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Committee advances bill to make charter public school buildings clearly eligible for governmental use
Summary
The Executive Departments and Administration Committee voted 12-0 to advance House Bill 1093, a technical change to state law that explicitly treats public charter school facilities as public school buildings for zoning and permitting, after testimony that some towns had treated charter schools as private entities.
The Executive Departments and Administration Committee voted 12-0 to advance House Bill 1093, which would clarify that public school buildings include facilities owned, operated and occupied by public charter schools established under RSA 194-B.
Representative Tanya Donnelly, the bill’s private sponsor, told the committee the measure is a “cleanup” intended to restore the prior interpretation so charter public schools are not treated differently when seeking zoning approvals or building permits.
Jessica Wachsman, dean of operations at the Birches…
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