SB 444 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

3/21/02 3040s

2002 SESSION

02-3193

04/09

SENATE BILL 444

AN ACT relative to parents in the classroom.

SPONSORS: Sen. Hollingworth, Dist 23; Sen. Cohen, Dist 24

COMMITTEE: Education

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill allows a local school board to adopt a policy which would permit parents or legal guardians of children attending the public elementary or secondary schools within the school district to spend a full day, or any part thereof, in their child's classroom.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

3/21/02 3040s

02-3193

04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two

AN ACT relative to parents in the classroom.

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

1 New Subdivision; Parents in the Program. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 58 the following new subdivision:

Parents in the Classroom

189:59 Parents in the Classroom. A school board, in its discretion, may adopt a policy that would permit the parents or legal guardians of a child attending the public elementary or secondary schools within the school district to spend a full day, or any part thereof, in their child's classroom. A school board that adopts such a policy may determine the manner in which the policy shall be implemented.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2003.