Bill Text: NH HB1389 | 2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Relative to the pre-engineering technology curriculum and pre-engineering technology advisory council and establishing advisory committees for regional vocational education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-18 - House Signed By Governor 06/14/2012; Effective 08/13/2012; Chapter 0223 [HB1389 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2012-HB1389-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 223

HB 1389 – FINAL VERSION

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2012 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1389

AN ACT relative to the pre-engineering technology curriculum and pre-engineering technology advisory council and establishing advisory committees for regional vocational education.

SPONSORS: Rep. Major, Rock 8

COMMITTEE: Education

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill makes various changes to the pre-engineering technology curriculum and the pre-engineering technology advisory council. The bill also establishes advisory committees for regional vocational education.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21Mar2012… 1305h

05/16/12 2149s

12-2499

04/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to the pre-engineering technology curriculum and pre-engineering technology advisory council and establishing advisory committees for regional vocational education.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

223:1 Pre-Engineering Technology Curriculum and Advisory Council; Subdivision Heading Amended. Amend the subdivision heading preceding RSA 188-E:14 to read as follows:

Pre-Engineering Technology Curriculum and

Pre-Engineering Technology Advisory Council

223:2 Pre-Engineering Technology Curriculum. Amend RSA 188-E:14, I to read as follows:

I. The department of education shall facilitate the development and implementation of a pre-engineering technology curriculum in the public schools for students in grades 6 through 12 who are interested in careers in engineering[,] or allied engineering fields, and shall encourage school districts to implement age-appropriate instruction and projects involving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics for students in kindergarten through grade 5.

223:3 Pre-Engineering Technology Advisory Council. Amend RSA 188-E:15 to read as follows:

188-E:15 Pre-Engineering Technology Advisory Council. There is established a pre-engineering technology advisory council to advise the department of education in the implementation, evaluation, and expansion of the pre-engineering technology curriculum, to assist the department of education in pursuing public and private funds in order to ensure statewide access to pre-engineering technology curriculum coursework for public school students in [grades 6] kindergarten through grade 12.

223:4 New Section; Regional Vocational Education; Advisory Committees. Amend RSA 188-E by inserting after section 4 the following new section:

188-E:4-a Advisory Committees.

I. Each designated region shall have a regional advisory committee consisting of representatives from each sending district and the receiving district. Appointees from each district shall represent a reasonable balance among the recognized vocational areas including, but not limited to, agriculture, marketing and distribution, health, home economics, office occupations, and trades and industry. Each regional advisory committee shall have at least 7 members representative of the districts and vocational areas.

II. The regional advisory committee shall advise the receiving district school board on matters related to vocational education but shall have no legal authority with respect to such board’s responsibility.

III. Each regional vocational education center shall have active craft committees representing each vocational area established at the center. Said craft committees shall advise the regional advisory committee on matters relating to their particular vocational area but shall have no legal authority with respect to the regional advisory committee’s responsibility.

223:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 14, 2012

Effective Date: August 13, 2012