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2011
Priorities
1.
Successes
a.
Passed (second chamber considering)
i.
HB 1 & HB 2 (State Budget) Funded
1.
School building Aid
2.
Catastrophic Special Education
3.
Juvenile Justice Shelter Services
b.
Killed (ITL)
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i |
HB 340 |
promoting
parental choice in education and providing for
an abatement from the education
taxes for parents of children not enrolled in
the public school system. |
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ii |
SB 113 |
relative
to nonpublic schools receiving public funds. |
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iii |
HB59 |
establishing a committee to study modification
of the education laws. |
2.
Needs More Work
a.
Passed (second chamber considering)
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i |
HB 1&
2 |
Restore:
Childcare Subsidy; safety net funding
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ii |
CACR12 |
relating
to funding of public education. Providing that
the legislature shall define standards
for education, determine the level of state
funding thereof, establish standards of
accountability
and allocate state funds in a manner that
mitigates disparities in educational opportunity
and
fiscal capacity, provided that a reasonable
share of state funds shall be distributed on a
per
pupil basis. |
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iii |
HB130 |
establishing an additional method for a school
to demonstrate that it provides the opportunity
for an adequate education. |
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iv |
HB 313 |
requiring
parental consent for court referral of a minor
to a juvenile diversion program. |
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v |
SB 183 |
amending
the calculation and distribution of adequate
education grants, repealing fiscal
capacity disparity aid, and providing
stabilization grants to certain municipalities.
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b.
Retained (Report Due 11/2/2011)
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i |
HB 318 |
reducing
a school district's liability for special
education costs. |
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ii |
HB179 |
establishing a task force to study the formula
for determining adequate education grants
to school districts. |
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iii |
SB 181 |
relative
to distribution of funds for education |
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iv |
HB604 |
relative
to the procedures for approval of plans,
specifications, and costs of school building
construction or renovation. |
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v |
HB 296 |
relative
to procedures for juvenile delinquency petitions
filed by a school district or school
official. |
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vi |
HB 219 |
establishing a committee to study the
abolishment of the department of education. |
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vii |
CACR8 |
relating
to education. Providing that the legislature
shall have the power to authorize
schools. |
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viii |
HB447 |
relative
to collection of the education property tax and
establishing a program to rebate
certain excessive property tax payments of
eligible taxpayers. |
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ix |
CACR7 |
relating
to education funding. Providing that the general
court shall distribute funds in
the manner that it determines will best promote
an equal opportunity for an adequate
education. |
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x |
CACR 13 |
relating
to prohibiting any new tax on personal income.
Providing that no new tax on
personal income shall be levied by the state of
New Hampshire. |
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xi |
HB 233 |
restricting judicial review of state education
trust fund distributions. |
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xii |
HB 533 |
establishing a cap on the amount of school
building aid grants distributed in each
fiscal year. |
3.
Not So Successful
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i |
HB 495 |
relative
to the prevention of the use of pesticides on
the grounds of child day care facilities,
schools, and state parks. |
Past
Priorities
1.
Successes
a.
Passed (second chamber considering)
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i |
HB597 |
revising the child support guidelines based on
an income shares model of calculating
child support. |
b.
Killed (ITL)
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i |
HB 631 |
repealing the requirement that all school
districts offer public kindergarten. |
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ii |
HB 280 |
relative to interest rate terms in contracts for
providing credit to consumers. |
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iii |
HB 575 |
relative to the calculation of child support in
cases of shared parenting. |
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iv |
HB563 |
revising the child support guidelines based on
foster care reimbursement rates.
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v |
HB 640 |
relative to notice to the department of health
and human services of the allocation
of spousal income and relative to estate
planning by guardians. |
2.
Needs More Work
c.
Passed (second chamber considering)
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i |
SB 57 |
This bill increases the maximum percentage of
interest allowed to be charged
by title loan lenders annually |
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ii |
HB 375 |
relative to immunity for school personnel using
necessary force to protect pupils. |
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iii |
HB 370 |
making changes to the pupil safety and violence
prevention act. |
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iv |
HB52 |
relative to grounds for modification of parental
rights and responsibilities. |
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v |
SB30 |
relative to including a parent's residence in
the parenting plan. |
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vi |
HB429 |
permitting a child 16 years of age or older to
withdraw from school with parental permission. |
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vii |
SB34 |
relative to orders of notice in cases involving
guardianship of minors. |
d.
Retained (Report Due 11/2/2011)
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I |
HB228 |
prohibiting the department of health and human
services from entering into a
contract with Planned Parenthood Federation of
America, Inc. or any organization that
provides abortion services and prohibiting the
use of public funds or insurance for
abortion services. |
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ii |
HB591 |
relative to the determination of parental rights
based on the best interest of the child;
relative to grounds for modification of an order
regarding parental rights and responsi-
bilities, and relative to grandparent and
stepparent visitation rights. |
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iii |
HB595 |
amending the compulsory school attendance
statutes to permit parent-directed
instruction programs and repealing the home
education statutes. |
3.
Not So Successful
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i |
HB377 |
requiring daily physical education for public
school pupils. |
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