Title XV, Education

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provision…

Pupils entitled to transportation in accordance with RSA 189:6 may be required to walk a distance not to exceed one mile to a school bus stop established by the local school board. Pupils residing in areas which are inaccessible by a local school district's established mode of tr…

Pupils attending approved private schools, up to and including the twelfth grade, shall be entitled to the same transportation privileges within any town or district as are provided for pupils in public schools.

No provision of this chapter is meant to restrain or interfere with any state or local law enforcement agency investigations of criminal violations of New Hampshire law by a minor.

Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 189:6-8, the superintendent, or a representative as designated in writing, is authorized to suspend the right of pupils from riding in a school bus when said pupils fail to conform to the reasonable rules and regulations as may be promulgated…

An advisory and coordinating council for teacher education, hereinafter called the council for teacher education, is hereby established.

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 educati…

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 …

The council shall meet at least twice each year.

The council members shall elect a chairman and secretary annually to serve for the ensuing year.

The state board of education shall provide a meeting room, filing space and clerical assistance to the council.

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.

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.

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) Aggr…

In this chapter: I. "Controlled drug or its analog" means those drugs or substances included within the definitions provided in RSA 318-B:1, VI and VI-a. II. "Drug-free school zone" means an area inclusive of any property used for school purposes by any school, whether or not own…

I. Each school district and chartered public school that serves any students in grades 6 through 12 that issues student identification cards shall include on either side of the cards the telephone number for the National Alliance for Eating Disorders Helpline. II. The requirement…

The commissioner of education shall establish and encourage the implementation of a math program of studies to be known as math learning communities to meet the needs of any student who requires a better understanding of requisite math knowledge and skills to successfully transit…

The general court finds that: I. Suicide cuts across ethnic, economic, social, and age boundaries and has a tremendous and traumatic impact on surviving family members, friends, and the community at-large. II. After unintentional injury, suicide is the leading cause of death amon…

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, technol…

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited as the "Pupil Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000."

I. Improvement and accountability in education are of primary concern to all of the citizens of New Hampshire. A well-educated populace is essential for the maintenance of democracy, the continued growth of our economy, and the encouragement of personal enrichment and development…

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 a…

I. A parent of any child at least 6 years of age and under 18 years of age shall cause such child to attend the public school to which the child is assigned in the child's resident district. Such child shall attend full time when such school is in session unless: (a) The child is…

In this chapter: I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of education. II. "Competencies" means student learning targets that represent a level of mastery of key content-specific concepts, skills, and knowledge applied within or across content domains. Specific…

I. "Certificate of completion" means an optional document signed by the parent of a home educated child certifying that the child has completed a home education program. II. "Child" means a child or children at least 6 years of age and under 18 years of age who is a resident of N…

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 syst…

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 …

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 opti…

I. Nonpublic, public chartered school, education freedom account, or home educated pupils shall have access to curricular courses and cocurricular programs offered by the school district in which the pupil resides, including the statewide assessment and preliminary scholastic apt…

I. Students in public or public charter primary or secondary schools who wish to attend civic events during the school day shall have their school absences excused. II. For the purposes of this section: (a) "Civic event" means: (1) Any event, activity, hearing, or meeting held by…

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 …

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to public academies as defined in RSA 194:23.

The provisions relating to illiterates and non-English-speaking persons over 16 years of age shall not apply to persons employed in cutting, harvesting or driving pulp-wood and timber, nor to persons temporarily employed in any sort of construction or agricultural work.

Any person not a pupil who shall wilfully interrupt or disturb any school shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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 pr…

I. The department shall provide the testing entity as defined in RSA 189:65, VIII, with individual pupil names and unique pupil identifiers, and other demographic and statistical information necessary to comply with state and federal reporting. The testing entity shall maintain t…

I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall attend school, or send a pupil to the school, in any district of which the pupil is not a legal resident, without the consent of the district or of the school board except as otherwise provided in this section, RSA 19…

I. (a) A superintendent or chartered public school director, or a representative designated in writing by the superintendent or chartered public school director, may suspend pupils from school for a period not to exceed 10 consecutive school days for: (1) Behavior that is detrime…

The state board of education in conjunction with the department of education shall make available to local school boards information regarding the responsibilities of the local boards when parents request a change in school assignment. Such information shall include an explanatio…

Any pupil who, after notice, attends or visits a school which the pupil has no right to attend, or interrupts or disturbs such school, shall for the first offense be guilty of a violation, and shall for any subsequent offense be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Districts may make bylaws, not repugnant to law, concerning habitual 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 to compel the attendance of such children at s…

Any offender so convicted may give bond to the district in the sum of $25, with sufficient sureties, approved by the court or justice before whom such offender was convicted, conditioned to attend regularly a school assigned by the local school board for one term next ensuing, to…

The sums appropriated under the provisions of this section shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated for the sole purpose of contributing to the payment of board, room rent, books and supplies, at an institution of higher education, for veteran's natural or adopted childre…

In this chapter: I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of education. II. "Committee" means the legislative oversight committee established to review the statewide education improvement and assessment program. III. "Department" means the department of educatio…

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 …

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 suspensio…