New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Ed - Board of Education
Chapter Ed 400 - APPROVAL OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS
Part Ed 401 - DEFINITIONS AND SCOPE
Section Ed 401.01 - Definitions

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Ed 401.01

Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024

(a) "Accrediting agency" means a business or other organization that evaluates schools against a set of criteria determined by the business or other organization.

(b) "Education program" means a program consisting of subject matter and related learning experiences for the instruction of pupils on a regular or systematic basis, usually for a predetermined length of time which constitutes part of a school's total education curriculum, or serves as the education component of a facility, agency or institution whose primary purpose does not qualify it as a school.

(c) "Nonpublic school advisory council" (NSAC) means the nonpublic school advisory council established by the state board as set forth in Ed 406.

(d) "Nonpublic school" means a school established by an individual or group other than the state, subdivision of the state or federal government and whose operation, or any portion thereof, rests with those officials who have not been publicly elected or appointed. The term includes private school"

(e) "Public school" means a school which is established and operated by a school district, maintained primarily by public funds and which is administered by a school board whose members are elected as provided under the laws of the state of New Hampshire.

(f) "School" means an educational institution whose primary purpose is the development of individual potential by means of a systematic method of instruction of a defined type comprising:

(1) A single grade or more than one grade group or other identifiable grouping;

(2) A teacher or more than one teacher(s) who guides and supervises the learning experience of pupils; and

(3) An education program leading to the awarding of a diploma or appropriate certificate upon completion of the requirements of the program.

#2055, eff 6-16-82; ss by #2714, eff 5-16-84; ss by #4372, eff 2-24-88; ss by #4961, eff 10-26-90; EXPIRED 10-26-96

New. #6366, eff 10-30-96, EXPIRED: 10-30-04

New. #8263, eff 1-22-05; ss by #10360, eff 6-15-13

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