CHAPTER 210
HB 1360 – FINAL VERSION
1Feb2012… 0389h
28Mar2012… 1321h
05/16/12 2148s
2012 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1360
AN ACT relative to the state board of education rules concerning special education.
SPONSORS: Rep. Balboni, Hills 21; Rep. L. Ober, Hills 27
This bill requires the state board of education and the commissioner of the department of education to submit reports detailing any proposed or adopted special education rules which exceed the minimum requirements of state or federal law.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
1Feb2012… 0389h
28Mar2012… 1321h
05/16/12 2148s
12-2187
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to the state board of education rules concerning special education.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
210:1 New Section; Special Education; Rules Exceeding State or Federal Minimum Requirements. Amend RSA 186-C by inserting after section 16-b the following new section:
186-C:16-c Rules Exceeding State or Federal Minimum Requirements.
I. Whenever the state board of education proposes to adopt or amend any special education rule which exceeds the minimum requirements of state or federal law, the state board shall, in addition to the provisions of RSA 541-A, issue a report of all such proposed rules which meets the following requirements:
(a) For each rule or proposed rule contained in the report, the state board shall include the rule number, the nature of the rule, any state minimum requirement exceeded, any federal minimum requirement exceeded, and the reasons for exceeding those minimum requirements.
(b) The report shall be issued to the chairpersons of the house and senate education committees.
(c) A copy of the report shall be distributed to the superintendent of each school district in the state.
II. By December 1 of each year, the commissioner of the department of education shall issue a report of all special education rules, proposed or adopted, which exceed the minimum requirements of state or federal law. This report shall meet the requirements of paragraph I.
210:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 13, 2012
Effective Date: June 13, 2012