I. The department of education is authorized to pay from its regular budget tuition for full or part-time sending district students, attending programs at designated career and technical education centers or designated career and technical education programs at other comprehensiv…

I. There is hereby established in the community college system of New Hampshire the New Hampshire law enforcement officers, professional firefighters, public safety telecommunicators and dispatchers, and emergency medical technicians career development, recruitment, and retention…

I. There is hereby established the law enforcement officers, professional firefighters, public safety telecommunicators and dispatchers, and emergency medical technicians career development, recruitment, and retention program committee. The members of the committee shall be as fo…

There is hereby established in the state treasury a fund to be known as the law enforcement officers, professional firefighters, public safety telecommunicators and dispatchers, and emergency medical technicians career development, recruitment, and retention fund. The fund shall …

I. In this section: (a) "Confidential communication" means information transmitted between a victim, as defined in paragraph (b), of an alleged sexual assault, alleged domestic abuse, alleged sexual harassment, or alleged stalking, and a confidential resource advisor in the cours…

The department of education is authorized to reimburse from its regular budget the full cost of transportation in an amount based upon a formula using type of vehicle, mileage, and number of trips made for (a) regional career and technical education students who attend regional c…

The state board of education may appoint special advisory boards relative to any of the allied health professions to assist and advise it in all matters pertaining thereto.

An institution of higher education, with guidance from its Title IX coordinator, local law enforcement, and the rape crisis center or the domestic violence center, shall provide mandatory annual sexual misconduct primary prevention and awareness programming for all students and a…

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all license fees collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be retained by the commission for use in meeting the expenses of administering this chapter.

I. The state shall pay the receiving district for its portion of the tuition charge upon receipt by the department of education of forms showing the charges as requested by them. Payment of transportation shall be made to the sending district by the department of education upon c…

I. For purposes of this section "state fiscal year" shall mean the year beginning July 1 and ending June 30. II. A school district may accept a charitable donation of: (a) Up to 50 percent of the cost of apprenticeship and training programs offered by the regional CTE center, inc…

The school board of every district shall provide standard schools for at least 180 days in each year, or the equivalent number of hours as required in the rules of the department of education, at such places in the district as will best serve the interests of education and give t…

I. In this section: (a) "Family" means the surviving spouse of the school employee; or, if there is no surviving spouse, the surviving dependent child or dependent children, of such school employee or, if there is no surviving dependent child, a surviving person qualifying as a c…

This chapter may be cited as the Parental Bill of Rights.

I. It shall be the duty of the school board to provide, at district expense, elementary and secondary education to all pupils who reside in the district until such time as the pupil has acquired a high school diploma or has reached age 21, whichever occurs first; or if the pupil …

I. On each school day, before classes of instruction officially convene in the public schools of this sovereign state, a period of not more than 5 minutes shall be available to those who may wish to exercise their right to freedom of assembly and participate voluntarily in the fr…

In addition to the school board members authorized in RSA 671:4, the school board shall have at least one nonvoting student member from each public high school maintained by the local school board within its district. The powers and duties of a student member shall be as describe…

In this chapter: I. "Attendance" means full-time participation in a program of instruction under the direction of a teacher employed by the school district. Educationally disabled home educated pupils educated at school district expense under the direction of a teacher employed b…