New Hampshire
Bill: SB 82
Status: 02/20/2013 – S Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2013-0328s, 3/7/13; SC10
Sponsored by Sen. Nancy Stiles, R-Hampton, passed the Senate Health, Education and Human Services Committee on February 20. It would establish a commission for the purpose of identifying strategies needed for developing and implementing competency-based public education. The commission would:
- Create a report defining the development and implementation of a competency-based public education system based on each student attaining mastery of required competencies regardless of the learning environment.
- Identify multiple models and strategies of financing a competency-based public education.
- Identify the roles educators will play in a competency-based public education system.
- Identify potential barriers to successfully implanting a competency-based system.
- Make recommendations for legislation that will facilitate the implementation of a competency-based system.
- Not suggest or identify any new tax source to fund the commission’s recommendation.