Bill Text: NH SB340 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to communication between parents and school districts regarding special education.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-05 - ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/09/2024 01:00 pm Legislative Office Building 205-207 [SB340 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB340-Introduced.html

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SB 340  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2815

05/02

 

SENATE BILL 340

 

AN ACT relative to communication between parents and school districts regarding special education.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 7; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 27

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides that the school district may provide information regarding a child's special education program by electronic mail unless the parent elects to receive such information by U.S. mail.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2815

05/02

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to communication between parents and school districts regarding special education.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Individualized Education Programs; Notice to Parents.  Amend RSA 186-C:7 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V.  The school district may provide the written notice and records regarding the child's individualized education program required under this chapter to the parent by electronic mail, unless the parent elects to receive such information by U.S. mail.

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