Title XV, Education

A local school district may if federal funds are not appropriated sufficient to cover the cost of educating school age pupils who live on federally owned or leased property, assess tuition up to the state average costs against parents or guardians of said pupils which cover the c…

I. The state board of education may grant charter status to applicants that meet the requirements of this chapter. II. The proposed chartered public school application shall be presented for approval directly to the state board of education by the applicant for the prospective ch…

School districts may vote, at any annual meeting, to raise such sums of money as the voters judge necessary for the purpose of reducing an accumulated general fund deficit.

I. A school district may establish a revolving fund for the purpose of providing moneys for school programs which are self-supporting, in whole or in part. The purposes for which such fund is established shall be specified by the district. II. (a) A school district may raise reve…

I. Every school district which has computer systems or networks shall adopt a policy which outlines the intended appropriate and acceptable use, as well as the inappropriate and illegal use, of the school district computer systems and networks including, but not limited to, the I…

A school may partner with a nonprofit or implement a program on its own to make leftover school food, that was prepared but never served, into frozen to-go meals or portions for distribution in compliance with state food safety regulations and Federal Food and Drug Administration…

No elementary school, as defined in RSA 189:25, or high school, as defined in RSA 194:23, shall be discontinued, or the location thereof be changed, except by a majority vote of voters residing in all municipalities that are served by the school or district. Upon written petition…

If a majority of voters residing in all municipalities that are served by a school or district vote in the affirmative for the discontinuance of such elementary or high school pursuant to RSA 194:3-f, the municipality in which the elementary or high school is located shall be per…

All academies, private schools and public schools shall be furnished with copies of the school register, and shall make an annual report of membership to the department of education in accordance with RSA 189:28.

All elementary and secondary educational institutions including academies, private schools and public schools shall, upon request of a private school or a school district as authorized by a parent, student, or former student, furnish a student record to any elementary or secondar…

The principal of each college, academy, seminary or other institution of learning, incorporated by the laws of this state, shall annually, and before November 1 of each year, forward to the New Hampshire Genealogical Society, for its library, one copy of each printed catalogue of…

Whenever any school district organized under a special act of the legislature shall vote to abolish such district and to unite with the town district, if said town district shall vote to receive said special district, and the special district has for the 5 years next preceding su…

It shall be the duty of said town district to raise and appropriate each year thereafter sufficient money, in addition to the school money which the town in which it is situated may raise, to properly maintain such high school, or schools, as may be established under RSA 194:33.

No high school shall be discontinued, or the location thereof be changed, except by the superior court, on petition of 20 or more legal voters of the town or district in which such high school is located, in addition to a majority of the school board for said town or district, af…

Any town district failing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined for such neglect.

I. Any special district organized under a special act of the legislature may, by a majority vote of the qualified voters present and voting at a legal meeting, dissolve its corporate existence and unite with the town district. II. Any special district or pre-existing special dist…

When a town or city is divided into 2 or more districts, either district may petition the state board of education to unite the districts, and, if the board after notice and hearing finds that justice requires action, it may make an order consolidating the districts, and when and…

In any such case the town district so formed shall forthwith take possession of the schoolhouses, lands, apparatus and other property owned and used for school purposes by the district so dissolved which the district might lawfully sell or convey.

The scholarship organization shall have the following additional duties, obligations, and authority: I. The scholarship organization shall maintain an updated list of education service providers and shall ensure that the list is publicly available through various sources, includi…

If the money is hired upon the note or notes of the district, said note or notes shall be signed by the district treasurer and by the school board.

Each school administrative unit or single school district shall provide the following superintendent services: I. An educational mission which indicates how the interests of pupils will be served under the administrative structure. II. Governance, organizational structure, and im…

I. Upon the designation of an innovation school or school zone, the state board shall waive compliance with any administrative rules specified in the local district plan. II. Each local district shall continue to be subject to all laws and rules that are not waived by the state b…

I. (a) Open enrollment schools may set maximum enrollment as they deem appropriate. (b) Open enrollment schools may limit enrollment to specific grade or age levels, pupil needs, or areas of academic focus including, but not limited to, at-risk pupils, vocational education pupils…

When used in this title, the term "superintendent" shall include the superintendent and any personnel assigned by the superintendent or school board to perform superintendent services under the authority in RSA 194-C:5.

