CHAPTER 76
HB 1551 - FINAL VERSION
12Apr2018... 1509-EBA
2018 SESSION
18-2038
06/10
HOUSE BILL 1551
AN ACT relative to the retention of records of individualized education programs.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hill, Merr. 3
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides a time period for the retention by local education agencies of a student's individualized education programs.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12Apr2018... 1509-EBA 18-2038
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to the retention of records of individualized education programs.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
76:1 New Section; Special Education; Retention of Records; Individualized Education Programs. Amend RSA 186-C by inserting after section 10 the following new section:
186-C:10-a Retention of Individualized Education Programs.
I. Upon a student's graduation from high school, his or her parents may request the local education agency in writing to have the student's records and final individualized education program destroyed at that time or request that the records be retained until the student's twenty-sixth birthday. The parents may, at any time prior to the student's twenty-sixth birthday, request, in writing, that the records be retained until the student's thirtieth birthday.
II. Absent any request by a student's parents at the time of graduation, the local education agency shall destroy a student's records and final individualized education program within a reasonable time after the student's twenty-sixth birthday, provided that all such records be destroyed by the student's thirtieth birthday.
76:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 25, 2018
Effective Date: July 24, 2018
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 23, 2018 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 25, 2018 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| Feb. 7, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
| March 6, 2018 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 5, 2018 | Senate | Floor Vote |
May 25, 2018: Signed by Governor Sununu 05/25/2018; Chapter 76; Eff. 7/24/2018
April 26, 2018: Enrolled 04/26/2018
April 26, 2018: Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
April 12, 2018: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1509e: AA VV 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 29
April 12, 2018: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1509e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/12/2018); SJ 13
April 5, 2018: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/05/2018; SJ 11
April 5, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/05/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 15
March 6, 2018: Hearing: 03/06/2018, Room 103, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 9
Feb. 15, 2018: Introduced 02/15/2018 and Referred to Education; SJ 5
Feb. 8, 2018: Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 5
: Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 20-0; CC)
Feb. 7, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/07/2018 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 5 P. 7
Jan. 25, 2018: Executive Session: 01/25/2018 LOB 207
Jan. 23, 2018: Public Hearing: 01/23/2018 11:30 AM LOB 207
Jan. 3, 2018: Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Education HJ 1 P. 14