Revision: Jan. 1, 2008, midnight
SB 362 – AS INTRODUCED
2008 SESSION
04/03
SENATE BILL 362
AN ACT relative to the responsibility for providing a free appropriate public education to students with disabilities.
SPONSORS: Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Rep. P. Katsakiores, Rock 5; Rep. G. Katsakiores, RockĀ 5; Rep. Casey, Rock 11
This bill provides that only a parent or legal guardian shall determine whether a child may attend a charter school.
This bill is a request of the department of education.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2239
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to the responsibility for providing a free appropriate public education to students with disabilities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Charter and Open Enrollment Schools; Funding. Amend RSA 194-B:11, III to read as follows:
III. In accordance with current department of education standards, the funding [and], educational decision-making [process for educationally handicapped], and provision of a free appropriate public education for pupils with a disability attending a charter or open enrollment school shall be the responsibility of the local education agency [(LEA) and shall retain all current options available to the parent and to the LEA.], provided that only a parent or legal guardian shall have the right to determine whether a pupil may attend a charter school.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.