CHAPTERSenate 186Education April 24, 2024 2024-1627s 02/06 Amendment to HB 1107 -Amend FINALRSA VERSION193-E:2-a, 8Feb2024...V(a) as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:

0344h3 05/02/2024(a) 1627sThe SESSIONgeneral 24-2066court 02/10requires HOUSEevery BILL10 1107years ANthe ACTstate relativeboard of education and the department of education to institute procedures for maintaining, updating, improving, and refining the minimum standards for public school approval and the curriculum frameworks.frameworks for each area of education identified in paragraph I.

SPONSORS:Each school district shall be responsible for maintaining, updating, improving, and refining curriculumThe curriculum shall present educational goals, broad pedagogical approaches, and strategies for assisting students in the development of the skills, competencies, and knowledge called for by the minimum standards for public school approval and academic standards for each area of education identified in paragraph I.The curriculum frameworks shall serve as a guide and reference to what New Hampshire students should know and be able to do in each area of education identified in paragraph I.

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Education ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill defines "curriculum frameworks" and requires the department of education to institute procedures for maintaining them.

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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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

CHAPTER 186 HB 1107 - FINAL VERSION 8Feb2024...

0344h 05/02/2024 1627s 24-2066 02/10 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four AN ACT relative to public school curriculum frameworks.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

186:1 Substantive Educational Content of an Adequate Education.

Amend RSA 193-E:2-a, V-VI to read as follows:

V.(a) The general court requires every 10 years the state board of education and the department of education to institute procedures for maintaining, updating, improving, and refining the minimum standards for public school approval and the curriculum frameworks for each area of education identified in paragraph I.

Each school district shall be responsible for maintaining, updating, improving, and refining curriculum.

The curriculum shall present educational goals, broad pedagogical approaches, and strategies for assisting students in the development of the skills, competencies, and knowledge called for by the minimum standards for public school approval and academic standards for each area of education identified in paragraph I.

The curriculum frameworks shall serve as a guide and reference to what New Hampshire students should know and be able to do in each area of education identified in paragraph I.

(b) The state board of education shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the approval of alternative programs for granting credit leading to graduation.

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In this section:

(a) "Minimum standards for public school approval" mean the applicable criteria that public schools and public academies shall meet in order to be an approved school, as adopted by the state board of education through administrative rules.

(b) "Academic standards" means what a student should know and be able to do in a course or at each grade level.

(c) "Curriculum" means the lessons and academic content taught in school or in a specific course or program.

(d) "Curriculum framework" means an organized plan of study that serves as a guide and reference to what New Hampshire students should know and be able to do in a learning area and identifies the academic standards aligned with each learning area pursuant to RSA 193-E:2-a, I(a).

[(d)] (e) "Applied learning" means an educational approach whereby students have the opportunity to directly engage in learning activities using knowledge and skills.

CHAPTER 186 HB 1107 - FINAL VERSION - Page 2 - [(e)] (f) "Logic" means a reasoning skill that better enables a student to analyze problems in learning areas such as mathematics and to develop problem solutions;

to better understand the principle of cause and effect;

and to develop critical thinking skills to better identify fact from unverified information or data.

[(f)] (g) "Rhetoric" means the skill of speaking and writing as a means of communication or persuasion.