Bill Text: NH HB1379 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Amending the requirement to use English in schools.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-09 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/09/2016 House Journal 23 P. 20 [HB1379 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1379-Introduced.html
HB 1379 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2644
04/10
HOUSE BILL 1379
AN ACT amending the requirement to use English in schools.
SPONSORS: Rep. Ammon, Hills. 40; Rep. Bouldin, Hills. 12
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill limits the requirement to use the English language for the instruction of students to public schools only.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2644
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT amending the requirement to use English in schools.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 School Boards; English Required. Amend RSA 189:19 to read as follows:
189:19 English Required. In the instruction of children in all public schools[, including private schools,] in reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, grammar, geography, physiology, history, civil government, music, and drawing, the English language shall be used exclusively, both for the purposes of instruction therein and for purposes of general administration. Educational programs in the field of bilingual education shall be permitted under the provisions of this section with the approval of the state board of education and the local school district.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
