CHAPTER 44

SB 316 - FINAL VERSION

02/11/2016   0341s

2016 SESSION

16-2704

04/05

SENATE BILL 316

AN ACT relative to placement decisions by a child's individualized education program team.

SPONSORS: Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Kotowski, Merr. 24; Rep. Snow, Hills. 42; Rep. J. Ward, Rock. 19

COMMITTEE: Education

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill provides that a placement made by a child’s special education team pursuant to that child’s individualized education program shall not be deemed a change of school assignment.  

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/11/2016   0341s 16-2704

04/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to placement decisions by a child's individualized education program team.

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

44:1  New Paragraph; School Attendance; Change of School or Assignment.  Amend RSA 193:3 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V.  A placement made by a child’s special education team pursuant to that child’s individualized education program shall not be deemed a change of school assignment for purposes of this section.

44:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 3, 2016

Effective Date: July 2, 2016