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2002 SESSION

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10/09

HOUSE BILL 1373-FN

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill allows school districts currently in the retirement system or those electing to join the retirement system to include certain additional paraprofessional and support position employees.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21feb02...2587h

01-2259

10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two

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

80:1 New Paragraph; Retirement System; Participation by School Districts; Employees Included. Amend RSA 100-A:20 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:

I-a. The governing body of any school district that has elected pursuant to paragraph I to have its employees participate in the retirement system may also elect to have employees participate in the New Hampshire retirement system who are employed in paraprofessional or support positions requiring direct involvement with students, such as the positions of classroom, academic, teacher, special education, library, or health aide/assistant, and who meet the minimum participation standards for full-time teachers as provided in rules adopted by the board of trustees.

80:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: May 2, 2002)

(Effective Date: July 1, 2002)