N.H. Admin. Code Ed, ch. Ed 300, pt. Ed 306 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL APPROVAL

REVISION NOTE #1:

Document #10870, effective 6-29-15, was filed as an emergency rule and readopted with amendments or repealed various rules as follows in Ed 306 on minimum standards for public school approval:

The affected rules had been filed previously under Document #10556, effective 3-27-14. The rules readopted with amendment by Document #10870 previously had an applicability clause that stated that the rules shall apply until July 1, 2015, and the amendment in Document #10870 deleted that clause. The rules repealed by Document #10870 had provisions requiring compliance by July 1, 2015, conditioned on legislative approval. The condition did not occur, so the rules were repealed.

Pursuant to RSA 541-A:18, I, the emergency rule filed under Document #10870 expired on 12-26-15 because it had not been superseded by the filing of another Document before that date. Upon expiration of the emergency rule, pursuant to RSA 541-A:18, V, the former rules filed under Document #10556 became effective again in their original form since they were the effective rules which had been amended and repealed by the emergency rule in Document #10870.

Document #11020, effective 1-8-16, readopted with amendment or repealed the various rules in Ed 306, as listed in the table above, which had been filed under Document # 10556 and had become effective again due to the expiration on 12-26-15 of the emergency rule in Document #10870. Document #11020 restored as a regular rule the amendments and repeals in the emergency rule in Document #10870.

REVISION NOTE #2:

Document #12845, effective 8-9-19, amended, repealed, and readopted with amendment various existing rules in Ed 306 and adopted Ed 306.44 titled "Computer Science Education." One of the existing rules amended was Ed 306.42 titled "Information and Communication Technologies Program" which was also retitled "Digital Literacy Program".

The 2 existing rules repealed by Document #12845 were Ed 306.14 titled "Basic Instructional Standards" and Ed 306.26 titled "Kindergarten-Grade 8 School Curriculum". The repealed Ed 306.14 had applied until July 1, 2015, and the repealed Ed 306.26 had applied until July 1, 2017. Document #12845 also readopted with amendment and renumbered the existing Ed 306.141 titled "Basic Instructional Standards, July 1, 2015" as Ed 306.14 titled "Basic Instructional Standards" and readopted with amendment and renumbered the existing Ed 306.261 titled "Kindergarten-Grade 8 School Curriculum, July 1, 2017" as Ed 306.26 titled "Kindergarten-Grade 8 School Curriculum". Both Ed 306.141 and Ed 306.261 had been adopted by Document #10556, effective 3-27-14.

Document #12845 replaced all prior filings affecting the former Ed 306.14, Ed 306.141, Ed 306.26, and Ed 306.261. The prior filings affecting the former Ed 306.14 and former Ed 306.26 included the following documents:

#5546, effective 7-1-93

#6366, effective 10-30-96, EXPIRED 10-30-04

#8206, INTERIM, effective 11-18-04, EXPIRED 5-17-05

#8354, effective 7-1-05

#10556, effective 3-27-14

Ed 306.14 and Ed 306.26 filed under Document #8354 did not expire on 7-1-13 but were extended pursuant to RSA 541-A:14-a until replaced by the rules in Document #10556, effective 3-27-14

REVISION NOTE #3:

Document #13356, effective 3-23-22, readopted with amendment Ed 306.18 titled "School Year" and Ed 306.22 titled "Distance Education." Document #13356 replaced all prior filings affecting Ed 306.18 and Ed 306.22.

The prior filings affecting Ed 306.18 after Document #10556, effective 3-27-14, and before Document #13356, were:

#12814, effective 6-5-19, which amended Ed 306.18(c) on setting of the high school graduation date;

#13001, effective 3-12-20, EMERGENCY RULE, EXPIRED 9-8-20, which amended Ed 306.18(a)(7) to allow a school district to conduct instruction remotely. Pursuant to RSA 541-A:18, V, the text of Ed 306.18(a)(7) would have reverted to that in Document #10056. But before the emergency rule expired, Exhibit P of the Governor's Emergency Order #29, effective 8-13-20, modified Ed 306.18(a)(7) pursuant to the State of Emergency declared in Executive Order 2020-04 and remained in effect for the duration of the State of Emergency until it ended at midnight on 6-11-21. Ed 306.18(a)(7) in Document #10056 then became the valid text of the rule again; and

#13245, effective 7-29-21, which amended Ed 306.18(a)(7) and allowed distance education as defined in Ed 306.22.

The prior filing affecting Ed 306.22 after Document #10556, effective 3-27-14, and before Document #13356, was Document #13245, effective 7-29-21. But prior to Document #13245, Exhibit P of the Governor's Emergency Order #29, effective 8-13-20, had temporarily modified Ed 306.22 in its entirety pursuant to the State of Emergency declared in Executive Order 2020-04. The modified Ed 306.22 remained in effect for the duration of the State of Emergency until it ended at midnight on 6-11-21, and Ed 306.22 in Document #10056 then became the valid text of the rule again until replaced by Document #13245, effective 7-29-21.

