HB1384 (2006) Detail

Relative to standardizing the format for special education budgets.


HB 1384 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

22Feb2006… 1138h

2006 SESSION

06-2527

04/01

HOUSE BILL 1384

AN ACT relative to standardizing the format for special education budgets.

SPONSORS: Rep. Mead, Hills 4; Rep. Rowe, Hills 6; Rep. O'Neil, Rock 15

COMMITTEE: Education

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires a school district to prepare, for informational purposes only, a separate special education budget to be provided to the school district legislative body.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22Feb2006… 1138h

06-2527

04/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT relative to standardizing the format for special education budgets.

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

1 Special Education; Responsibility of School District. Amend RSA 186-C:10 to read as follows:

186-C:10 Responsibility of School District.

I. A school district shall establish an approved program or programs for educationally disabled children, or shall enter into cooperative agreements with other districts to provide approved programs for educationally disabled children, or shall pay tuition to such an approved program maintained by another school district or by a private organization. Eligibility for participation in an approved program of special education shall be determined by the school board of the school district under rules adopted by the state board of education.

II. A school district responsible for providing special education programs or services to any educationally disabled pupil shall, for informational purposes only, prepare an annual special education budget separate from the annual school district budget. Such special education budget shall be prepared using the same budget format as the general education budget, and shall be provided to the school district legislative body at the same time as the general education budget. The special education budget shall include all line item cost detail and descriptions used to prepare the general education budget, including salaries and associated employee benefit costs, overhead cost allocations based on percentage of space used, and special education pupil population.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.