2008 SESSION

                                                                                                                              08-2410.0

                                                                                                                              04/05

 

HOUSE BILL         [bill number]

 

AN ACT          directing New Hampshire to withdraw from the No Child Left Behind Act.

 

SPONSORS:   [sponsors]

 

COMMITTEE: [committee]

 

 

ANALYSIS

 

                       This bill provides that effective July 1, 2009, the state of New Hampshire shall cease accepting any federal money for the purpose of implementing the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, or any subsequent reauthorizations.  The state will then cease implementing the No Child Left Behind Act once obligations from previous federal funding have been meet. 

 

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                                  Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

                                                                                                                              08-2410.0

                                                                                                                              04/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

 

AN ACT          directing New Hampshire to withdraw from the No Child Left Behind Act.

 

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

 

      ­1  New Subdivision; State Compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; General Funds Prohibited.  Amend RSA 21-N by inserting after section 11 the following new subdivision:

Compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act

      21-N:12  Compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act.  Neither the state board of education nor the department of education shall implement, apply, or enforce any provision or requirement of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 in the public schools of this state.  No state funds shall be expended on the implementation or enforcement of any provision of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.  The enforcement of any provision of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 by the state board of education or the department of education commenced prior to the effective date of this section shall be terminated upon the effective date of this section. 

      ­2  Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.