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SB403 • 2026

requiring all schools to start the school year after Labor Day.

requiring all schools to start the school year after Labor Day.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Bill Gannon (R), Keith Murphy (R), Lilli Walsh (R), Tim McGough (R), Howard Pearl (r), Jennifer Mandelbaum (D), Timothy Lang (R), Melissa Litchfield (R), Nicholas Bridle (R)
Last action
2026-03-06
Official status
SENATE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

requiring all schools to start the school year after Labor Day.

requiring all schools to start the school year after Labor Day.

What This Bill Does

  • requiring all schools to start the school year after Labor Day.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-06 S

    Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 03/12/2026; SJ 6

  2. 2026-03-03 S

    Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/12/2026; Vote 4-1; CC; SC 9

  3. 2026-02-10 S

    Hearing: 02/17/2026, Room Map Room, SL, 09:15 am; SC 6

  4. 2025-11-18 S

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Education; SJ 1

Official Summary Text

requiring all schools to start the school year after Labor Day.

Current Bill Text

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SB 403 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2007
12/09

SENATE BILL
403

AN ACT
requiring all schools to start the school year after Labor Day.

SPONSORS: Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. McGough, Dist 11; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Rep. Litchfield, Rock. 32; Rep. L. Walsh, Rock. 15; Rep. Mandelbaum, Rock. 21; Rep. Bridle, Rock. 29

COMMITTEE: Education

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires that all schools in New Hampshire begin the school year no earlier than the day after Labor Day.

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26-2007
12/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
requiring all schools to start the school year after Labor Day.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Start of School Year. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 1-e the following new section:
189:1-f Start of School Year. No school board shall permit a school to begin its school year prior to the day after Labor Day, as defined in RSA 288:1.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.