SB 362 – AS INTRODUCED

2008 SESSION

08-2239

04/03

SENATE BILL 362

AN ACT relative to the responsibility for providing a free appropriate public education to students with disabilities.

SPONSORS: Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Rep. P. Katsakiores, Rock 5; Rep. G. Katsakiores, Rock 5; Rep. Casey, Rock 11

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that only a parent or legal guardian shall determine whether a child may attend a charter school.

This bill is a request of the department of education.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

08-2239

04/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT relative to the responsibility for providing a free appropriate public education to students with disabilities.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Charter and Open Enrollment Schools; Funding. Amend RSA 194-B:11, III to read as follows:

III. In accordance with current department of education standards, the funding [and], educational decision-making [process for educationally handicapped], and provision of a free appropriate public education for pupils with a disability attending a charter or open enrollment school shall be the responsibility of the local education agency [(LEA) and shall retain all current options available to the parent and to the LEA.], provided that only a parent or legal guardian shall have the right to determine whether a pupil may attend a charter school.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.