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Changes/Waivers Requested, Full Funding ResolutionAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: "One of the proposed warrant articles on the Shaker Regional School District agenda has drawn attention from Washington. Status of Action: |
Cost or Participation StudyAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: State Legislature introudced LSR 467, a bill to establish a committee to study the ramifications of New Hampshire terminating its participation in the No Child Left Behind Act. Status of Action: Posted - 12/04/06 |
Changes/ Waivers RequestedAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: State Senate introduced SCR 2, a resolution urging Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act. A resolution urging Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act. Status of Action: Introduced and referred to education committee - 1/4/07 |
Legal ActionAction Type: Show of support Description of Action: State Legislature introduced LSR2805 a resolution calling on the state to join Connecticut's lawsuit against the federal government regarding the No Child Left Behind Act Status of Action: Withdrawn |
Opt OutAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: State Legislature introduced LSR2950 which would prohibit the acceptance or expenditure of any funds obtained under the No Child Left Behind Act. Status of Action: withdrawn |
Changes/Waivers RequestedAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: House Bill 646: Provides that teachers and paraprofessionals deemed highly qualified are deemed such in all New Hampshire districts. Provides that no teacher or paraprofessional shall be dismissed or nonrenewed solely for failure to meet the highly qualified criteria of NCLB so long as the teacher or paraprofessional possesses a valid license or certification, and creates a highly qualified teacher oversight commission. (carry over bill from 2005) Status of Action: House Education Committee |
Cost or Participation StudyAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: Representative Balboni introduced HB1288, a bill which directs the New Hampshire Office of the Legislative Budget Assistant to conduct an audit of all Federal Funds received by the U.S. Department of Education. Specifically the bill requires that all money received under NCLB be detailed separately from all other federal education money, and that an analysis be conducted to determine the actual costs of implementing NCLB. Status of Action: Referred to finance committee 1/24/06 |
Changes/Waivers RequestedAction Type: Official Action Description of Action: “At least one-fifth of the states say they plan to apply for a pilot program that would let them use a measure of student growth over time to help determine whether schools and districts have met their annual achievement targets under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Status of Action: |
Changes/Waivers RequestedAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: The New Hampshire State Senate introduced SCR7, a resolution urging Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act in accordance with the recommendations of the National Conference of State Legislatures' task force on NCLB and in a manner that allows states, such as New Hampshire, to continue to work toward the goal of closing the achievement gap without the coercion of losing federal funds. Status of Action: In Committee as of 1/10/2006 |
Changes/Waivers RequestedAction Type: Official Action Description of Action: The Education Department has reversed its earlier decision not to permit three New England states to forego testing under the No Child Left Behind Act this year and now will allow New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont to skip the process. The three states did not test their elementary and middle school students for the 2004-05 school year because they were transitioning to the new, jointly developed New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP), a first-of-its-kind testing coordination among states.) Status of Action: |
Cost or Participation StudyAction Type: Official Action Description of Action: In one of the first NCLB cost studies conducted, the New Hampshire School Administrators Association found that meeting the law's requirements would cost the state about $500 per student. Status of Action: |
Changes/Waivers RequestedAction Type: Official Action Description of Action: With less than a month left of school, three New England states must administer No Child Left Behind testing this spring for elementary and middle school students, despite having no plan to do so. Status of Action: |
Prohibit Use of State FundsAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: State House of Representatives introduced HB786, a bill prohibiting the state board of education and department of education from adopting any new administrative rules or regulations or amending any existing administrative rule or regulation for the purpose of complying with NCLB if such compliance would require funding from the general fund Status of Action: last action in Senate Committee 1/28/04 |
