HB 1388 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1388
AN ACT establishing a commission to study the statewide delivery of special education programs and services.
SPONSORS: Rep. Kennedy, Merr 7
This bill establishes a commission to study the delivery of special education programs and services in the state.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2246
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT establishing a commission to study the statewide delivery of special education programs and services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Commission Established; Membership; Terms of Office.
I. There is established a commission to study the statewide delivery of special education programs and services. The membership of the commission shall be as follows:
(a) Eight members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.
(b) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
II. The commission may appoint as members such other individuals as may be deemed in furtherance of the commission's objectives. Any such members appointed who are not members of the legislature shall be non-voting members.
III. The legislative members of the commission shall serve a term on the commission coterminous with their term in office. The term of office for all other appointed members shall be 3 years. The speaker of the house shall by appointment fill any vacancies in house membership and the president of the senate shall by appointment fill any vacancies in senate membership.
IV. Legislative members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission.
2 Duties. The commission shall undertake a comprehensive analysis of the delivery programs and services for special education pupils in the state. This analysis shall also identify all programs and services required pursuant to federal law and shall provide an estimation of the cost of such federally-mandated programs and services. In addition, the commission shall study the feasibility of establishing a system of 3 special education magnet schools within each county of the state which would be responsible for providing all special education programs and services for special education pupils from that county.
3 Chairperson; Quorum. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the first-named house member who shall serve as chairperson. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Six members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
4 Report. The commission shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the governor and council, and the chairpersons of the house and senate education committees on or before November 1, 2002.
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.