SB 557 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
 
01/30/2020    0074s
2020 SESSION
20-2805
06/01
 
SENATE BILL 557
 
AN ACT relative to the advisory council on career and technical education.
 
SPONSORS: Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Morgan, Dist 23; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Doherty, Merr. 20
 
COMMITTEE: Education and Workforce Development
 
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
 
This bill adds a member to the advisory council on career and technical education.  This bill also requires the state board of education to adopt rules establishing requirements for a career readiness credential.
 
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01/30/2020    0074s 20-2805
06/01
 
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
 
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
 
AN ACT relative to the advisory council on career and technical education.
 
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
 
1  New Subparagraph; Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education.  Amend RSA 188-E:10-b, I by inserting after subparagraph (h) the following new subparagraph:
(i)  A high school counselor from a sending school district, appointed by the president of the New Hampshire School Counselor Association.
2  Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education.  Amend RSA 188-E:10-b, III to read as follows:
III.  Members of the advisory council appointed under subparagraphs I(f)-[(h)](i) shall serve for terms of 3 years and may be reappointed, except that terms of initial appointments by the commissioner under subparagraphs (f) and (h) shall be staggered.
3  New Paragraph; Career and Technical Education; Rulemaking.  Amend RSA 188-E:10-b by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VII.  By September 30, 2020, upon recommendation of the council, the state board of education shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, establishing requirements for a career readiness credential.
4  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.