CHAPTER 184
SB 311 – FINAL VERSION
2010 SESSION
04/10
SENATE BILL 311
AN ACT relative to special education services for persons incarcerated and persons attending Granite State high school.
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. Stiles, Rock 15; Rep. Charron, Rock 7; Rep. Clarke, Merr 6
This bill provides that:
I. Each county correctional facility shall designate one person who shall serve as the contact person for all matters related to special education for incarcerated inmates up to the age of 21.
II. A county correctional facility shall be monitored according to any interagency agreements established between the department of education and the county correctional facility.
III. Granite State high school shall comply with requirements for the special school district in the department of corrections.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2746 04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to special education services for persons incarcerated and persons attending Granite State high school.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
184:1 Special Education; Duties. Amend RSA 186-C:3-a, VII to read as follows:
VII.(a) Granite State high school shall submit a plan for department approval to be adopted by November 1, 2009, to meet the special education needs of persons incarcerated in the state prison system.
(b) Each county correctional facility shall designate one [special education coordinator who shall act as the contact] person [for outside entities on matters related to special education, and to consolidate and coordinate existing functions associated with providing a free appropriate public education to eligible students, including the assessment of eligibility and educational needs, and who shall participate in hiring or contracting with necessary staff, coordinate with local school district staff or other individuals to provide special education and related services, coordinate evaluations and meetings, and oversee the planning of special education after discharge] who shall serve as the contact person in all matters related to special education. This person shall:
(1) Provide, on a weekly basis, a list of incarcerated inmates up to the age of 21 who are eligible to receive special education;
(2) Provide the school district with access to the incarcerated inmates with disabilities for the purpose of providing special education to ensure a free and appropriate public education; and
(3) Provide time and space within the correctional facility to allow the school district to provide instruction and any special education and related services pursuant to the person’s individualized education program.
(c) County correctional facilities shall be [exempt from state board of education rules, except that the standards for the education of students with disabilities and all educational programs shall be set by interagency agreements between the department of education and each county correctional facility] monitored according to the standards set forth in any interagency agreements between the department of education and each county correctional facility.
(d) Granite State high school [and each county correctional facility] shall [be subject to the monitoring] comply with the requirements in [RSA 186-C:5, and shall be monitored in 2007, and subject to on-site monitoring at least annually through 2010] RSA 194:60 and shall be monitored in 2010 and subject to onsite monitoring at least annually through 2013.
184:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 21, 2010
Effective Date: August 20, 2010