New Hampshire HB1374: (New Title) modifying the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district and the discontinuance of elementary and high schools and requiring the review of school district operating documents by school boards.

What the bill says

An act modifying the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district and the discontinuance of elementary and high schools and requiring the review of school district operating documents by school boards. Rep. Colcombe, Hills. 30; Rep. Ford, Rock. 3; Rep. Peeples, Hills. 14; Rep. D. McGuire, Merr. 14; Rep. Porcelli, Rock. 19; Rep. P. Brown, Rock. 14; Sen. Ward, Dist 8 COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill: I. Modifies the procedure for withdrawal from a cooperative school district.

From the chaptered text, July 10, 2026:

AN ACT modifying the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district and the discontinuance of elementary and high schools and requiring the review of school district operating documents by school boards. Rep. Colcombe, Hills. 30; Rep. Ford, Rock. 3; Rep. Peeples, Hills. 14; Rep. D. McGuire, Merr. 14; Rep. Porcelli, Rock. 19; Rep. P. Brown, Rock. 14; Sen. Ward, Dist 8 COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill: I. Modifies the procedure for withdrawal from a cooperative school district to allow a majority of voters in a single withdrawing district to elect to withdraw. II. Clarifies that a supermajority of voters in a withdrawing district voting in favor of withdrawal shall constitute conclusive evidence of the withdrawal of the district. III. Requires that voters residing in all municipalities that are served by a school district vote on the closure of schools. IV. Establishes an option for the governing bodies of municipalities to preserve the operation of a school located within the municipality where the majority of voters residing in all municipalities served by the district elected to close such school. V. Requires the governing bodies of municipalities to enter into an operating agreement with the district where such option to preserve the operation of a school has been exercised. VI. Authorizes the state board of education …

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