Bill Text: NH HB1368 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to filling vacancies for at-large members of school boards and budget committees of cooperative school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-16 - Introduced 06/16/2020, and Laid on Table, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 06/16/2020; Senate Journal 8 [HB1368 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-HB1368-Amended.html
HB 1368 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
11Mar2020... 0661h
2020 SESSION
20-2627
06/04
HOUSE BILL 1368
SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Migliore, Graf. 9; Rep. Edgar, Rock. 21; Rep. Bushway, Rock. 21; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires vacancies for at-large members of cooperative school boards and budget committee members to be appointed by the moderator.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11Mar2020... 0661h 20-2627
06/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 School District Elections; Vacancies. Amend RSA 671:33, II(b) to read as follows:
(b) In a cooperative school district, the remaining school board members representing the same town or towns as the departed member shall fill a vacancy on the school board, provided that there are at least 2 such members. If there are less than 2 remaining members on the cooperative school board representing the same town or towns as the departed member, or if the remaining members are unable, by majority vote, to agree upon an appointment, the selectmen of the town or towns involved shall fill the vacancy by majority vote in convention. If the selectmen are unable to fill the vacancy then the cooperative school district moderator shall make the appointment. All vacancies for at-large board members of the cooperative school district shall be filled by the moderator. A member appointed to fill a vacancy under this subparagraph shall serve until the next district election when the voters of the district shall elect a replacement for the unexpired term.
2 School District Elections; Vacancies. Amend RSA 671:33, IV to read as follows:
IV. In a cooperative school district, the remaining budget committee members representing the same town or towns as the departed member shall fill a vacancy on the budget committee, provided that there are at least 2 such members. If there are less than 2 remaining members on the budget committee representing the same town or towns as the departed member, or if the remaining members are unable, by majority vote, to agree upon an appointment, the selectmen of the town or towns involved shall fill the vacancy by majority vote in convention. If the selectmen are unable to fill the vacancy then the cooperative school district moderator shall make the appointment. If the vacancy is for the cooperative school board representative to the cooperative school district budget committee, such vacancy shall be filled by the cooperative school board. All vacancies for at-large members of the cooperative school district budget committee shall be filled by the moderator. A member appointed to fill a vacancy under this subparagraph shall serve until the next district election when the voters of the district shall elect a replacement for the unexpired term.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
