HB 362 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0400
02/05
HOUSE BILL 362
SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf. 5; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 7; Rep. Noble, Hills. 2
COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires all candidates who seek licensure as an educator to obtain passing scores on professional education assessments.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0400
02/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Duties of State Board of Education; Passing Score Required. Amend RSA 186:11, X(a) to read as follows:
(a) Certification of teachers, supervisors, and administrators in the public schools. The state board shall also examine the qualifications of candidates for those positions and issue certificates to those who meet the requirements of said rules. All candidates who seek a New Hampshire license for administrator, teacher, instructional specialist or educational specialist shall obtain passing scores on professional education assessments as determined by the New Hampshire state board of education. The local school board may submit a waiver request to the department to exempt a CTE teacher under RSA 188-E from taking a professional education assessment. The department may waive such requirement on the request of the local board accompanied with the recommendation of the superintendent, principal, or CTE director.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.