RSA 21-N:8-e Rural and Underserved Area Educator Incentive Program.

I. In this section:
(a) "Department" means the department of education.
(b) "Division" means the division of educator support and higher education.
(c) "Commission" means the New Hampshire higher education commission.
(d) "Rural and underserved area educator" means a full-time, credentialed individual employed as an instructional employee in an eligible public school district or at an eligible chartered public school.
(e) "Rural school district" means:
(1) There are fewer than 20 enrolled students per square mile within the area encompassed by the school district's boundaries; or
(2) The regional public health network in which a plurality of the school district's market value for assessment purposes is located is deemed rural as defined by t