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Home » US Law » 2022 New Hampshire Revised Statutes » Title XV - Education » Title 195 - Cooperative School Districts

Section 195:1 – Definitions.

    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 […]

Section 195:10 – Disposal of Property.

    195:10 Disposal of Property. – Whenever any property of a cooperative school district is disposed of, the proceeds thereof shall be credited to each pre-existing district in the same proportion as the costs of making capital improvements are credited. Source. 1951, 213:1, par. 10, eff. Aug. 13, 1951.

Section 195:11 – Continuance of Trust Funds.

    195:11 Continuance of Trust Funds. – All trust funds held or enjoyed by any pre-existing district shall be held and applied as the terms of the trust indicate. If such trust allows, the funds may be applied for the same uses and purposes of the cooperative district. Source. 1951, 213:1, par. 11. RSA 195:11. […]

Section 195:11-a – Capital Reserves and Cash Balances.

    195:11-a Capital Reserves and Cash Balances. – When all of the functions of a school district are to be assumed by a cooperative district the balance of any capital reserve fund established by a school district and any cash balance in the hands of the treasurer or money due the district at the time […]

Section 195:12 – Budget.

    195:12 Budget. – At least 30 days prior to the annual meeting, the cooperative school board shall prepare a budget for the ensuing year, after holding at least one public hearing upon a preliminary budget at some convenient place in the district, of which at least 7 days’ notice shall have been given, and […]

Section 195:12-a – Budget Committee.

    195:12-a Budget Committee. – I. A cooperative school district at an annual meeting, under a proper article in the warrant, may vote to establish a budget committee pursuant to RSA 32:14 and may rescind such action in a like manner. The budget committee shall have the same number of members as the cooperative district […]

Section 195:13 – Meetings, Annual, Special.

    195:13 Meetings, Annual, Special. – A meeting of every cooperative school district shall be held annually between the dates set forth in RSA 197:1 for the choice of district officers, raising and appropriating money for the support of its schools for the fiscal year beginning the next July, and for the transaction of other […]

Section 195:14 – Certification of District Taxes.

    195:14 Certification of District Taxes. – I. Voted Appropriations. (a) The cooperative school board shall annually within 20 days of the close of the meeting certify to the commissioner of revenue administration and the state department of education, upon blanks prescribed and provided by the commissioner of revenue administration for the purpose, a certificate […]

Section 195:14-a – Alternative Method of Apportioning Operating Costs.

    195:14-a Alternative Method of Apportioning Operating Costs. – I. As an alternative to the apportionment of operating costs set forth in RSA 195:14, the cooperative school board may fix a specific percentage of the state adequate education grant amount received in a given year to be applied to the operating costs of the cooperative […]

Section 195:15 – State Aid.

    195:15 State Aid. – The state aid to which a cooperative elementary and/or secondary district shall be entitled shall be the total of those shares of the aid to which the pupils attending the cooperative district would have entitled the pre-existing districts, had they remained in the pre-existing districts. For the purposes of crediting […]

Section 195:15-a – Building Aid.

    195:15-a Building Aid. – Except as hereinafter provided, for the purpose of receiving state building aid, or other similar aid toward school buildings, which may hereafter be provided, the amount of such aid for cooperative school districts shall apply only to those cooperative or union school districts which were formed from 2 or more […]

Section 195:16 – Enlargement of Territory.

    195:16 Enlargement of Territory. – A cooperative school district organized prior to July 1, 1963 may be enlarged in the following manner: I. The school board of any school district situated in proximity to an existing cooperative school district may petition the cooperative school board to meet with it to study jointly the advisability […]

Section 195:16-a – Increase or Decrease in Grades.

    195:16-a Increase or Decrease in Grades. – Any cooperative school district may amend its existing arrangement or articles of agreement to increase or decrease the grades for which the cooperative school district provides education. If the cooperative district was organized pursuant to RSA 195:18, it shall proceed by amendment of its articles of agreement. […]

Section 195:16-b – Power of Eminent Domain.

    195:16-b Power of Eminent Domain. – Whenever a cooperative school district cannot acquire by purchase a good title to any real estate or interest therein needed by it for its purposes either because of the unwillingness of the owner to sell at a reasonable price, the owner’s inability to convey a good title, or […]

Section 195:16-c – Powers of Superior Court as to Pre-existing Districts.

    195:16-c Powers of Superior Court as to Pre-existing Districts. – If there shall arise any occasion which shall require the doing of any act or thing by or in behalf of a pre-existing district which has ceased to exist by reason of its inclusion in a cooperative school district, the superior court shall have […]

Section 195:18 – Procedure for Formation of Cooperative School District.

    195:18 Procedure for Formation of Cooperative School District. – Cooperative school districts shall be organized solely in accordance with the following procedure: I. (a) Any school district pursuant to an article in the warrant for any annual or special meeting may vote to create a cooperative school district planning committee consisting of 3 qualified […]

Section 195:19 – Statement of Policy.

    195:19 Statement of Policy. – It is the purpose of this subdivision to provide a means for cooperative school districts now existing or hereafter formed to meet the constitutional mandate of one-man one-vote as annunciated by the United States supreme court. It is the intention of the legislature to provide flexibility to the cooperative […]

Section 195:19-a – Composition of Cooperative School Boards.

    195:19-a Composition of Cooperative School Boards. – The number, composition, method of selection, and terms of members of cooperative school boards shall be as provided in the bylaws or articles of agreement of the cooperative school district, as the case may be; provided, however, that such bylaws and articles of agreement shall be limited […]