SB 78-FN-LOCAL - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
2/15/01 0112s
2001 SESSION
04/01
SENATE BILL 78-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to the distribution of special education records to certain educationally disabled pupils.
This bill provides that educationally disabled pupils ages 19 and 20 shall receive copies of their educational records within 45 days of a request for such records.
This bill is a request of the department of education.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
2/15/01 0112s
01-0615
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to the distribution of special education records to certain educationally disabled pupils.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Special Education; Education Records. Amend RSA 186-C by inserting after section 11 the following new section:
186-C:11-a Educational Records. An educationally disabled pupil who is 18 years of age or older and is not yet 21 years of age shall, upon written request and at no cost to the pupil, receive copies of the pupil's own educational records which may be on file in a school district. Such educational records may include academic records, teacher evaluations, progress reports or commentaries, or psychological evaluations. A pupil may direct such request for educational records to the superintendent of the school district or to the special education director of the school. All requests for educational records shall be fulfilled within 45 days of the date of the request.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
01-0615
1/22/01
SB 78-FN-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the distribution of special education records to certain educationally disabled pupils.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Education indicates this bill may increase local expenditures by an indeterminable amount beginning in FY 2002 and continuing each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county and local revenue or state and county expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department states this bill will require school districts to provide copies of educational records at no cost to educationally disabled students who are 19 or 20 years old. The Department is unable to determine the administrative costs of providing the copies.