This bill amends the procedure for requesting a change in school assignment.

This bill is a request of the committee to study the financial liability for placement of a child with a disability established in 2008, 276 (HB 765-FN).

This bill makes various changes to the laws on truancy.

This bill is a request of the committee to study the truancy laws established in 2008, 241 (HB 1161).

This bill amends the procedure for requesting a change in school assignment.

This bill is a request of the committee to study the financial liability for placement of a child with a disability established in 2008, 276 (HB 765-FN).

This bill creates a family leave insurance program to allow parents to take time off to care for a newborn or newly placed child or to allow persons to care for a family member with a serious health condition, including a wounded service member.

This bill also establishes the benefit at up to 6 weeks of $250 per week.

This bill:
I. Requires learners’ permits for persons learning to drive and modifies certain restrictions on youth operators.
II. Requires that the examination given to first-time driver’s license applicants include a road test.
III. Increases the hours of supervised driving time required to complete driver education and adds a requirement that 10 of those hours be at night.

This bill establishes a flat rate education income tax.
This bill establishes a rate of $5.50 per $1,000 for the statewide education tax under RSA 76:3 and establishes a homestead exemption against the statewide education tax, and a program for abatement of excessive property taxes.
This bill repeals the interest and dividends tax and the business enterprise tax, and reduces the rate of the business profits tax.
This bill also repeals provisions which dedicate certain revenue to the education trust fund.

This bill clarifies the remedies for violations of the right-to-know law. The bill establishes a civil penalty for violations of the law which are to be deposited in a special fund.
This bill is a request of the right-to-know oversight commission established in RSA 91-A:11.

This bill makes certain revisions to the statute governing involuntary commitment of sexually violent predators.
This is a request of the department of justice.

This bill requires that pupils attending an approved chartered public school be counted in the average daily membership in residence.

This bill is a request of the department of education.

• School improvement
• Early childhood
• Miscellaneous

This bill:

I. Prohibits the use of cellular phones while actively driving a motor vehicle, except by certain emergency personnel in an official capacity.
II. Prohibits writing a text message and using 2 hands to type on or operate an electronic or telecommunications device while driving except under circumstances specified in the bill.
III. Prohibits operating a motor vehicle while holding an animal upon the person’s lap.
IV. Requires headlight use when windshield wipers are on in continuous use because of inclement weather.

This bill:
I. Excludes certain advanced driver instruction from the definition of “drivers’ school.”
II. Requires that a driver’s licenses display the licensee’s mailing address and not display the licensee’s social security number.
III. Provides that a new driver’s license be issued upon change of address for a fee of $3.
This bill is a request of the department of safety.

• School improvement
• Miscellaneous
• Special Education

• Miscellaneous
• Early childhood
• Special Education

This bill permits welfare and law enforcement agencies from other states to access case records of the department of health and human services in order to carry out their child protection responsibilities.
This bill is a request of the department of health and human services.

This bill permits the legislative youth advisory council to replace members who miss 3 consecutive meetings.

This bill makes certain changes to the lead paint law which include:
I. Allowing the commissioner of the department of health and human services to obtain an administrative inspection warrant under RSA 595-B for inspection purposes if the owner of the property denies consent.
II. Clarifying the persons who are to receive a copy of the order for lead hazard reduction.
III. Removing the 2-year limitation on interim controls used as an acceptable alternative to lead hazard abatement.

• School improvement
• Early childhood
• Special Education

This bill:
I. Defines service animals.
II. Requires the certification and tagging of service animals.

This bill:
I. Establishes a casino commission and authorizes it to establish state-owned casinos, at locations of its choosing, pending local approval.
II. Provides a limitation that no state-owned casino may be less than 100 miles apart.
III. Places control of gambling and betting at such casinos under authority of the commission.
IV. Provides that the commission shall have the option of administering the day-to-day operation of the facilities or contracting out such operation.
V. Requires the commission to investigate and issue casino work permits to casino employees.
VI. Provides that revenue from the facilities shall be forwarded to a casino revenue account, from which the costs of administering these provisions shall be paid.
VII. Establishes salaries of commission members.
VIII. Provides a start-up appropriation of $1 to the commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010.

This bill establishes an income tax at the rate of 5 percent to adequately fund public education. The bill requires public school teachers in this state to become state employees, beginning in fiscal year 2012. The bill also requires applicants for state licenses and registrations to be current with their state income taxes.

The bill also repeals the interests and dividends tax.