TITLE XV
EDUCATION

CHAPTER 189
SCHOOL BOARDS, SUPERINTENDENTS, TEACHERS, AND TRUANT OFFICERS; SCHOOL CENSUS

Literacy Instruction and Dropout Prevention

Section 189:53

    189:53 Literacy Skill Development in Elementary Grades. – All school districts which provide elementary education shall have instruction in literacy for all students through grade 3, including instruction in reading, writing, speaking, listening, reasoning, and mathematics. All instruction shall be designed to assist students to achieve literacy and to provide the opportunity for each child to learn according to such child's needs and abilities as set forth by the state board of education in the minimum standards for New Hampshire public elementary schools.

Source. 1988, 274:3. 1995, 174:12, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.