New Hampshire legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Hampshire HB1829: modifying the definition of persistently dangerous schools.
Status: Failed, March 5, 2026
What the bill says
An act modifying the definition of persistently dangerous schools. Rep. Nadeau, Rock. 4; Rep. L. Miner, Rock. 7; Rep. Freeman, Belk. 8; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. Terry, Belk. 7 COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill adds incidents of physical harm and persistently poor academic performance as qualifying acts that can make a school persistently dangerous. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
From the introduced text, January 7, 2026:
AN ACT modifying the definition of persistently dangerous schools. Rep. Nadeau, Rock. 4; Rep. L. Miner, Rock. 7; Rep. Freeman, Belk. 8; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. Terry, Belk. 7 COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill adds incidents of physical harm and persistently poor academic performance as qualifying acts that can make a school persistently dangerous. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 26-3092 12/07 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT modifying the definition of persistently dangerous schools. I. A persistently dangerous school is a school in which 3 of the following acts have occurred as separate incidents during the period of one school …
Sponsors
- Melissa Litchfield (R, 32) · primary sponsor
- Brian Nadeau (R, 4)