enabling students to utilize education freedom account funds to pay for certain career and technical education funding and removing references to "curriculum frameworks" as they relate to the substantive educational content of an adequate education.

The bill title/label was updated from 'AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE' to 'VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES' in the header and page footers, indicating the bill passed both chambers. No policy language was changed.

A new Section 4 was added that amends RSA 193-E:2-a (the adequate public education statute) to remove all references to 'curriculum frameworks' and replace them with 'academic standards,' fundamentally changing how the state defines what students should learn.

The sentence stating that 'curriculum frameworks shall serve as a guide and reference to what New Hampshire students should know and be able to do' and that they 'do not establish a statewide curriculum' was removed entirely.

New language requires each school district to be responsible for maintaining, updating, improving, and refining curriculum, which must present educational goals, broad pedagogical approaches, and strategies for helping students develop skills called for by minimum standards and academic standards.

In the CTE cost formula provision (RSA 188-E:6, IV), the requirement that the state board act 'in consultation with the house and senate committees responsible for education policy and financial matters' was removed, and authority was shifted from the state board to the department of education.

A new subsection (b) was added requiring the state board of education to adopt rules for approving alternative programs that grant credit leading to graduation.

The definition of 'curriculum framework' (an organized plan of study serving as a guide to what NH students should know) was removed from the adequate education statute's definitions section.

A new definition of 'curriculum' was added: 'the lessons and academic content taught in school or in a specific course or program.'

Removed the section that would have authorized the Department of Education to pay tuition costs from its regular budget for part-time district students who are eligible for EFA grants and enrolled in career and technical education programs (formerly RSA 188-E:7).

Removed the amendment to RSA 188-E:8 that would have updated the transportation reimbursement formula for regional CTE students and at-risk students in alternative education programs, including provisions about how the formula is calculated (vehicle type, mileage, number of trips) and that it should not depend on the number of students riding.

The bill's scope was significantly narrowed. Instead of directly authorizing state payment of tuition and modifying transportation reimbursement rules, the amended bill only requires the department to establish separate funds and determine costs annually (presumably through administrative rulemaking) and to provide CTE enrollment information to EFA students.