194-D:1 Definitions. – In this chapter: I. " Open enrollment public school " or " open enrollment school " means any public school which, in addition to providing educational services to pupils residing within its attendance area or district, chooses to accept pupils from other attendance areas within its district and from outside its […]
194-D:2 Establishment; Parental Choice; Admission. – I. Any school district legislative body may vote to designate one or more of its schools as an open enrollment school. II. Open enrollment schools shall operate under the same laws, rules, and policies as any other public school, except as provided in this chapter. III. No public […]
194-D:3 Procedure for Adoption and Rescission; Limitations. – I. Any school district may adopt the provisions of RSA 194-D, to adopt an open enrollment school program, in the following manner: (a) A question shall be placed on the warrant of a special or annual school district meeting which body shall have final authority to […]
194-D:4 Pupil Selection and Enrollment. – I. (a) Open enrollment schools may set maximum enrollment as they deem appropriate. (b) Open enrollment schools may limit enrollment to specific grade or age levels, pupil needs, or areas of academic focus including, but not limited to, at-risk pupils, vocational education pupils, mathematics, science, the arts, history, […]
194-D:5 Funding. – I. There shall be no tuition charge for any pupil attending an open enrollment school located in that pupil’s resident district. For an open enrollment school authorized by the school district, the pupil’s resident district shall pay to such school an amount equal to not less than 80 percent of that […]
194-D:6 Budgets. – That portion of a school district’s estimated expenditures on open enrollment school tuition shall be shown as a separate line item in a school district’s budget. Source. 2009, 241:14, eff. Sept. 14, 2009.
194-D:7 State Board; Duties. – I. The state board shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, consistent with the provisions of this chapter relative to the administration of open enrollment schools. II. The state board shall convene one or more working committees to study and make recommendations regarding the implementation and effectiveness of open […]
