Revision: May 21, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Rep. Luneau, Merr. 9
May 21, 2024
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05/02
Floor Amendment to SB 596-FN
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT establishing a committee to study the definition of disability or special needs under the child care scholarship program and relative to adequate education grant amounts for pupils receiving special education services.
Amend the bill by replacing all after section 5 with the following:
6 Cost of an Opportunity for an Adequate Education; Differentiated Aid; Special Education. RSA 198:40-a, II(d) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
(d)(1) An additional $2,642 for each pupil in the ADMR who is receiving special education services with a category A disability, $5,285 for each pupil in the ADMR who is receiving special education services with a category B disability, and $7,927 for each pupil in the ADMR who is receiving special education services with a category C disability.
(2) For this subparagraph, "category A disability” applies to pupils receiving special education services inside regular class 80 percent or more of the day; "category B disability” applies to pupils receiving special education services inside regular class less than 40 percent of the day and inside regular class 40 percent through 79 percent of the day; and “category C disability” applies to pupils receiving special education services in separate schools, residential facilities, or homebound/hospital placements. Categories A, B, and C apply to pupils ages 5 in kindergarten through 21, inclusive. Any pupil receiving special education services identified by the department that was not identified in the department’s data collection efforts to determine categories A, B, and C, shall default to category A.
I. Section 6 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a committee to study the definition of disability or special needs under the child care scholarship program.
This bill also provides for categories of special education services for application to the calculation of differentiated aid in adequate education grant amounts.