New Hampshire Bulletin - District 91¿´Æ¬istration District 91¿´Æ¬istration Media Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:49:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Community colleges are hailing a part-time teacher law. Public school advocates are wary /community-colleges-are-hailing-a-part-time-teacher-law-public-school-advocates-are-wary/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:49:31 +0000 /?p=176485 New Hampshire’s community college system offers high school students college credit through a growing dual-enrollment program now reaching over 11,000 students. A new law, House Bill 90, will expand access by allowing K12 schools to hire college faculty for up to 20 hours a week.

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]]> For 26 years, the Community College System of New Hampshire has offered a proposal to public high school students: Take a college-level course taught by a faculty member, earn college credit and use that credit to save time and money in college.

That program, originally known as Running Start, has ballooned in popularity. What started with 25 participating high schools has grown to more than 100, serving around 11,000 students, according to Chuck Lloyd, the vice chancellor of the community college system. Each year, more schools are seeing examples of that interest: high school seniors graduating with full associate’s degrees.

Now, a new state law could help expand that system. House Bill 90, signed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte this month, allows K12 schools to hire faculty from New Hampshire’s colleges and universities to teach up to 20 hours a week of classes.

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