Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 193-G:2

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
If a school is classified as a persistently dangerous school, the local school board shall establish a citizen’s advisory committee to examine the conditions which led to the designation and offer input to the school board and administrators on steps which might be taken to remedy the designation and prevent further incidents. The committee shall be appointed by the local school board chairman with the advice of the local school board members. It shall include but not be limited to the principal of the designated school, the superintendent of the designated school, one member of the school board, one teacher employed at the designated school, one law enforcement official from the police department having jurisdiction in the district in which the designated school is located, and representatives of parents whose children are assigned to the designated school. The committee shall serve until the designation of a persistently dangerous school is removed.