Bill Text: NH SB143 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to administrative costs of state aid for special education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-18 - To Be Inexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, Adjournment 09/25/2019; [SB143 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2019-SB143-Amended.html

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SB 143 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

03/14/2019   1049s

2019 SESSION

19-1110

06/10

 

SENATE BILL 143

 

AN ACT relative to administrative costs of state aid for special education.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Kahn, Dist 10

 

COMMITTEE: Education and Workforce Development

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill limits the amount the department of education can set aside for administering state aid for special education.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/14/2019   1049s 19-1110

06/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to administrative costs of state aid for special education.

 

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

 

1  Special Education; State Aid.  Amend RSA 186-C:18, III(a) to read as follows:

III.(a)  The state board of education through the commissioner, department of education, shall distribute aid available under this paragraph as entitlement to such school districts as have a special education pupil for whose costs they are responsible, for whom the costs of special education in the fiscal year exceed 3 1/2 times the estimated state average expenditure per pupil for the school year preceding the year of distribution.  If in any year, the amount appropriated for distribution as special education aid in accordance with this section is insufficient therefor, the appropriation shall be prorated proportionally based on entitlement among the districts entitled to a grant.  If there are unexpended funds appropriated under this paragraph at the end of any fiscal year, such funds shall be distributed for court-ordered placements under RSA 186-C:19-b.  The state may designate up to $250,000 of the funds which are appropriated as required by this paragraph, for each fiscal year, to assist those school districts which, under guidelines established by rules of the state board of education, may qualify for emergency assistance for special education costs.  Based on distributed aid for special education, an additional one percent shall be allocated to the department of education for the costs of administering special education state aid.  Upon application to the commissioner of education, and approval by the commissioner, such funds may be accepted and expended by school districts in accordance with this chapter; provided, however, that if a school district has received emergency assistance funds for certain children with disabilities, it shall not receive special education aid for those same children with disabilities.  If any of the funds designated for emergency assistance under this paragraph are not used for such emergency assistance purposes, the funds shall be used to assist school districts in meeting special education cost increases in their special education programs as provided by this paragraph.

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