Bill Text: NH HB1272 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to bus transportation for chartered public school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-20 - Signed by Governor Hassan 06/10/2016; Chapter 236; Eff. 7/1/2016 [HB1272 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1272-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 236
HB 1272-FN - FINAL VERSION
4Feb2016... 0414h
03/10/2016 0810s
2016 SESSION
16-2265
04/09
HOUSE BILL 1272-FN
AN ACT relative to bus transportation for chartered public school students.
SPONSORS: Rep. Prudhomme-O'Brien, Rock. 6; Rep. Green, Rock. 13; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Hogan, Hills. 34; Rep. Simmons, Hills. 17; Rep. Doucette, Rock. 8; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6; Rep. Infantine, Hills. 13; Rep. L. Turcotte, Straf. 4
COMMITTEE: Education
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides that students attending a chartered public school shall be provided bus transportation to their school on the same terms and conditions provided for students attending non-chartered public schools. The bill also removes the requirement that a chartered public school is liable for additional costs for transporting students to a chartered public school within the student's school district.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
4Feb2016... 0414h
03/10/2016 0810s 16-2265
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to bus transportation for chartered public school students.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
236:1 Chartered Public Schools; Establishment. Amend RSA 194-B:2, V to read as follows:
V. Attendance at a chartered public school for the purposes of transportation shall not constitute assignment under the provisions of RSA 189:6 and RSA 189:8. Pupils who reside in the school district in which the chartered public school is located shall be provided transportation to that school by the district on the same terms and conditions as provided for [in RSA 189:6 and RSA 189:8 and that transportation is provided to pupils attending other] non-chartered public schools [within that] in the district and utilizing the same regular bus schedules and routes that are provided to pupils attending non-chartered public schools within that district. [However, any added costs for such transportation services shall be borne by the chartered public school.]
236:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
Approved: June 10, 2016
Effective Date: July 1, 2016
