Bill Text: NH HB1243 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to the degree-granting authority of an educational institution in New Hampshire.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-12 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted DV 177-135 03/12/2020 House Journal 8 P. 14 [HB1243 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-HB1243-Introduced.html
HB 1243 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
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04/06
HOUSE BILL 1243
AN ACT relative to the degree-granting authority of an educational institution in New Hampshire.
SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Rep. Boehm, Hills. 20; Rep. Shaw, Hills. 16; Rep. Allard, Merr. 21
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires a recommendation by the higher education commission as a prerequisite to the granting of a degree by an educational institution.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2512
04/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to the degree-granting authority of an educational institution in New Hampshire.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Higher Education Corporations; Granting of Degrees. Amend RSA 292:8-h, II to read as follows:
II. No educational institution shall grant degrees unless recommended by the higher education commission and authorized by name to do so by an act of the legislature.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
