This bill mandates that the Department of Education take responsibility for maintaining student records for chartered public schools that have closed. A new section, 189:27-c, is added to RSA 189, which outlines the specific duties of the Department in this regard. These duties include obtaining and preserving pupil registers and individual high school transcripts, providing certified transcripts at no cost upon request, certifying periods of enrollment, and notifying former students and their guardians about the status of their records.

The bill also includes a provision that it will take effect 60 days after its passage. However, the fiscal impact of the bill is currently undetermined as the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is awaiting further information from the Department of Education to complete a fiscal note.