SB 343 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
01/30/14 0148s
2014 SESSION
08/03
SENATE BILL 343
AN ACT relative to the duties of the statewide education improvement and assessment program legislative oversight committee and repealing the school administrative unit legislative oversight committee.
SPONSORS: Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. Burt, Hills 6; Rep. Jones, Straf 24
COMMITTEE: Health, Education and Human Services
This bill adds duties to the statewide education improvement and assessment program legislative oversight committee related to studying the common core state standards and repeals the school administrative unit legislative oversight committee.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2618
08/03
01/30/14 0148s
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to the duties of the statewide education improvement and assessment program legislative oversight committee and repealing the school administrative unit legislative oversight committee.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Statewide Education Improvement and Assessment Program; Duties of the Legislative Oversight Committee. Amend RSA 193-C:8 by inserting after paragraph X the following new paragraph:
XI.(a) Compare the current educational standards with common core standards, to determine which contains the level of rigor that the New Hampshire students will need to enter a higher educational program and to succeed in the 21st century;
(b) Examine how the common core standards relate to New Hampshire’s current standards, and examine the impact, if any, of applying national standards to local schools;
(c) Examine whether the common core standards remove local input from what teachers should teach; and
(d) Study whether common core standards are at least as rigorous as New Hampshire’s current educational standards and examine the impact, if any, at the local level of the use of common core standards.
2 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 194-C:11, relative to the school administrative unit legislative oversight committee.
II. RSA 194-C:12, relative to the duties of the school administrative unit legislative oversight committee.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.