REVISION NOTE #4:

Document #14150, effective 12-13-24, and Document #14151, effective 12-13-24, adopted, readopted with amendment, or repealed all of the rules in Part Ed 306. Document #14150 and Document #14151 extensively amended and renumbered the former rules in Part Ed 306. Document #14150 contains Ed 306.01 through Ed 306.26 to address minimum standards for public school approval, while Ed 306.27 through Ed 306.39 more specifically address minimum academic standards for public schools. Taken together, Document #14150 and Document #14151 replace all prior filings affecting the rules in Part Ed 306.

Document #14150

Document #14150 adopted new rule Ed 306.26 titled "State Board Establishment of State Academic Standards." Document #14150 also readopted and renumbered Ed 306.27 titled "High School Curriculum, Credits, Graduation Requirements, and Co-curricular Program" as Ed 306.22 titled "High School Curriculum, Credits, and Cocurricular Program" and Ed 306.23 titled "Graduation Requirements."Ed 306.17 titled "Class Size" was readopted with amendment and retitled "Student-Educator Ratios."Ed 306.22 titled "Distance Education" was readopted with amendment and re-titled "Remote Learning."

Document #14150 repealed Ed 306.09 titled "Custodial and Maintenance Services", Ed 306.14 titled "Basic Instructional Standards", Ed 306.19 titled "School Calendar", Ed 306.23 titled Statistical Reports; Accountability", and Ed 306.30 titled "Delay in Full Compliance." The reserved number Ed 306.13, whose rule had previously been repealed by Document #10556, effective 3-27-14, was deleted. These repeals and the deletion of the reserved Ed 306.13 necessitated the renumbering of the former Ed 306.01 through Ed 306.29 as Ed 306.01 through Ed 306.25.

The prior filings affecting the former Ed 306.01 through Ed 306.30 included the following documents:

#2055, eff 6-16-82

#2714, eff 5-16-84

#2787, eff 7-31-84

#4851, eff 6-25-90

#5107, eff 4-2-91

#5546, eff 7-1-93

#6366, eff 10-30-96, EXPIRED: 10-30-04 (except for Ed 306.06 and Ed 306.17)

#7512, eff 7-1-01

#7797, eff 11-28-02

#7925, eff 7-24-03

#8206, INTERIM, eff 11-18-04, EXPIRED: 5-17-05

#8354, eff 7-1-05

#9940, INTERIM, eff 6-9-11, EXPIRED: 12-6-11

#10047, eff 12-17-11

#10556, eff 3-27-14

#12418, eff 11-14-17

#12814, eff 6-15-19

#12845, eff 8-9-19 (see Revision Note #2)

#13001, EMERGENCY, eff 3-12-20, EXPIRED: 9-8-20 (Ed 306.18(a)(7))

#13159, eff 1-15-21

#13245, eff 7-29-21

#13356, eff 2-19-22 (see Revision Note #3)

#13394, eff 6-10-22

Most of the existing rules affected by Document #14050 were last filed under Document #10556, effective 3-27-14. They did not expire on 3-27-24 but were extended pursuant to RSA 541-A:14-a until repealed or replaced by the rules in Document #14050, effective 12-13-24. However, Ed 306.02 titled "Definitions", previously effective 7-1-05 (Document #8354), and as amended effective 12-17-11 (Document #10047), had already expired 7-1-13 in paragraphs (a)-(d) and expired 12-17-19 in Ed 306.02 intro. and paragraphs (e)-(h).

Document #14151

Document #14151 repealed Ed 306.34 titled "Career and Technical Education Program", Ed 306.35 titled "Career Education Program", Ed 306.38 titled "Family and Consumer Science Education Program", and Ed 306.49 titled "Holocaust and Genocide Education Program." The reserved numbers Ed 306.32 and Ed 306.36, whose rules had previously been repealed, respectively, by Document #10556, effective 3-27-14, and by Document #10047, effective 12-17-11, were deleted. These repeals and the deletion of the reserved Ed 306.32 and Ed 306.36 necessitated the renumbering of the former Ed 306.31 through Ed 306.49 as Ed 306.27 through Ed 306.39.

The prior filings affecting the former Ed 306.31 through Ed 306.49 included the following documents:

#5546, eff 7-1-93

#6366, eff 10-30-96, EXPIRED: 10-30-04

#8206, INTERIM, eff 11-18-04, EXPIRED: 5-17-05

#8354, eff 7-1-05

#10047, eff 12-17-11

#10556, eff 3-27-14

#10870, EMERGENCY, eff 6-29-15, EXPIRED: 12-26-15

#11020, eff 1-8-16 (see Revision Note #1)

#12418, eff 11-14-17

#12814, eff 6-15-19

#12845, eff 8-9-19 (see Revision Note #2)

#13394, eff 6-10-22

The existing rules Ed 306.33, Ed 306.34, Ed 306.35, Ed 306.38, and Ed 306.39 affected by Document #14051 were last filed under Document #10556, effective 3-27-14. They did not expire on 3-27-24 and were extended pursuant to RSA 541-A:14-a until repealed or replaced by the rules in Document #14051, effective 12-13-24.