SB 343 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

01/30/14 0148s

2014 SESSION

14-2618

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

AMENDED ANALYSIS

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 The following are repealed: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