RSA 189-A:1 Death Benefit for School Employee Killed in Line of Duty.

I. In this section:
(a) "Family" means the surviving spouse of the school employee; or, if there is no surviving spouse, the surviving dependent child or dependent children, of such school employee or, if there is no surviving dependent child, a surviving person qualifying as a common-law spouse pursuant to RSA 457:39, or if there is no surviving common-law spouse, the surviving adult child or adult children, or if there is no surviving adult child or adult children, the surviving parent or parents of such school employee. A surviving dependent child shall include a dependent stepchild whose expenses of daily living were substantially paid for by the decedent at the time of the death.
(b) "School employee" means any person, full or part time, who is employed by a public