The property so taken, and also like property of the district to which the special district is united, shall be appraised by the selectmen of the town, and at the next annual assessment a tax shall be levied upon the whole town district equal to the amount of the whole appraisal;…

The corporate powers of a district shall continue for the purpose of settling up its affairs and of holding, managing and enjoying any property held by it in trust, notwithstanding its dissolution, but the school board of the district of which it forms a part shall be its agents …

The school board shall first give to such district or districts such term or character of schooling as would be just and reasonable if no such fund were in existence, and only use the income to lengthen the school or schools, or to carry out the purposes of the trust under which …

Any justice of the peace may, upon application of 3 or more voters, resident within the limits of the dissolved district, call a meeting thereof in the same manner as other school district meetings are called, at which a moderator, clerk and agents may be chosen and any other bus…

The records of dissolved school districts whose corporate existence is not continued for any purpose shall be returned by the clerks of such districts to the town clerk's office for preservation with the public records of the town.

If a district so dissolved is formed of parts of 2 or more towns an equitable apportionment of its assets and liabilities between such parts shall be made by the selectmen of the towns in which they are situate, acting as a joint board, within 60 days after the dissolution.

If such joint board fails to make an apportionment within the time limited therefor any taxpayer within the district may apply by petition to a justice of the superior court for the appointment of a referee to make the apportionment.

The justice shall appoint a time and place of hearing upon the petition, and order notice thereof to be given to all parties interested, and after hearing he shall appoint a referee.

The notice shall be served by posting copies of the petition and order thereon in at least 2 public places in each of said parts, and by giving to the clerk of the dissolved district, and the clerk of each town district in which any part thereof is located, like copies 10 days at…

The referee shall cause notice of his hearing to be given to all parties interested, in the same manner as is provided in RSA 194:48. He shall hear the parties, make his report in writing, and file a copy thereof with the clerk of the dissolved district and the clerk of each town…

In the assessment of school district taxes every person shall be taxed in the district in which he lives for his personal estate subject to taxation in town. Real estate shall be taxed in the district in which it is situated.

I. There shall be no tuition charge for any pupil attending an open enrollment school located in that pupil's resident district. For an open enrollment school authorized by a receiving school district, the pupil's sending district shall pay the receiving district an amount equal …

I. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the board of trustees of a chartered public school, upon issuance of its charter, shall have general supervisory control and authority over the operations of the chartered public school. II. No greater than 25 percent of the membershi…

I. Two years after state board approval of the innovation plan and every 2 years thereafter, the local board shall review the plan and the progress toward the plan objectives including improvements in academic performance and any cost savings or increased efficiencies, or both. I…

I. There is established the parent and education service provider advisory commission to assist the scholarship organization by providing recommendations about implementing, administering, and improving the EFA program. II. The commission shall consist of 7 members who shall be p…

I. The school board of each school administrative unit shall meet between April 1 and June 1 in each year, at a time and place fixed by the chairpersons of the several boards, and shall organize by choosing a chairperson, a secretary, and a treasurer. II. (a) Each school administ…

Upon receiving a copy of the apportionment, the selectmen shall assess upon that part of the district within their town the amount for which it is charged, and cause the same to be collected and paid to the town district in which the creditor part of the dissolved district is sit…

The town district shall take the property and assets of that part of the dissolved district which is situate in such town district, and the selectmen of the town shall assess and remit taxes with reference to the property so taken, and like property of the town district, the same…

Any person interested in severing part of any town therefrom and annexing it to another town, or school district therein, for school purposes may apply therefor by petition to the selectmen of the town from which it is proposed to sever such territory, and to the selectmen of the…

It shall be the duty of said selectmen, upon notice to such petitioners and to the school boards of the respective towns and school districts interested in the proposed transfer, to hear the parties, and determine whether the reasonable accommodation of such petitioners or others…

If a majority of each of said boards of selectmen report in favor of such transfer they shall sign a certificate of that fact, describing such territory, and stating that it is annexed to such adjoining town, or district therein, for school purposes, which certificate shall be re…

Any territory annexed for school purposes to an adjoining town, or school district therein, may, upon proceedings such as have been prescribed in this subdivision, be restored to the town or district from which it was severed. Such proceedings may be initiated by any person in ei…