195:1 Definitions. –
The terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows, unless a different meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context:
I. "Cooperative school district" means a district composed of 2 or more school districts of the state associated together under the provisions of this chapter and may include either the elementary schools, the secondary schools, or both.
II. "Elementary school" shall mean all grades from the kindergarten or grade one through grade 6, or kindergarten or grade one through grade 8.
III. "Secondary school" shall mean all grades from grade 7 through grade 12, or grade 9 through grade 12.
IV. "Cooperative school board" shall mean a school board serving a cooperative school district.
V. "Pre-existing district" shall mean a district or portion of a district which is included within the boundaries of a proposed or established cooperative school district.
VI. [Repealed.]
VII. "Commissioner" shall mean commissioner of education.
VIII. "Date of operating responsibility" shall mean the date or dates set in the resolution adopted at the organization meeting or in the articles of agreement adopted by the several school districts on which the cooperative school district shall take over operating control of those schools within such district which it was organized to operate. Wherever the words "establishment" or "date of establishment" appear in this chapter, they shall be given a meaning synonymous with "date of operating control".
IX. "Valuation" shall mean the valuation as determined by the commissioner of revenue administration for debt limits, under the provisions of RSA 33.