Revision: May 30, 2018, 11:36 a.m.
CHAPTER 90
HB 1698-FN-LOCAL - FINAL VERSION
2018 SESSION
18-2241
06/05
HOUSE BILL 1698-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to the cost of special education services for foster children.
SPONSORS: Rep. Irwin, Sull. 6; Rep. Grenier, Sull. 7; Rep. Massimilla, Graf. 1
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that for any child placed in a home for children, the sending district is required to pay the receiving district the actual prorated cost of the special education and related services provided by the receiving district.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2241
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to the cost of special education services for foster children.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
90:1 Liability for Education of Children in Homes for Children. Amend RSA 193:29, I to read as follows:
I. For any child placed and cared for in any home for children or health care facility, the sending district shall make payments to the receiving district as follows:
(a) For a child attending a public school in the receiving district who receives special education as required by RSA 186-C, the sending district is liable for [either the average per pupil cost of the receiving district as estimated by the state board of education under RSA 193:4, or for] the actual prorated cost of the special education and any related services, as defined in RSA 186-C:2, provided by the receiving district[, whichever is greater].
(b) For a child attending a public school to which the receiving district as defined in RSA 193:27 shall pay tuition under an AREA or other contractual agreement, the sending district as defined in RSA 193:27 is liable for all costs which said receiving district must pay under that agreement.
(c) If a child is assigned to an out-of-district special education program, the sending district is liable for all costs under RSA 186-C.
90:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 25, 2018
Effective Date: July 24, 2018