Bill Text - SB520 (2010)

Relative to school district liability for special education costs.


Revision: March 15, 2010, midnight

SB 520-FN-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED

2010 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 520-FN-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to school district liability for special education costs.

SPONSORS: Sen. Bragdon, Dist 11

COMMITTEE: Finance

ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies financial liability for special education and related services provided to a child by a school district in which the child does not reside.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to school district liability for special education costs.

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

1 New Paragraph; Special Education; Liability for Expenses. Amend RSA 186-C:13 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

IV. When a child attends a public school operated by a school district in which the child does not reside, that school district shall have no responsibility for the child under this chapter unless that district is liable under paragraph I of this section or that district explicitly accepts responsibility through a written agreement.

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

LBAO

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03/15/10

SB 520-FN-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to school district liability for special education costs.

FISCAL IMPACT:

    Due to time constraints, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill at this time. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the Senate Clerk's Office.