HB147: relative to membership of the advisory committee on the education of students with disabilities.

CHAPTER 96

HB 147 - FINAL VERSION

21Mar2024... 1272h

2024 SESSION

23-0314

09/10

HOUSE BILL 147

AN ACT relative to membership of the advisory committee on the education of students with disabilities.

SPONSORS: Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 7; Rep. Tanner, Sull. 5; Sen. Ward, Dist 8

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill revises the membership of the advisory committee on the education of students with disabilities.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21Mar2024... 1272h 23-0314

09/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to membership of the advisory committee on the education of students with disabilities.

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

96:1 Advisory Committee on the Education of Students with Disabilities. RSA 186-C:3-b, II and III are repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

II. The committee shall be composed of individuals involved in, or concerned with, the education of children with disabilities. A majority of the committee membership shall be composed of individuals with disabilities or parents of children with disabilities. The committee membership shall be as follows:

(a) Fourteen individuals with disabilities or parents of children with disabilities (ages birth through 26), appointed by the governor.

(b) One individual with disabilities who may have received special education services and who may be a high school student, appointed by the governor.

(c) One teacher who is a special education teacher, appointed by the governor.

(d) One administrator of a public special education program, appointed by the governor.

(e) One representative of a private school approved for special education, appointed by the governor.

(f) One representative of a chartered public school, appointed by the governor.

(g) One representative of an institution of higher education that prepares special education and related services personnel, appointed by the governor.

(h) One state and a local educational official who are responsible for performing activities under subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. section 11431, et seq, appointed by the governor.

(i) One representative from the department of health and human services responsible for foster care, recommended by the commissioner of the department of health and human services and appointed by the governor.

(j) One representative of the department of health and human services involved in the financing or delivery of special education or related services to children with disabilities, recommended by the commissioner of the department of health and human services, and appointed by the governor.

(k) Representatives from the state juvenile and adult corrections agencies, both of whom are responsible for administering the provision of special education or special education and related services, appointed by the governor.

(l) One licensed health care provider who specializes in working with children.

(m) One representative of a vocational, community, or business organization concerned with the provision of transition services to children/students with disabilities, appointed by the governor.

(n) One non-voting state education official from the department of education, appointed by the commissioner of education, to serve in a technical support role.

III.(a) Committee members shall be appointed to staggered 2-year terms, and members may succeed themselves.

(b) A chairperson and a clerk shall be selected by a majority of the committee members on an annual basis.

96:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 03, 2024

Effective Date: September 01, 2024