This bill proposes amendments to RSA 671:18, which outlines the qualifications for candidacy for school district offices. The bill seeks to restrict eligibility for school board membership by adding new conditions. Specifically, it prohibits individuals who are members of municipal governing bodies or at-large members of the municipal budget committee from holding the office of a school board member. Additionally, the bill extends the prohibition to individuals who are employed on a salaried basis by a school administrative unit or any school district within such a unit if they or their immediate family members are employed within the same school administrative unit.

The bill also provides a definition of immediate family members for the purposes of these restrictions, which includes a spouse, domestic partner, child, parent, brother, sister, step-child, step-parent, and step-siblings. The bill clarifies that salaried positions include teachers, paraprofessionals, custodians, administrators, secretaries, school bus drivers (if paid by the district), school lunch workers, and teacher's aides. The act is set to take effect 60 days after its passage.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 671:18