HB 486 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
04/10
HOUSE BILL 486
AN ACT relative to vocational education alternatives for public school pupils.
SPONSORS: Rep. Tahir, Hills 38; Rep. Rogers Johnson, Rock 25; Rep. Salts, Hills 41; Rep. Thompson, Hills 47; Rep. Gonzalez, Hills 48
This bill provides that every school district in the state shall provide vocational education programs to high school pupils and that the source of funds for these additional programs shall be from federal or private funds.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0526
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to vocational education alternatives for public school pupils.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 State Board of Education; Vocational Education; Availability Amended. Amend RSA 186:40 to read as follows:
186:40 Administration.
I. The commissioner, department of education, is authorized to arrange with institutions and with school boards of towns or city districts in the state to furnish the necessary buildings, equipment, and additional funds required in carrying out the provisions of the federal acts, so far as those acts apply to this state; and school districts are authorized to enter into such contracts with the commissioner. The commissioner is further authorized to approve certain schools and educational institutions within the state as vocational training centers for the purpose of enlarging the opportunities for such training and putting into effect the provisions of RSA 186:39 and to make suitable arrangements with such schools and institutions to receive pupils for vocational training who may not reside in the town or school district where such school or institution is located.
II. In addition to the provisions of paragraph I, the state board of education shall adopt rules which, beginning with the 2002 - 2003 school year, establish vocational education programs to be offered in every school district in the state. Such rules shall provide that the funding for such additional programs shall be from federal or private funds.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.