HB237: prohibiting the use of special education state aid funds and differentiated aid special education funds on students not receiving special education services.

HB 237-A - AS INTRODUCED

2025 SESSION

25-0307

02/11

HOUSE BILL 237-A

AN ACT prohibiting the use of special education state aid funds and differentiated aid special education funds on students not receiving special education services.

SPONSORS: Rep. Belcher, Carr. 4; Rep. Turcotte, Straf. 4; Rep. Terry, Belk. 7

COMMITTEE: Education Funding

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the use of special education funding on students who are not receiving special education services.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0307

02/11

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT prohibiting the use of special education state aid funds and differentiated aid special education funds on students not receiving special education services.

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

1 New Paragraph; Special Education; State Aid. Amend RSA 186-C:18 by inserting after paragraph XI the following new paragraph:

XII. Funds distributed pursuant to this section shall not be expended for education intended for delivery to students who are not receiving special education services. The incidental provision of special education curricula or pedagogy to students who are not receiving special education services shall only be authorized where such delivery is necessitated by compliance with applicable laws or rules and all reasonable efforts are made to minimize the incidental provision of such services.

2 New Paragraph; Distribution Schedule of Adequate Education Grants; Appropriation. Amend RSA 198:42 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

IV. The amount of grants distributed to municipalities calculated pursuant to RSA 198:40-a, II(d) shall not be expended for education intended for delivery to students who are not receiving special education services. The incidental provision of special education curricula or pedagogy to students who are not receiving special education services shall only be authorized where such delivery is necessitated by compliance with applicable laws or rules and all reasonable efforts are made to minimize the incidental provision of such services.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.