New Hampshire Revised Statutes 194-B:7 – Chartered Public Schools; Secular or Nonsecular Determination
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For purposes of determining whether a proposed chartered public school is a prohibited religious school, the following 3-part test set forth by the United States Supreme Court shall be used.
I. The school shall have a secular purpose.
II. The school’s “primary effect” shall neither advance nor prohibit religion.
III. The school shall not foster “excessive entanglement” between the school and religion.
I. The school shall have a secular purpose.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 194-B:7
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
II. The school’s “primary effect” shall neither advance nor prohibit religion.
III. The school shall not foster “excessive entanglement” between the school and religion.