Revision: March 18, 2010, midnight
SB 520-FN-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
04/09
SENATE BILL 520-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to school district liability for special education costs.
SPONSORS: Sen. Bragdon, Dist 11
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2969
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
10-2969
Revised 03/17/10
SB 520 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to school district liability for special education costs.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Educations states this bill will have no fiscal impact on state, county and local revenues and expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Education states current state law (RSA 186-C:7) and federal law (20 USC 1413 as implemented by 34 CFR 300.201) assign responsibility to the resident school district for providing special education and related services to children that reside in the district. This bill reiterates current law.