making certain revisions to the special education laws.
last updated 03/15/03, 1:30PM
From Senate Journal No. 7, 3/7/03
Ordered to third reading.
SB 85-FN, making certain revisions to the special education laws.
Education Committee. Ought to pass with amendment, Vote 2-0.
Senator O’Hearn for the committee.
Senate Education
February 26, 2003
2003-0414s
04/01
Amendment to SB 85-FN
Amend RSA 186-C:2, I as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
I. “Educationally disabled child” means any person 3 years of age or older but less than 21 years of age
who has been identified and evaluated by a school district according to the provisions of RSA 186-C:7 and
determined to be mentally retarded, hearing impaired, speech or language impaired or both, visually impaired
including blindness, seriously emotionally disturbed, orthopedically impaired, otherwise severely health impaired,
deaf-blind, multi-disabled, traumatic brain injured, autistic, or as having specific learning disabilities,
who because of such impairment, needs special education or special education and educationally related
services. “Educationally disabled child” shall [not] include a child aged 18 through 21, [ who, in the educational
placement prior to his or her incarceration in an adult correctional facility was not actually identified
as being a child with a disability or did not have an individualized education program] who was identified
as an educationally disabled child and received services in accordance with an individualized
education plan but who left school prior to his or her incarceration, or was identified as an educationally
disabled child but did not have an individualized education plan in his or her last
educational institution.
Amend RSA 186-C:18, VI(a) as inserted by section 2 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
(a) Catastrophic aid payments under paragraph III on or before January 1[. School], provided that
school districts shall submit their catastrophic costs to the state board of education by [June 30] July 31 of
[each fiscal] the previous year. The state board of education shall then verify the cost and distribute the
appropriate amounts for the previous [fiscal] year on or before January 1 of each [fiscal] year.
Amendment adopted.
Question is on the adoption of the bill as amended.
Adopted.